Tuscany travel advice https://www.bella-toscana.com/category/tuscany-travel-advice/ Tuscany tourist information and visitors guide Fri, 09 May 2025 15:20:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bella-toscana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/favicon.ico Tuscany travel advice https://www.bella-toscana.com/category/tuscany-travel-advice/ 32 32 Tuscan Saffron https://www.bella-toscana.com/tuscan-saffron/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12810 Saffron is grown in small quantities but high quality in Italy where it is used in a number of regional dishes, most famously Risotto alla Milanese. The prized “Aquila” saffron (zafferano dell’Aquila) is characterised by elevated safranal and crocin content, shape, unusually pungent aroma and intense colour.

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]]> Accommodations in Chianti https://www.bella-toscana.com/accommodations-in-chianti/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12953 The Tuscany holiday accommodations listed here are located in both the countryside and the small towns and villages of the Chianti Classico wine territory. They are often near wineries but are not working vineyards themselves.

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]]> Pickpockets in Italy https://www.bella-toscana.com/pickpockets-in-italy/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12402 Armed robbery (“mugging”) and violent theft are relatively rare in Italy, but Naples and Rome are right up there with Barcelona and Madrid as the pickpocket capitals of the world. Florence and other tourist cities are also plagued by pickpockets in Italy.

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]]> Transport in Tuscany https://www.bella-toscana.com/transport-in-tuscany/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12728 The main Tuscan cities such as Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Sienna plus many of the smaller towns are connected by the railway network, but a great many towns and villages are served only by buses or by no public transport at all.

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]]> Timeshares and fractional ownership in Tuscany https://www.bella-toscana.com/timeshares-and-fractional-ownership-in-tuscany/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12971 Fractional ownership of a vacation apartment is similar to a timesharebut with more flexibility and better equity. Borgo di Vagli fractional ownership club near Cortona on the Tuscan-Umbrian border provides access to luxury accommodation in a restored mediaeval village at a fraction of the price of owning and maintaining your own residence in Tuscany.

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]]> Tuscany Taxi and Transfers https://www.bella-toscana.com/tuscany-taxi-and-transfers/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12872 Our recommended minibus drivers for airport, railway station, cruise ship port transfers to and from your accommodation in Tuscany and to and from all points in Italy. Plus larger vehicles for wedding parties and groups.

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]]> Italian traffic tickets https://www.bella-toscana.com/traffic-violations-in-italy/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12456 Five facts you need to know about traffic violations, ticketing and fines in Italy:
1) Local authorities around the world generate a significant proportion of their revenue from fines levied for infractions of various non-penal laws, notably driving regulations.

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]]> Organic food in Tuscany https://www.bella-toscana.com/organic-food-in-tuscany/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=13008 Organic food production and cooking is popular in Italy and, indeed, the home of the movements for Slow Food and Slow Cities is also the European leader in organic farming, with around 45,000 organic farms, 2,300 of them in Tuscany. Germany, where Bio-Produkte are enormously popular, comes in second.

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]]> Tuscany Travel Websites https://www.bella-toscana.com/tuscany-travel-websites/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=13431 www.greve-in-chianti.com Complete information for the Chianti zone centred on the market town ofGreve in Chianti. Chianti vacation rentals and farm house holiday homes, with maps, pictures, festival dates and things to see.

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]]> Italian Leather Goods https://www.bella-toscana.com/italian-leather-goods/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=12798 Italy is one of the leading countries in the world market of leatherwear, shoes and other leather goods and Tuscany is famous for its artisanal crafts and products. The quality of the handmade leatherware is very high and, generally, based on a long, local tradition.

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