My husband and I will be traveling to Italy this summer (July) with our girls (12 & 14). After our stays in Venice and Florence, we are renting a car in Florence and don't have to be at our agriturismo in Orvieto area until after 4pm. (We are staying at the agriturismo for 3 nights, and will have our car the entire time until we leave via train for Rome to finish our trip.) We've never been to Tuscany/Umbria region before, so wanted to get some advice on this part of the trip.
Questions:
Do you think it would be too much to visit 2 spots (we're thinking San Gimignano and Siena) on our way to Orvieto? I'd love to see Siena, but we're open to other recommendations given how much time we have. We'd like to avoid crowds as much as possible, but I know that will be impossible that time of year and for cities like that. Any other spots that would be fun for an active/outdoorsy family with teen/tween girls, who loves authentic experiences and good food? We're open to driving scenic routes, although want to be careful not to get on too crazy of roads as our younger daughter gets carsick easily.
After that, we will have 2 full days with a car to explore from our base in Orvieto. Any advice on must see areas/towns? Our girls are set on seeing Civita, so that is on our must-do list, but we're open to explore other areas off the beaten path. We love hiking, so any suggestions on where we can do that (without getting lost) would be welcome too. ;) We will be busy in Rome after this, so don't want to cram in too much... I actually think we could stay at our farmhouse and pool the entire time if we wanted, but do want to explore a little bit!
Thanks in advance for any ideas!