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suggestions for Day Tours to Tuscany out of Florence

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could I please get the name/contact/link for the apt in Florence? Planning a trip with another couple for 2020 and it sounds perfect. thanks, Elaine
 

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JME,

Could you send me the contact info for you apartment in Florence? We are planning a trip to Italy and would be very interested. I know your recommendations will be good since I follow your posts about Hilton Head and other travel sites and they are all excellent.

Do you recommend the hotel in Rome over the Grand Flora? We have been looking at that but are open to other suggestions.

Thanks! tlwmkw.
 

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FYI, here's the amazing Airbnb apartment we stayed at in Florence for 4 glorious nights.......WOW! We still talk about it. (October is definitely a great time to be there....we had 9.5 days (out of 10) of perfect weather, mid-high 60s and sunny, very pleasant.

Called "The Terrace in the Heart of Florence"....owner Marie Midavaine. Such a wonderful lady, former fashion designer, still young!!!!
She sat down with us on check-in (probably 40 minutes) and reviewed EVERYTHING, even her personal list of favorite restaurants.
Private, quiet, lovely, huge terrace to ourselves, and yet around the corner from great restaurants and only minutes walk
to anything of note in Florence. Longest walk for us was to Statue of David----
16-20 minutes at most, and that's short! Literally close to everything.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23580792?guests=1&adults=1
Click on "VIEW PHOTOS" at bottom right corner of page 1 photo.


She's listed as a "Superhost", which is a very good thing. And she gives you her cell number and will always respond at any time.

The pictures are impressive, but the place is actually BETTER! Very spacious & livable, like being a "local".....quaint, charming, everything there you need, and it's quite a historical building, very very old. We miss it!

On the morning of our check-out, she had a taxi waiting for us outside the front door, and that little "back street" NEVER has taxis coming in there, but she arranged it. Two blocks away from the door is a busy street, but back in there it's quiet. By the end of our 4 nights and 5 days we knew "our" neighborhood and loved it.

address is ......Via delle Brache, 3, PIANO 1, Florence, Toscana 50122, Italy
schematic map:
https://goo.gl/maps/EdrvMNBAhMT2
(click on little arrow top left to always move the box out of the view)

Aerial view map:
https://goo.gl/maps/dvA9QboUPGq
(click on little arrow top left to move the box out of the view)

Move box & note the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge to the left....a 10-minute walk!!!!!
https://goo.gl/maps/ZwcVY2yBtDs

https://goo.gl/maps/7rkbn9mWu6y

https://goo.gl/maps/bV9mvT2EHq62
 
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We did indeed see Siena and San Gimignano, both wonderful.

Also the small hilltop medieval walled fortress town of Monteriggione, which at one time protected Florence against enemy encroachments.
Very interesting, and amazing views. The olive groves surrounding the walled town are gorgeous----I took many photos!!!
One vantage point HAS TO BE the site of a mid-century landscape oil painting I recently bought (before the trip), and I can imagine the artist sitting and executing his wonderful painting from the exact spot. Love it!

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.visittuscany.com/shared/visittuscany/immagini/1-l.-betti-monterigg-aerea-orizz.jpg?__scale=w:1301,h:800,t:2,q:85&imgrefurl=https://www.visittuscany.com/en/destinations/monteriggioni/&h=800&w=1301&tbnid=_czVIo-_W6r9-M:&q=monteriggioni&tbnh=160&tbnw=260&usg=AI4_-kQujSBMtuUP9RL5OrRMX_Jv1Z46aQ&vet=12ahUKEwjW1OPYlPfeAhUNzlMKHRJOCiwQ_B0wD3oECAQQBg..i&docid=r4AP4EYZMHHXCM&itg=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW1OPYlPfeAhUNzlMKHRJOCiwQ_B0wD3oECAQQBg


https://www.google.com/search?q=ima...eAhVG2lMKHaCWAzIQsAR6BAgFEAE&biw=1278&bih=663



Very nice spot, jme.
 

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FYI, here's the amazing Airbnb apartment we stayed at in Florence for 4 glorious nights.......WOW! We still talk about it. (October is definitely a great time to be there....we had 9.5 days (out of 10) of perfect weather, mid-high 60s and sunny, very pleasant.

Called "The Terrace in the Heart of Florence"....owner Marie Midavaine. Such a wonderful lady, former fashion designer, still young!!!!
She sat down with us on check-in (probably 40 minutes) and reviewed EVERYTHING, even her personal list of favorite restaurants.
Private, quiet, lovely, huge terrace to ourselves, and yet around the corner from great restaurants and only minutes walk
to anything of note in Florence. Longest walk for us was to Statue of David----
16-20 minutes at most, and that's short! Literally close to everything.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23580792?guests=1&adults=1
Click on "VIEW PHOTOS" at bottom right corner of page 1 photo.


She's listed as a "Superhost", which is a very good thing. And she gives you her cell number and will always respond at any time.

The pictures are impressive, but the place is actually BETTER! Very spacious & livable, like being a "local".....quaint, charming, everything there you need, and it's quite a historical building, very very old. We miss it!

On the morning of our check-out, she had a taxi waiting for us outside the front door, and that little "back street" NEVER has taxis coming in there, but she arranged it. Two blocks away from the door is a busy street, but back in there it's quiet. By the end of our 4 nights and 5 days we knew "our" neighborhood and loved it.

address is ......Via delle Brache, 3, PIANO 1, Florence, Toscana 50122, Italy
schematic map:
https://goo.gl/maps/EdrvMNBAhMT2
(click on little arrow top left to always move the box out of the view)

Aerial view map:
https://goo.gl/maps/dvA9QboUPGq
(click on little arrow top left to move the box out of the view)

Move box & note the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge to the left....a 10-minute walk!!!!!
https://goo.gl/maps/ZwcVY2yBtDs

https://goo.gl/maps/7rkbn9mWu6y

https://goo.gl/maps/bV9mvT2EHq62



That apt looks great, jme!

And that price is not unreasonable.
 
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