Travelogues Tuscany

And once again through the beautiful Val D'Orcia after a wonderful sunrise. On my way to Montepulciano, I find the incredible 370-year-old oak tree - a somewhat magical place....

Montepulciano

Montepulciano

Well, bye everyone! Hello to those who stayed at home and anyone else who is interested. In anticipation of this year's vacation, I will first chronologically pull up the old...

From Volterra we drive towards the Etruscan coast and visit some beautiful mountain villages along the way. It's cold and rainy weather, but when we arrive at our overnight...

Because we liked the Saturnia thermal spring so much, we are heading to the next warm sulfur springs in Bagni San Fillippo. Here too, it is a beautiful natural...

Today I went hiking again. The hiking poles came in handy when I took a hike around the beautiful Abbey of Abbazia di Sant Antimo. Especially because I veered off the path a bit...

Beautiful hike through a gorgeous river valley. This green river always by my side, sometimes murmuring softly, sometimes rushing loudly over rocks and stones. Pure nature, no...

Today we're heading to San Gimignano, an ancient Tuscan town on top of the hill — where else in southern Tuscany. I'm staying at the 13th century Palazzo Mainardi, the room is...

San Gimignano

San Gimignano

Friday, 21 July 2017 Alarm clock at 7:30 a.m. Breakfast a little later, as the K's don't get out of bed so quickly... And just a small breakfast with coffee and torta from la...

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 Slow awakening around 8am, coffee and breakfast around 10am. Today is “shadow day”, care for the tense skin and do nothing. Dinner as recommended at the...

Finally back at the beach in Rosignano Solvay. Not just Schnuffi is excited. Rosignano Solvay is a very ugly industrial town, but the...

We drive around the city for a long time until we finally find a suitable parking space. The bigger the vehicle, the more difficult it becomes. We take a long walk and walk...

After having breakfast with only yogurt 🥄 and a little bit of pastry 🍪 because, as you remember, the selection was not that nice, we wanted to kill some time in the hotel...

Nachdem wir die letzten zwei Nächte an dem See nördlich von Florenz verbracht haben, sind wir nun auf dem Weg nach Pisa, bevor morgen unsere Fähre aus Livorno nach Olbia auf...

As it was on the way to our next destination, Venice, we made a stopover in Florence. However, finding a parking spot was already a major challenge as there were traffic limits...

We took a trip inland to see more of Tuscany. Unfortunately, Martin chose a route through the villages and we girls got sick as a result. But after about 2 hours of driving -...

Since we had to go shopping and needed money, we combined it with a walk along the promenade of Follonica. Apart from that, there is not much to see here. But first we had to...

In Florence, we mainly visited the sights and in the evening we had one or two glasses of wine. After that, we went to Pisa and only visited the Leaning Tower. There were a lot...

The day started with a great breakfast at the idyllic Lake Idro. No comparison to its big neighbor Lake Garda with its many tourists, hectic activity, and congested roads. The...

The day started with thunderstorms and lots of rain and ended dry but very cool. In between, there was pizza, ice cream, and reading. Also quite nice. Realization of the day: too...

Volterra

Volterra

Volterra

The journey was rather unspectacular, it was almost impossible to sleep, but it was pretty quiet and so I think we overslept a few waypoints, not the rare stops, but Munich and...

The medieval Volterra can also only be explored on foot. The city is deserted on this day. Not many people venture out in the cold weather. The...

First failure at the parking meter... Targa means license plate? You enter 3 numbers. Close your eyes and go for it. After a short disorientation, we found a beach cafe. First,...

Today we took the bus instead of the tram. The bus stop was right next to a huge construction site 🚧 and there was no bus at first. After waiting for 10 minutes, past the...