Category: Chapter 7 : Italy Autumn 2023
As the summer months draw to a close, we embark on our Grand Tour to Italy in 2023.
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The Grand Tour Italy 2023 – Summary and costs
Through September, October and November of 2023 we spend our time wandering across northern Italy. Here’s a summary, map and cost breakdown from our trip.
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High on emotions
Starting a trip back always elicits mixed emotions. Planning brings with it that ‘itchy feet feeling’ to get on the road. The journey is never from A to B. There’ll be surprises on the way that bring a whirlwind of emotion which, of course, is part of the reason we travel.
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Tales of Tuscany Towns Two
This week our tour of Tuscany towns continues. I hope you’re impressed with the alliteration in the blog title – Tales of Tuscany Towns two: Montereggioni San Gimignano and Volterra! We were weather dodging during this part of our Italian Tour as we caught the tail of storm Ciaran.
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Tales of Tuscany – Part 1
This week, we’re jumping into rural Tuscany with both feet. Is it really filled with beautiful towns, vineyards and olive groves? We find out.
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The tale of Italian contrasts and the stowaway
The tale of Italian contrasts and the stowaway shows the contrasting sides of Italy we’ve seen so far. The tourist traps with 1000’s of people which differ so dramatically with the quiet, little villages with a real Italian vibe. Oh and a stowaway joins us as we visit Lucca, Pisa, Florence and Grève in Chianti.
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Slow, slow, fast. A tale from Emilia-Romagna
This week we’re travelling slowly through Emilia-Romagna, enjoying the food, history and cars of Parma, Modena and Bologna.
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The tale of when life feels like a holiday
After the excitement of Tre Cime our Grand Tour made us feel like we were on holiday. We started by visiting the wondrous cities of Venice and Verona with amazing views and many many tourists. This was followed by some relaxing time by the very beautiful Lake Garda and teaching ourselves the joys of Apéro…
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Know your limits or ‘the one where the truck gets stuck on the mountain’
We’re in the Dolomites. The roads are really steep here but how steep can we go? This week we find out!
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The Grand Tour begins
In the 1700’s, the Grand Tour was chance for wealthy, well to do, young gentlemen to travel to learn about renaissance art and architecture on a voyage of self discovery in Italy. 300 years later, this is our version but with more wine.
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Italy 2023 – Planning our trips
So we’ve decided we’re going to Italy….. how do we go about planning what to do and where to go?
