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short daytrips from Volterra?

Posted by (Prior Lake, MN, USA) on

Four of us are planning a trip for next April / May.

I'm pondering staying in Volterra for 3 nights
We have Rick;s book, so we know of the major towns that we can visit.

One person in our group (of 4) thinks an hour is too long, given the round trip - 2 hours
1) Are there other interesting towns/sites near Volterra that I should research for us to day-trip to?
2) Also, are there good, interesting, unique parks to visit in that area?

I just discovered the Baratti Archeological Park. It is 1.25 hours away - may be too long a ride.
3) I'm wondering if a day-trip to the coast would be good. Perhaps driving a loop, so not back-tracking?

Thanks

Posted by
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Will you be staying elsewhere before or after Volterra? Without knowing that, it is difficult to answer your question.

Posted by
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It is not as central for day trips as towns in Chianti or Val d’Orcia areas are. I like Volterra but would bot stay there for that reason.

Posted by
393 posts

Thank you for responses. I'm at a funeral, so just a quick note:
We're going north to south, (still early in planning) - Florence and then Siena.

After Siena, I think we'll do Rick's Tuscany Drive - but not sleeping anywhere there, unless we skip the western towns.

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If we rent a car for a day or two before heading south (via car), is Siena easy enough to do a few day trips from (i.e. is the traffic OK).
OR should we be north of Siena if we want to go to Voltera and San G (and probably elsewhere?)

Posted by
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San Gimignano is close and definitely worth a visit and a drive-around. We did a day trip to Volterra from Lucca, so you could do the opposite. Lucca is a charming town. My favourite thing to do is rent a bike and ride around the top of the wall, and then go to Pizza Felice for 100 grams of pizza (it's a hole in the wall, not a full service restaurant).

I generally don't find the traffic in Tuscany to be too bad except when you get near Florence.

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