| Subject: Italy Advice; Tuscany and the Coast |
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Candice,
Thank you for the great hotel referral. I will definitely look them
up as it sounds heavenly!! I am honing in on a couple of areas for
Toscana. The Chianti area looks lovely of course, the area between
Florence and Siena. I don't know much about places that are a bit
farther up to the north or west that might be closer to the
CT/Liguirian coast. I've read that Lucca is a lovely town, but the
area around it is more industrial. My understanding is that Tuscany's
western border is flanked by the Mediterrenan. I went to
Michelin.com and charted a drive from Siena to Levanto, and the
driving time was 2h 40 minutes. Does anyone know if this sounds
accurate? If so, we will have a car, so anything under 3 hours would
be okay for a day trip, though the shorter the better, of course.
Jennifer in Virginia |