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This is two stories or more. Two cities, maybe three. For my 70th birthday, my wife & daughter took me to Florence. Two long- time friends joined us, they stayed at a much more elegant hotel a short distance away, Hotel Accademia. They were devoted fans of Rick Steves. So happens, Rick Steves and a couple of technical people were in their ...  Leer Más

Sandy H.

I reflect on a very special time, with the type of friends that I am blessed to attract. A significant birthday was going up in a year's time, so my husband asked what I would like to do. I said there was only one thing: to visit one of my very favourite places in the world, Italy! There was not much more said and he set about secretly inviting ...  Leer Más

Carla N.

Getting one up on my father is a nearly impossible task. He hides a cunning wit with his endless charm and elegant facade, effectively allowing him to get away with murder. He and my father-in-law have a decade old battle over who will pick up the check for meals, with my dad once informing a maître de that, sadly, my father-in-laws credit card ...  Leer Más

Kate J.

"Look, they act like flotation devices!!" My mother burst into a fit of giggles as she took her first dip in the private pool of our gorgeous Tuscan villa. My husband, parents and I were in Tuscany to celebrate my mother's recent victory in her battle with breast cancer. She had been brave and remained positive throughout the harrowing ordeal and ...  Leer Más

Kate J.

We hesitated at the bottom of a long, steep hill. Romantic stone doorways and clay pots lush with flowers beckoned, but it was a very long hill, flagged with cobblestones. Our companions insisted that an excellent wine shop awaited near the top, but that hill was daunting, and one member of our family traveled in a wheelchair that someone would ...  Leer Más

Jeanne N.

There were four of us that ventured out from our small town in Wisconsin in the USA. Not too brave, but brave enough. We went via Chicago to Florence. Now you may want me to get to the heart of the matter, but in this case the journey is the story. You see, we did not rent a car. Did I mention that we are all senior citizens? We landed in ...  Leer Más

Jeanne E.

Several years ago my sister and I had the whimsical idea of inviting all of our best friends on a magical holiday we’d always wanted to take: we would spend two weeks in a large, country villa in the heart of Tuscany and explore the ancient cities and hill towns of the region. After much planning and searching, we found ourselves arriving ...  Leer Más

Victoria N.

My Secret Tuscany... Our five April days spent in and around beautiful Florence were filled with the sights, the sounds, and the smells of spring...heavenly for Canadian travellers who had escaped the last of the winter blues just days before. As we explored the neighbourhood of our small hotel close to Santa Maria Novella, we recognized many ...  Leer Más

Mary B.

Piazzas Big and Small Two visits to Tuscany in the last fifteen months have helped me to understand at least a little about the importance of "the piazza" in the cultural life of an Italian city or town. As a visitor, there are clearly two times in the life of a piazza...tourist time and time for the town folk. If you're lucky enough to ...  Leer Más

Mary B.

Giacomo Puccini loved Lucca and now I know why. I have never been to an opera but I know he composed such famous operas such as Madame Butterfly and La Boheme. So when I was asked by a good friend to meet her in Lucca a couple of years ago to spend a week in September at a small country house she was renting with another friend north of Lucca in ...  Leer Más

Diane G.