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Van huis uit heb ik meegekregen dat een vakantie naar Italië geen optie is. Net als Johan Cruijff had mijn vader ook een gouden uitspraak. Hij zei niet: “Italianen, ze kunnen niet van je winnen, maar je ken wel van ze verliezen” maar hij zei: “Ga nooit naar Italië want ze dansen daar op je motorkap en ze snijden je banden door”. Waarop ...  Read More

Kea O.

This would be the year we would celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary in one of the most romantic places we could imagine: Tuscany. We had always wanted to travel to Italy, and we decided to make our dream a reality. Our son and his wife were married on July 12th last year, and our daughter-in-law was celebrating her birthday on the 17th. ...  Read More

Carol S.

We started our trip to Tuscany on Wednesday the 17th of august with 2 children and our 2 best friends with their 2 children at 8.30pm because we thought they would sleep in the car..... NOT!!!! They were so excited about the vacation / house (seen on the internet) that they stayed up all night in the car. (see pic and look the difference between ...  Read More

Bertje B.

I begin by telling you one of my favorite movies is Under the Tuscan Sun. Not just because of the great cast, scenery, and story but more important it hit home. I was partnered for 13 years and we split in 2012. After that I said to myself you need to take a romantic trip to Tuscany and invite yourself; that is what I did. I needed to find me ...  Read More

Mark R.

Aan weerszijden van de lange weg de cipressen. Als een veilige muur. Boven het asfalt siddert loom de zon. Bocelli zingt over afscheid, loslaten en voor altijd bij je dragen. Zoiets. En meer. Ze verstaat niet alles. Soms vertaalt hij wat. Maar zijn woorden interrumperen de stilte. Dat wil ze niet. Het verhaal alleen is genoeg. Ze sluit ...  Read More

Carla S.

For my 50th birthday in 2000, I wanted a special vacation. We chose Tuscany, our first trip of what became many trips to Italy, but never back to Tuscany. We rented an apartment from Fernanda and Mario on their idyllic country property near Cancelli, 20 km from Florence. Fernanda was trying to run a rental business and part of her promotion was a ...  Read More

Bucky E.

My trip to Tuscany- I will admit that getting up to the villa was quite confusing the first time but once u got there u got the hang of it for the times to follow. When my family and i started our adventure into the hills we knew it was gonna be difficult to find when they started to give directions by using churches and trees. Although it did a ...  Read More

Brianna N.

'But I am a pilgrim,' Giuseppe said as he stopped to give directions to a group of backpackers following the route of the pilgrim. As our trip toTuscany was now nearing its end, we were returning from seeing the sights of Volterra with Giuseppe as our guide. We had met him on the second day of our holiday when Sue, our representative, had ...  Read More

Heidi G.