Tuscany, Italy
My husband and I just took a trip to Tuscany to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. It was one of the best trips we have ever been on! We truly loved every minute of it and wanted to share our itinerary and everything we did below!
I did a LOT of research before booking, and planned pretty much the whole trip (my husband has given up all travel planning to me hehe). I was especially excited for this trip as I have Celiacs and have to follow a strict Gluten Free diet- Italy was a DREAM and was SO gluten friendly!! Please feel free to shoot me a DM on insta or send me an email if you have any questions!
Itinerary:
Day 1: Flew to Florence
Day 2: Picked up rental car, Drove to Cortona, Italy to our Hotel Villa Di Piazzano
Day 3: Private wine tours to Montalcino using our amazing tour guide/driver Cortona Private Tours (If you want to work with Roberto please let me know, I can send a 10% discount code!) Our favorite winery of the day was Tenuta Fanti- an amazing tasting & it included a 5 course lunch!
Day 4: Private wine tour to Cortona/Montepulciano, lunch in Cortona, and 1.5 hour private tour of Cortona with our amazing guide Laura at Cortona Tourist Guide
Day 5: Relaxed at the hotel, layed by the pool, and celebrated our anniversary at Il Falconiere for dinner
Day 6: Drove to Siena, explored the city, and headed to our AirBNB in Lucca, this amazing villa
Day 7: Explored Lucca, Drove to Pisa to see the leaning tower and went to an amazing dinner at Ristorante Al Corso
Day 8: Met up with my friend Pelita in Forte Dei Marmi, shopped at the market (they have these every Wednesday), enjoyed lunch at Alpemare Beach Club, & headed to Pietrasanta to relax, enjoy drinks, and ate dinner at Giacomo Pietrasanta
Day 9: Woke up, drove to Florence, dropped off our rental car and checked into our hotel Hotel Calimala, we ate dinner at Ciro & Sons and it was DELISH
Day 10: Got our COVID tests to get back to the USA, went on a private tour with Marco using With Locals, we explored the historical touristy parts of Florence, and ate our final Italian meal at Hosteria Il Desco (if you’re in Florence go here, it was amazing!)
Day 11: Woke up and took a taxi to the airport to fly back to the US
Villa Di Piazzano, in Cortona
Our AirBNB/Villa in Lucca
View from our room at Hotel Calimala in Florence.