Whereas we have been staying in Florence, we had day journeys to the Tuscany hill cities of Sienna, San Gimignano, and Lucca. All have been charming and quaint villages of Tuscany and we loved seeing the church buildings, city squares, structure and procuring. After a full day in Sienna and San Gimignano, we ended the day at a phenomenal vineyard. It was such a memorable go to to the gorgeous rolling hills of Tuscany.
In the event you missed my first publish of this Italy journey, make sure and meet up with Florence. We traveled with Go Forward excursions and I extremely advocate this skilled tour firm. Now we have nothing however good issues to say about touring with a gaggle. They take all of the worry out of touring and also you simply present up, able to see belongings you’ve by no means seen earlier than.
I used to be in Sienna 35 years in the past and it was good to see it once more. It’s a shocking metropolis with lovely structure and slender cobblestone streets.
The villages of Italy all look comparable, however all of them have such a phenomenal vibe and it’s good to see all of them.
We walked by Sienna with a information, listening to a few of the historical past of the world and notable options.
Round each nook is a shocking view with stone streets.
This yellow colour of most of the buildings is the norm in Italy. I really like the muted tones of the structure.
I all the time love the distinctive doorways of Italy.
Peeking inside a store window.
A captivating restaurant with out of doors seating.
How beautiful is that this view?
And this one, the colours and textures are simply wonderful.
Each avenue has a phenomenal view.
Extra doorways of Sienna.
Time for a selfie.
The cathedral in Sienna was my favourite. Wait til you see inside! This black and white marble duomo is gorgeous.
Let’s go inside!
I feel all of us gasped once we went inside. Isn’t it gorgeous?
The black and white is such a shocking characteristic.
These enormous marble columns have been wonderful.
Operating out of adjectives to explain it.
A spotlight inside is the brilliantly coloured Sixteenth-century frescoes within the Piccolomini library.
On the ground. The marble in Italy is really gorgeous and it’s in every single place.
We positive did get pleasure from our day within the Tuscan hill cities.
The Campo or city sq. of Sienna.
We received gelato and snacks and did a bit procuring.
Gelato virtually on a regular basis!
Are you able to see how giant this sq. is?
It’s a really massive city sq., the middle of city.
Driving by the hillside, we noticed many many vineyards.
Subsequent cease, midieval San Giamignano. We didn’t have loads of time to discover right here, however did have time to chill out and have lunch, in order that’s what we did.
The vineyards within the background.
The countryside is really gorgeous.
Right here’s a gaggle shot of our group of 15. We did have a enjoyable group of oldsters and loved our bus rides.
Time for lunch and a chilly beverage.
Our desk had pizza.
I had a scrumptious mushroom pasta.
I really like seeing the garments hanging outdoors from the home windows. It’s nonetheless happening all these years.
Final cease of the day, a winery tour to the Sangiovese Winery.
It was a shocking winery they usually had a room arrange for us for the wine tasting.
They’ve out of doors cabanas too for gatherings.
Our small plates and samples of wines. They’d loads of sorts to strive, however we’re not wine connoisseurs, so the wines have been misplaced on us. I get pleasure from some whites greater than reds. All of the meals was delish!
The chandelier within the room, isn’t it beautiful?
Out of doors photograph shoots.
Bottles within the cabana.
The cabanas have been actually fairly too.
Right here’s one other group shot that I forgot so as to add within the villa publish I did, this was from the villa dinner. All of us cherished this tour as properly.
The following day, we had a cease in Lucca on our technique to the Italian Riviera the place we visited Cinque Terre.
Lucca was additionally an enthralling city and we had time for lunch right here.
That is the place the rain began, so we had to purchase some umbrellas for strolling the road.
We did have drizzly rain for the rest of our tour, but it surely wasn’t too dangerous. It didn’t cease us and we saved going. At the very least it was only a drizzle.
Lucca had some charming buildings as all of the villages do.
Extra stately doorways.
And church buildings, we noticed so many church buildings. By the final day, we have been all churched out and when our tour information requested us if we wished to tour the church in Lake Como, all of us mentioned NO. We simply wished to go and sit by the water and eat.
They’re lovely, however after the Sienna duomo, that was so laborious to high.
Liked this avenue.
A well-known composer.
And one other church, the cathedral di San Martino.
A lot magnificence to absorb.
The domes and colours are actually extraordinary.
Stunning doorways.
We completed up our afternoon in Lucca at this quaint restaurant, Osteria Tosca. We didn’t all keep collectively, however just a few of us went right here and cherished our meal.
I had swordfish and it was scrumptious.
Subsequent cease is Cinque Terra and the gorgeous Italian Riviera. It actually is beautiful and was such a deal with to see. I had by no means been to the 5 villages on the coast earlier than, so I used to be so wanting ahead to it they usually didn’t disappoint. We didn’t go to all 5, however went to three: Riomaggiore, Vernazza, and Monterosso and we took the practice to get there and boats to go from one village to the following. That was fairly the journey! Our subsequent lodge cease was Rapallo and this was additionally a phenomenal coastal city. I hope you’re having fun with my footage, I positive did have enjoyable taking them. It’s laborious to make these posts shorter since I’m so image heavy, however I simply can’t assist it. That is solely a fraction of the photographs I took, so I attempted to share the perfect ones. I’ll have at the very least 2 extra posts to share.
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