Villa Porta all'Arco
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Villa Porta all'Arco from our 5 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Volterra
Etruscans, Romans, and Wine in the Park
... here in the year 18 which gives this historical place almost 2000 years of history. The ceiling is beautifully painted with pictures of St. Linus, his deeds, and his decapitation by an executioner. The frescoes also portray several saints as well as other works of art and sculptures. It is really quite impressive. We continue wandering around Volterra finding little hidden niches of history and beauty everywhere. There is an old Roman aqueduct and pool for water that ...
Wedding Day
We drove to the villa a few days ago and have been settling in here getting ready for the wedding and meeting the other guests coming for the wedding. Ryan and Bick (my nephew and his new wife), have friends from all over. Ryan and Bick work in England and Bick's parents are from Malaysia, so was a very multicultural affair.
...
Tuscany!
... br> Mick has hired a car for us to travel to a few different places and we find ourselves in San Gimigniano, and some other fantastic Tuscan places.
Siena is a cool place and there is so much history here. Just walking throughn the streets is amazing and I'm getting used to the Italian way of life to some extent. The food is the first thing I notice, it is so good!!! ...
The bus isn't going to be here for how long?!
... SIX, yes six, hours. We talked about everything under the moon, sex included. It was a blast. Roommate talks are definitely going to be a regular thing in this house. As everyone else headed off the bed, Lisa, Emily and I stayed up and talked a little while longer. Emily, since she knows everyyyyone, showed Lisa and me some of her cute friends that she wants us to date. Let me just say that some of them were hotttt!
Saturday we decided to go on another ...
Ciao Firenze
Today was our last full day in Firenze! We tried to keep ourselves busy packing and running last minute gift-buying errands to keep our minds off of our impending departure. We ate lunch at Gusta Osteria to have their delicious chocolate cake for one last time, and then we ate dinner at Il Teatro. It was a solemn dinner and we made ...