Tag: italy

  • Monteriggioni, a defensive outpost of medieval Sienna

    Monteriggioni, a defensive outpost of medieval Sienna

    This is the second of a series of three posts on the small villages we visited in Tuscany, Italy. The first post about Castellina in Chianti is here. We took a 2-week long driving tour from Lausanne, Switzerland to Tuscany by way of Turin (Torino), the Italian Riviera (Genoa, Cinque Terre), and Florence. Before we…

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  • Roaming around Tuscany – Castellina In Chianti

    Roaming around Tuscany – Castellina In Chianti

    This is the first of a new series of three posts on the small villages we visited in Tuscany, Italy. We took a 2-week long driving tour from Lausanne, Switzerland to Tuscany by way of Turin (Torino), the Italian Riviera (Genoa, Cinque Terre), and Florence. Before we turned around, we explored several Tuscan villages. If…

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  • Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice

    Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice

    This is the third post in a series on public libraries that we came across during our travels. The public libraries in the earlier posts are in Stuttgart and Melbourne. Let’s start with some music. We and IT visited Venice for the 60th Biennale Arte, which runs from April to November 2024 (since its inception…

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  • Road Trip: Relais Villa Pomela, Novi Ligure

    Road Trip: Relais Villa Pomela, Novi Ligure

    This post is the last of a long travel series that documented our road trip from Lausanne to Tuscany. We made many stops on the way in Turin, Genoa, La Spezie, Pisa and Florence, a journey of 15 days. We turned around in Mensanello in Tuscany and spent two days to drive back to Switzerland.…

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  • Under the Tuscan sun, Villa Sabolini

    Under the Tuscan sun, Villa Sabolini

    Tuscany (Toscana) is the final destination of our two-week road trip from Lausanne, Switzerland. Florence (Firenze) is the capital of this region which is the second most popular region for travelers (after Veneto where Venice is located). If you like to join us on this epic road trip from the beginning in Switzerland, click here…

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  • The Piazzas of Florence, Part 2 of 2

    The Piazzas of Florence, Part 2 of 2

    We are concluding this long series of posts on Florence with more photos of the public squares or plaza … Part 1 is here. If you are just joining us, you can see some highlights here: il Duomo, David by Michelangelo, Birth of Venus by Botticelli, Ponte Vecchio. If you like to join us on…

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