Agriturismo Casa Bistino Arezzo
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
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First days under the Tuscan Sun
... wouldn’t work with the credit card). Eventually (with the car beeping at us that we only had 30k’s of fuel left) we found a manned station and got it sorted.
We also made the huge decision that we were going to do a hyper visit to Rome for the day on the Wednesday (yep, I know, after what I just said about crowds) so it was into the railway station to book some seats in First Class on the red (fast train) – more about Rome in the next ...
Ahh Tuscany...
... by Mary our driver, Claudio, picked us up from the villa at 9am, or thereabouts (Italian 9am). He had an itenirary, but asked us if we were flxible. We said yes and he told us to leave it to him. Knowing how much we enjoy a coffee, our first stop was one of his favourite cafes. Then we drove to the Prada factory outlet nearby. I bought nothing. It was still very expensive and I'm just not that into labels like Prada. Next, was a delightful tour of the Chanti ...
Hmm... The package was a little small!
Well we started the day off again nice and early again with a half day walking tour, "The best of Florence"! We saw a couple of key things like palaces, statues, art, the pig, churches and the real reason we did the tour The Statue of David!
It was truly something to go see, the craftmenship in creating it was sensational and the detail just crazy right down to his toes and the veins in his arms and neck! Unfortunately we couldnt take photos of ...
Florence and the Renaissance capital
... After awhile, I decided to join in. The guards were watching and saying nothing. Only when there were flashes everywhere did you hear someone come over the intercom telling us to stop. However, that only made people put the cameras away for about 30 seconds, and then it started up again.
From there we walked outside and then through the opening of St. Peter’s Basilica. This is the largest church in the World, and even had marks on ...
The hunt is on!
... I wasn’t full yet, dessert was delivered – floating islands of incredibly light whipped mousse served in pureed red currant underneath an umbrella of paper-thin chocolate. On a small, hand-cut, black granite plate beside dessert was placed small candies – tiny caramels and shaped chocolates filled with liquefied centers. The meal was again accompanied by the house wines with honey mead and vin santo during the dessert course.
Let us see what tomorrow will ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Casa Bistino


