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Tuscany

The appeal of Tuscany?
A warm embrace of rural tranquility, medieval hilltop villages, the world's greatest art, absorbing history, and excellent food & wine.

It's a place of dreams, inspiring artists since the beginning of history.  Apparently, no less than twenty per cent of the world's entire artistic heritage as listed by UNESCO lies within a 2 hour radius of our hotel.  That really is quite a boast.  One thing I can guarantee is that we won't get to see it all in our time here!

Tuscany was the birthplace of the Renaissance.  Most of what we think of as Western civilisation was either rediscovered or invented here.  And its historical significance goes back to the Etruscans, who brought ancient Greek culture with them.  Even Noah (allegedly) passed by in his ark.

We intend these weeks to be more relaxed than our city tours, with time to unwind, and opportunities to enjoy the pool, particularly on our longer tour.  Nonetheless we’ll be out & about practically every day, as our itchy feet will compel us to share the region's charm with you.

Among our many visits we should see legendary Florence, leaning Pisa, enchanting Siena, sail to an island in Italy's 4th largest lake, Trasimeno, and join the pilgrims to St Francis' truly medieval town of Assisi.

We’ll stay in the quieter south, the Valdichiana, near to the cheerful maze-like Lucignano, across the valley from Cortona, the "crown jewel" of Tuscan hill towns.

Accommodation & Dining
The Girasoli (sunflower) is a hotel designed for accessibility, with all areas, including both the indoor & outdoor swimming pools, wheelchair accessible. All rooms have roll-in showers.
The hotel is in a pleasant rural location, within its own extensive grounds, looking out to woods in the foreground and hilltop towns in the distance.

The Girasoli’s accommodation comes as half board, so we will be taking both breakfast and dinner on site.  Our experience is that the chef creates excellent authentic Italian dishes.

Weather
  Average highs of 23ºC in May, and 23 dry days per month, according to online resources.

    Lucignano Weather             Lucignano Climate

Dates
Airlines fly to Tuscany from most of the London airports, and also Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, & Bournemouth. We found that no single day of the week was ideal for all of these, so we decided to work flexibly with this in mind.  We identified days which gave flights at sociable hours from airports near to our particular clients, and propose to adjust arrival & departure days to suit individuals.

We are offering two tours.
Tour 1 will run from 9th, 10th, or 11th May for different clients, with departures 18th & 19th.
Tour 2 will be more conventional, from 19th to 26th May, with one client staying until 27th.

Our packages do not include flights  (Click here to learn why).
However, we are more than happy to assist in identifying the best value and most suitable flights for you, and indeed need to liaise with all clients prior to ticket purchase in order to be sure all the transfers to & from hotel are feasible.

Below are some flights that our clients are likely to use, with links for more details
(To simplify results, remove tick from "+1" & "+2" stops in left column).
Please contact us to discuss other possibilities.
You can also search Skyscanner to research other routes, times, & prices.

Tour 1 Outward
9th May Bournemouth-Pisa 1215-1525 Ryanair
10th May Edinburgh-Pisa 1705-2050 Ryanair
11th May Manchester-Pisa 1430-1800 Jet2

Tour 1 Return
18th May Pisa-Manchester 1840-2010 Jet2
19th May Pisa-Edinburgh 1350-1540 Ryanair
19th May Pisa-Heathrow1315-1430 BA
19th May Pisa-Bristol 1500-1620 Easyjet
19th May Pisa-Gatwick 2145-2255 Easyjet

Tour 2 Outward
19th may Heathrow-Pisa 0840-1150 BA
19th May Gatwick-Pisa 1100-1405 BA
19th May Stansted-Pisa 1120-1430 Ryanair
19th May LeedsBradford-Pisa 1450-1820 Jet2
19th May Liverpool-Pisa 1625-1940 Ryanair

Tour 2 Return
26th May Pisa-Heathrow 1315-1430 BA
26th May Pisa-Liverpool 1435-1600 Ryanair
26th May Pisa-Gatwick 1450-1600 BA
26th May Pisa-Stansted 1455-1615 Ryanair
26th May Pisa-LeedsBradford 1630-1755 Ryanair

Other Useful Web Links 

    I Girasoli                 Lonely Planet Tuscany  

    Lucignano                    Cortona

    DK Tuscany     

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