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Tuscany or Umbria? 6 nights to kill

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Hi all! In between our travel from Venice to Rome, in July, we are exploring where to stay. Very interested in a stay at an agriturismo. We could stay in 2 places.

Another possibility: take the train down to Sorrento and explore that area. But I'd hate to miss out on Florence and other places in Tuscany, so I really want to consider Tuscany first.

In the past, we did visit Florence, Lucca, Pisa, San Giminghano, and Positano. We didn't like the hassle it took to get to Positano by public transportation and we don't want to do anything too extravagant in terms of cost. Thanks for ideas!

p.s. I know it's soon but I've had good luck with airbnb.

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I have stayed in both of these places, and have developed great friendships with the owners. You will not be disappointed in either place. In fact, you have time to stay in both places. There is plenty to see and do in both places as well.

Madonna del Piatto, near Assisi. Letizia Mattiacci. She runs a really nice B&B as well as a great cooking school.
Agriturismo LeCcaggiole, near Montpulciano. Giacomo Martinelli. He has rooms in a 1000 year old building, and two apartments in another building adjacent. His mother provides the breakfast, and you will not be disappointed. He offers cooking classes as well, when enough people are interested.

Check them out.

Jeff Masters

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We just returned from our trip to Italy last week and for the Tuscany/Umbria part of our trip we stayed outside of Cortona, which is on the border between the two. In Umbria, we adored Assisi, very cute town with beautiful back lanes to explore. And, the St Francis basilica is beautiful. We also loved Cortona, Pienza and San Quirco d'Orcia (all in Tuscany). The great thing about staying in Cortona was that we were half-way between Assisi and San Quirico (the westernmost and easternmost places we visited). We ran out of time but really wanted to go to Montalcino too. We had planned to do the Rick Steves' Heart of Tuscany drive that he describes in his book but we ended up having such a great time on a winery tour that we ran out of time and so only did the top part of his driving loop. While driving in Italy was stressful, driving through Tuscany and Umbria was easy.

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