Thank you in advance for your responses. My husband and I will be picking up a car around noon at FLR and driving to Pienza. We will be in Tuscany for a week and Florence/CT after than for another week. We will have a light picnic dinner at our agriturismo when we arrive. We are looking for a place to stop along the way to have a hearty lunch with some sightseeing. Nothing too intense with lots of crowds and/or difficult parking (i.e. Volterra). We will be coming from Rome and will want to unwind a bit. This is not our first trip to the area so there aren't any "must sees". Just looking for a leisurely drive and a relaxing afternoon on our way to Pienza. Any and all ideas welcome, including driving routes.
For those who will question why we are renting a car in Florence instead of elsewhere if we are coming from Rome, our flight into FLR was cancelled and we had to scramble to make other arrangements. We are staying in Rome the night we arrive (my husband doesn't want to drive after a red-eye) and the train to Florence seemed the easiest option w/o having to change other aspects of our itinerary. We've had issues with car rentals at smaller locations (i.e. Orvieto) and are choosing ease over convenience.
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