Tuscany

We started our first morning in Tuscany with a walk around the estate and visit to the wine shop on the property that we are staying at, Villa Le Corti. We organised our tour/tasting which was included with our accommodation and hit the road to explore the region!

We drove to Siena which was about an hours' drive from our accomodation. While there, we explored the picturseque winding streets and massive piazza (where the town was setting up for a big festival). Gab even had a drink of water from a turtle’s mouth (it was a fountain statue!)

We then made our way back towards home with a short stop in Monteriggiorini, a small town with a castle on top of the hill with an amazing view over the Tuscan hills. This castle was actually built in 1213 and it was used when protecting the city during many battles with rivals, Florence. We explored the fortress whilst getting our daily gelato - limoncello for Daniel and mango/peach for Gab. It was definitely necessary as it was so hot (and we enjoyed the aircon car back to our accomodation!)

We went back to the accommodation around mid afternoon and spent a couple of hours chilling out by the pool and reading. So beautiful and relaxing (and the water was actually nice and refreshing!) We enjoyed a night in the villa, sitting outside and enjoying pasta cooked by Daniel and we watched a movie.En savoir plus