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Tuscany Traveller Newsletter now. Now is the time to plan your visit to Cortona and other places here in Italy with the help of Tuscany Traveller. Read the Tuscany Traveller Newsletter for your best budget or luxury stay in Tuscany, Italy. Where to stay and what is happening now - selective villas, apartments, farmhouse accommodation Tuscany agriturismo, (agritourism), bed and breakfast, holiday accommodation, and other vacation rentals in Toscane and elsewhere in Italy.

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Tuscany Now in the Newsletter 
Issue 33 Spring/Summer 2009

Discovering Firenze
Exploring San Marco and San Lorenzo Firenze

Featured in the current newsletter:
Wedding watching in sunny Cortona



Today's Tuscany on Twiitter

Provinces of Tuscany
Places to Visit  
- Choose
from the ten provinces   Tuscany is rich in rural holiday locations and Traveller selects those to recommend. See Florence, Siena, Chianti, Arezzo, Cortona and many other places. Places to Visit
Shopping in Tuscany
Tuscan, Italian Shopping
Not just Gucci and Prada factory shops  Gucci, Armani and Prada yes, but also lots of style boutiques that line the Vias and Viccoli of many towns and cities.
More on shopping in the Newsletter






 


Enjoying Pisa, Rome, Bologna, Milan or Perugia on the way to Tuscany.

A little on the places of flight arrivals or overnight stays

Travelling through Italy to your destinations in Tuscany






Flights to and Travel in Tuscany

The architecture and art of Tuscany
Antica Dimora, traditonal Florence Read more on in the newsletter.
 

The Food and Wine of Tuscany



Tuscan dishes derive their origins from cucina povera a poor or peasant cuisine that’s depends on local ingredients.
Tuscan Food

Music and Festivals







 Events

Etruscan history in the landscape
Tuscany Traveller is very interested in the culture of Tuscany and writes about its art, history and architecture.




Features 

Crafts, art, artists and artisans
Artisan Tuscan Gifts of all Kinds
Paintings, photographs, leather goods, art and craft based products of a high aesthetic standard. Antique maps, hand- made stationery. Hidden down vicoli> Antique cartographers and other artisans. Free mailing on products to  newsletter subscribers

Featured Province of Tuscany - Arezzo

The centre of historic Cortona with spectacular views from lake Trasimeno to Arezzo
Holiday of a lifetime! 
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Town Apartments -  Budget Stays
On a hillside, overlooking the Val di Chiana, a house of traditional apartments, with stunning views to Lake Trasimeno, just steps away from the medieval centre of Cortona. If you plan to travel in Tuscany Italy, contact us for details of this affordable way to stay and last minute availability. Just a short stroll from the house are great shops of all kinds. The warm Cortona welcome and buzz of people who love life.

Staying on an agriturismo wine and olive oil estate
in a Tuscan Countryside Farmhouse





Three hills form this small hamlet of Crete in Cortona just 7km from the hillside town. The estate spreads over 25 hectares and is well exposed to sunlight,
making it ideal for the cultivation of olive trees, grapevines, wheat, sunflowers and melons. The ample grounds have great views across the valley to Foiano della Chiana (14KM), Castiglion Fiorentino (8KM).
Contact
us now for availability

Tuscany Now - News & Features Bringing The Best of Tuscany to you in 2009 - in the  Newsletter 
Traveller writes a newsletter to keep you informed and make your stay even better. There is also a free bulletin which has details of the contents of the current issue of he newsletter plus an informed article. Planning to travel in Italy? Discover the places to visit, where to stay, eating out and wine bars. Also art and history of Cortona Tuscany and the Etruscans. Whether you are planning to go the coast, Chianti, Florence, Arezzo Cortona or elsewhere, on a budget in typical Italian style and luxury in Italy, this will make your stay even better.

Summer in Cortona 
"If a medieval or Renaissance merchant rode through one of the city gates today, apart from the odd changed facade or refurbishment, he would recognise his hillside town".  See more of Cortona

Palace near Lucca - Luxury environment,  ideal for corporate events


Luxury Palazzo near Lucca Early nineteenth century, frescoed, in grounds of 50 acres of pine forests, olive groves, extensive gardens, a consecrated chapel, a large pool and floodlit tennis court. The house sleeps 22 in great comfort, has a cinema, a vast Tuscan demonstration kitchen and five reception rooms making it perfect for family reunions and big parties. Most of the double beds are six feet wide and there are 4 twin bedrooms in the villa. However if more twin rooms are required this can be arranged.

Villas That Tuscany Traveller
Has Stayed At

      
                       
Contact us for accommodation available


Carefully selected, villas, apartments farmhouses with swimming pools, Our  booking service is designed to bring you a personal service at no extra cost on a number of carefully selected locations in Tuscany and other parts of Italy.
This, the most famous of the 20 regions of Italy is in central Italy, its western edge is coastline, but to the north, east and south it borders with 5 other regions: Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Marche, Umbria and Lazio. Tuscany is celebrated for its wealth of art, illustrious history (Etruscan and Roman) and richly evocative landscape. It's a place where the past and present fuse into a delicate harmony. Whichever part of the province you choose to explore, you will find an ancient land every bit as captivating as its reputation promises. Your only problem is deciding what to leave out.  Traveller gets behind the tourist exteriors and finds the real Tuscany to make your choices easier and your travel even better. There are different types of holidays, you can laze by a pool or learn to cook, paint or take photographs, all holidays available. See Etruscan artefacts and Roman architecture. There is ballooning, bike tours on its beautiful roads, and sports including fencing and rowing. Let us tailor-make your stay or find the best villa, farmhouse with swimming pool or apartment for you to stay in. 

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