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Anniversary in Tuscany, spring 2027

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Hello, my wife and I are considering spending our anniversary next in Tuscany/Northern Italy. We’ve been to 30+ countries in Europe since 2011 spending just shy of a year of time over 6-7 trips.

Both love Europe incredibly and after a recent trip to Japan which was amazing we both have an itch to go back to Europe ASAP. (Sorry for the humble brag I’m just trying to preface our preference)

We are considering Tuscany/Northern Italy for like 10 days to 2 weeks, would love any thoughts on home bases or off the beat villas to rent, spots truly memorable and high quality. We’d likely be flying into Rome and would be open to renting a car the entire time etc. any starting advice would be greatly appreciated as I typically find the advice here to be very helpful in beginning research for a trip, thanks

Edit* have spent probably almost 2 months in Italy previously, have been to Pisa, Florence, Cinque Terre, Venice, Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Amalfi coast. I find Italy be Quintessential Europe and do enjoy the stereotypical experience as well lol

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Since you have been in Florence and Pisa, I'm gonna recommend Lucca, a city many tourists miss but it is very much worth going to!

Medieval city walls, lovely old town, amazing food (like the rest of tuscany), and an ancient neoclassical aqueduct that can be visited (Nottolini Aqueduct).

I was there multiple times in the last years and love going back every time I can.

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WE have visited Italy many times, it is our favorite foreign country and we have been to 84 foreign countries.

Tuscay and Umbria are wonderful. Consider staying in Siena as a base for Tuscany. For Umbria, we used Spoleto as a base. Also, you could use Perugia.
For Umbria don't miss Assisi, Gubbio, Perugia, Spoleto and Orvieto.

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Since you’ve seen Pisa and Florence, that leaves hundreds of smaller towns and villages in gorgeous rural Tuscany. You can practically throw a dart, though I am partial to the southern coastal stretch full of Etruscan sites.
Sounds like accommodations are a priority for you, as they are me, so I often just start searching for apartment rentals and then I branch out from there. You could do the same with agriturismi, etc.

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Since you have seen a lot of northern Italy already have you considered either Puglia or Sicily?
March would be a good time to visit those locations and a car is very useful

Posted by
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We’ve been thinking about Sicily as well, perhaps on the back half of this trip

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I'd suggest saving Sicily for another trip. My husband and I made two trips there, for a total of five weeks. We did the eastern side of the island on one trip and the western side on another.

I would second the recommendation for Puglia.

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