Tuscany
Tuscany, which many tourits visit in June to see Rossi racing in the MotoGP, is on the west coast of Italy. Tuscany is a favourite area to visit for British and other holidaymakers. You can have culture, art and architecture, in the medieval cities such as Florence, or laze on the sandy beach at Viareggio.
Some tourists like to combine a trip to Tuscany exploring further around Italy with a tour taking in neighbouring inland Umbria. This is what members of my family did previously.
Tuscany's Must See sights
I had been to Tuscany several times without even registering it as Tuscany. I knew the landmarks which I visited as a teenager with my parents when you could put your car on a plane and fly to Europe. We went to see the landmark Leaning Tower of Pisa. Then Florence and its Ponte Vecchio (old bridge), a medieval bridge filled with shops across the river Arno.
Florence:
Bridge Ponte Vecchio;
Ufizzi Gallery.
Pisa: leaning tower.
Umbria's Must-See sights
Assissi, two grand buildings connected with St Francis of Assisi. Numerous churches and museums with frescoes of St Francis. Museums of wine and olives.
Perugia, the capital of Umbria, with its massive Etruscan gateway built against the looming cliffside, with cobbled paths leading up to the main fountain square and medieval buildings. (See my previous posts on Umbria.)
Italian Spelling and Pronunciation
Note that in Italian a soft c (like the s sound in Venice, with a z becoming ts as in Venezia, and Ufizzi, and instead of K for hard sounds like the English word kick, a double c followed by h, as in Pinocchio and Vecchio). In English we place an e after the hard g to make a J sound, as in garage, but in Italian you double the g, as in Viareggio.
Useful Websites
Umbria
www.umbria.it
Italy
www.italiantouristboard.co.uk
Tripadvisor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187893-s301/Tuscany:Italy:Arriving.And.Departing.html
Wikitravel
https://wikitravel.org/en/Tuscany
Wikivoyage
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tuscany
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker
Tuscany, which many tourits visit in June to see Rossi racing in the MotoGP, is on the west coast of Italy. Tuscany is a favourite area to visit for British and other holidaymakers. You can have culture, art and architecture, in the medieval cities such as Florence, or laze on the sandy beach at Viareggio.
Some tourists like to combine a trip to Tuscany exploring further around Italy with a tour taking in neighbouring inland Umbria. This is what members of my family did previously.
Tuscany's Must See sights
I had been to Tuscany several times without even registering it as Tuscany. I knew the landmarks which I visited as a teenager with my parents when you could put your car on a plane and fly to Europe. We went to see the landmark Leaning Tower of Pisa. Then Florence and its Ponte Vecchio (old bridge), a medieval bridge filled with shops across the river Arno.
Florence:
Bridge Ponte Vecchio;
Ufizzi Gallery.
Pisa: leaning tower.
Umbria's Must-See sights
Assissi, two grand buildings connected with St Francis of Assisi. Numerous churches and museums with frescoes of St Francis. Museums of wine and olives.
Perugia, the capital of Umbria, with its massive Etruscan gateway built against the looming cliffside, with cobbled paths leading up to the main fountain square and medieval buildings. (See my previous posts on Umbria.)
Massive Etruscan gateway to Perugia, hillside capital of landlocked Umbria, Italy. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Perugia, underground city.
Italian Spelling and Pronunciation
Note that in Italian a soft c (like the s sound in Venice, with a z becoming ts as in Venezia, and Ufizzi, and instead of K for hard sounds like the English word kick, a double c followed by h, as in Pinocchio and Vecchio). In English we place an e after the hard g to make a J sound, as in garage, but in Italian you double the g, as in Viareggio.
Useful Websites
Umbria
www.umbria.it
Italy
www.italiantouristboard.co.uk
Tripadvisor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187893-s301/Tuscany:Italy:Arriving.And.Departing.html
Wikitravel
https://wikitravel.org/en/Tuscany
Wikivoyage
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tuscany
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker
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