Drive to Renaissance Tuscany II Ciocco Resort

I think that if a person finds that drive harrowing s/he has no business getting behind a wheel. It’s an ordinary two lane highway with some curves (not even too many or at all challenging by Tuscan standards). Get on Google street view and check for yourself. If you don’t think you can drive there, please refrain from driving anywhere else in Italy, where you are likely to find much worse, you would be a danger to yourself and others.

Thank you for the reply. I didn’t think much of a drive until someone wrote on a different site that he was white knuckling it for 20 minutes where the road twists and winds over bridges that barely fit one car despite it being a road that is two ways. A second person on a different site described it as “harrowing” and a ride that should be done in day time only (I’ll be coming in at night). Looking at google maps satellite is a good idea. Thank you for that. I could do without the tone though. If the drive is like driving along the Pacific Coast Highway then all good. By the description from others I’m imagining a cliff side that barely fits a car.

The tone is commensurate with the ridiculous comments you can see online from people who have no idea how to drive (and shouldn't) yet they go online to give scary advice to the public just to terrorize people or maybe to aggrandize their own driving feats. Don't read those ridiculous posts, they are garbage written by people who've never seen a hilly road. Just go on Google Street View and check for yourself.

The Pacific Coast Highway 1 is a good comparison, although CA-1 probably has more curves. However the road to Il Ciocco is by far much easier than many roads you might encounter in Tuscany. If you are familiar with the California coast in Northern Cal, then drive on any road on the Santa Cruz Mountains, for example from Pescadero to La Honda passing through Loma Mar, then proceed to Woodside on the other side of the hill on CA-84. That is a nice example of a more challenging Tuscan road.

If you are more familiar with Southern California, then try the roads on the Santa Monica Mountains.

Hahaha. Very true. Have driven all the above many times so I’m good to go! Appreciate the color though. I have heard of some crazy roads in CT from friends (I haven’t been there) so wasn’t sure if it was the same. I’m also probably semi making up excuses because I’m trying to decide whether to go towards that part of Tuscany or head down to Umbria and maybe a challenging drive would tip the scales one way or the other. But I think I will stay with the Tuscany plan. Thanks!

Roads would be similar in both. Tuscany and Umbria are both mountainous, so plenty of winding roads.

We drove to this resort and I would not consider this one of the challenging drives in Italy. We really enjoyed our time there. The restaurant was great, but you really want to venture over to Barga.