Castello di Magona
Travel Blogs from Tuscany
A dazed day in Elba.
... simple life in Elba. From here we ventured up behind the village in little alleys paved in what looked like pink quartz, presumably hundreds of years old. All was going very well until several things in my line of vision when patchy. Migraine can hit in the most annoying places and it was back to the ship for me. Pills and a dark room for a few hours helped enormously but it will be no alcohol or rich food for me tonight. Early to bed as we sail to Rome where we bid the Pride ...
Tuscany to Umbria
... a main highway which then took us past Florence and then down towards Siena. Once we got on the main highway we made a lot of ground quite quickly. Elijah only slept for 45 minutes and woke up when we were going through the toll booth to get on the A1. He rarely ever happily sits in the car entertaining himself these days so once he is awake I am constantly turning around to pass him toys, snacks, sing songs and tell nursery rhymes to keep him happy! We stopped at around 12 ...
Tuscany
We had a very laid back, uneventful day today which was really lovely. When Elijah woke from his morning sleep we had some lunch and then headed out to find a grocery store that was open on a Sunday. Both the stores in Villamagna were closed so we drove to the larger supermarket in Volterra. When we arrived we realised they had just closed half and hour ago! So we knew that if that supermarket was closed then ...
Tuscany
This morning we got going early headed off to Volterra again to see the Saturday morning markets. They had closed a street down and it was filled with stalls and people. It felt like we were the only tourists there which I loved! Everyone seemed to know everyone- it was amazing! People around us were all bumping into people they knew every few seconds... 'Oh Lorenzo... Maria....Massimo....Lucia'. The first stalls we ...
Volterra
... happened. Then we were on the road again, heading to Volterra. First before I get to that, I have to say how happy I am we decided to get this iPad before we left. We took no phone or Garmin, but all we have to do is put in where we are going, and even without wifi or data, the shows where we are and the route to take. Helped us enormously to navigate through these crazy little places. We had to park outside the ...
TripAdvisor Reviews Castello di Magona Tuscany
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Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $174- Hit or Miss
- Dark, noisy and depressing
- Very nice!
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Hilton Florence Metropole
Isolotto/Legnaia, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $96- 4 star quality for about 100 Euro
- Inconvienent location
- Here is the low down-
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Golden Tulip Galilei - Pisa
Via Darsena 1, Angolo via Aurelia, Pisa | 4 star hotelfrom $90- Know what you're getting into
- ???? Call this an airport hotel ????
- Shame about the Shortcomings
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Hotel Londra
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $140- Very Nice Stay At The Londra
- Never s!!
- Not a bad location, lavish appearance, service can be better
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The Westin Excelsior Florence
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 5 star hotelfrom $285- Rossinis' restaurant
- Excellent!
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Novotel Firenze Nord Aeroporto
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $90 -
Ibis Firenze Nord Aeroporto
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Relais Uffizi
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 2 star hotelfrom $128- Charming little place, great location
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NH Firenze
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $109 -
Mercure Siena Degli Ulivi
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Grand Hotel Tamerici & Principe
Viale IV Novembre, 2 B, Montecatini Terme | 3 star hotelfrom $126 -
Ventaclub Magliano
Campo Spillo, Magliano in Toscana | 4 star hotel -
Hotel Raffaello Florence
Viale Morgagni, 19, Florence | 3 star hotelfrom $130 -
Le Acacie Hotel & Residence
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Hotel First
Airport/Calenzano, Calenzano | 3 star hotelfrom $66 -
Grand Hotel Minerva
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $231- Awesome hotel!
- Excellent Hotel
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Hotel Garden
Via Custoza 2, Siena | 4 star hotelfrom $118- A fine hotel
- Wonderful staff
- Loved it
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Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Santa Croce, Florence | 5 star hotel -
NH Excelsior
Piazza la Lizza, Siena | 3 star hotelfrom $128- Location great; Hotel below average
- It was okay
- Best location
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Hilton Garden Inn Florence Novoli
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $90
