Grand Hotel Plaza in Tuscany

... North Americans and artists. The area is a retirement destination for well off North Americans, the equivalent to what Provance or Tuscany is to the British...because of its year round superb climate and beauty. The weather is 25C during the day, 10 C ...

... to Florence. The short ˝ hour train ride put us close to everything and once we deposited our overnight bag at our hotel (Plaza Lucchesi, www.plazalucchesi.it) we started exploring and weaving our way through the thousands of tourists.  Most of ...

... front had covered most of Europe, with the unusually cold weather coming down from Siberia. We are staying at 2 hotels in Firenze, The Plaza Hotel Lucchesi and the HOTEL BRUNELLESCHI. Both very old with lots of history and located in the centre of the ...

... the museum in the morning to see Michelangelo's "David" sculpture and explore the rest of the town before heading off to Tuscany Thursday. Note - definitely working on sending photos  for some reason this site is not iPad friendly so I have to get on ...

... say, but I surmised it was because she knew one of them would win the war! Arrived in Lucca and found very comfortable hotel just outside walls. Walked into town and it's a delight. Wandered around and found bar close to the Cathedral where I settled ...

... visited Pisa to see the famous Leaning Tower and then stopped at the Tuscan town of Montecatini for a two-night stay at Grand Hotel Tamerici & Principe. We enjoyed a wine tasting experience in the vineyards – wine, olive oil, garlic bruschetta, ...

... started to filter in, the GPS made contact with the heavens and we drove out of the maze, alive and mostly well!  The Grand Hotel Parker's showed up on the right and I pulled into the Taxi area and parked.  Not even a Sherman Tank was going to ...

... North Americans and artists. The area is a retirement destination for well off North Americans, the equivalent to what Provance or Tuscany is to the British...because of its year round superb climate and beauty. The weather is 25C during the day, 10 C ...

... very intimate array of modern art. Some pieces still hang where she had them when she lived there. I think I am rambling and I obviously can not explain completely but Venice is like a dream come true. From here... to Tuscany. Love and ...

... the end ‘cause I usually lost the toss. This region looks a lot like the pictures I’ve seen of Tuscany, with springtime green vines, terracotta roof tiles, houses in umber colours, stone-walled monastries on hilltops, winding rural roads, ...