Tuscany – A Journey to Cherish for a Lifetime
Tuscany is one of the top tourist destinations in Italy for wine tours. Thousands of the tourists around the world visit Tuscany for various regions. Some love to spend weekend, some come for long vacation, some for learning culinary art and some specifically for wine tour.
The beautiful land of Tuscany is filled with exotic landscapes, impressive ancient Tuscany villas, beautiful gardens, lustrous rolling hills and lush green vineyards full of different varieties of grapes. Tuscan landscape well known for its stunning countryside, art, history, is also one of the most recognized areas of the country for producing excellent wines. With its giant number of wineries, Tuscany is an ideal holiday destination for wine tourists who are planning a trip to Italy.
There are several options available if you are planning for guided wine tours. Apart from wine tours, you can also opt for other tours where you can travel to some of the famous places of Tuscany.
Some towns relive the Renaissance Times- If you are interested in history, you can find renaissance while visiting the towns or cities of Cerretto Guide, Vinci, Montelupe Fiorentino and Empoli. Renting one of the vacation apartments on the outskirts of Vinci, you can very well explore the countryside and enjoy the weather. There is a choice of four completely different holiday home styles typical in Tuscany.
Mugello Mountainous region – This place is quite famous for wines and wineries. Here you can find traditional farm holidays of Tuscany and can take the pleasure of learning the old way of making Chianti wine. This area is abundant in luxury Tuscany villas that once belonged to the affluent families.
The region of the Upper Tiber – The town of Sansepolcro is where the Italian painter Piero della Francesca was born and is a gateway to a great Tuscan tour as far as artistic value is concerned for the people interested in art. If you are keenly interested in art and culture then this place is sure for you and you should not miss to visit this place. The accommodations here gives you a very warm feeling and the food here is prepared daily as they say they will never have a freeze in their kitchen.
Coast of Etruscan Findings – You can find the Etruscan remains in the cities such as Livorno, or Piombino and a nice tour to the Island of Elba. Livorno is fine for visiting museums and huge fortress and has some good accommodations for staying.
The Maremma Zone – This place takes you in the coast from Grosseto to the south of Lacio. While going inland you will find the towns of Sovana, Sorana and Pitigliano that are all known for the Etruscan remains. For some adventurous tours, you can find canoe and horseback riding and rental of mountain bikes near the Regional Park of Maremma. You can stay for the few days in one of the rental vacation apartments and explore the region while taking on the walking tours. In this area, Tuscany villas are there are no luxury villas to stay but you can just stay at one of the comfortable hostels with good food.