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A travel journal to Tuscany by maxpro

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Pisa International Airport Best of IgoUgo

Hotel | "In and Out of Pisa Airport"

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Pisa International Airport, or, as Ryanair like to call it, 'Florence airport' likes to call itself 'the Strategic gateway to Tuscany'. If all that weren't confusing enough, its Sunday name is Pisa International Airport - Galileo Galilei. Of course, it doesn't really matter what its called - what matters is whether the flight you want goes there...and I suppose, departs from there. When we took a trip to Tuscany last year, it rather conveniently did. Actually, the description of the Gateway to Tuscany isn't a bad one as most people travelling there will have to use Pisa - Florence airport is smaller although I think there are plans to enlarge it. Not that it matters all that much, Fl...Read More

Pisa International Airport

Pisa, Italy
050 849111

Villa Garzoni and Garden Best of IgoUgo

Attraction | "See How the Garden Lies "

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My wife is the keen gardener in this partnership. I don't mind it, but I'm not fanatical (not that she is either mind you). However, we both quite enjoy visiting gardens while on our travels, especially when the weather is nice. And when we were in Tuscany last year, the weather was very nice. But nice weather and a pretty garden would not, on their own, have driven us to visit VILLA GARZONI (actually, we were driven by me) in the stunning hill-top village of Collodi, 17km north-east of Lucca.Sound familiar? Carlo Lorenzini, the author of Pinnochio, grew up here and used Collodi as a nom-de-plume. Honest. Would I lie to you?But that's another story.Collodi is a spectacular litt...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on November 8, 2025

Villa Garzoni and Garden
Near border of Tuscany
Collodi, Italy

Birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci Best of IgoUgo

Attraction | "Not the da VINCI Code "

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When we visited Tuscany in June, the first place we headed for was a tiny hill-top village called VINCI. Perhaps the name may be familiar to some of you - no, it's not where a recent best selling novel was cyphered. I was thinking more along the lines of a certain Leonardo Da Vinci who, when not painting sardonic smiles on the Mona Lisa, was most probably inventing wooden heliochoppers and such. It's not freaky happenchance that this village shares its name with the great man though, for this was his birthplace way back in 1452. Actually, at first sight not a lot has changed since L da V first drew breath here...if you discount the tour buses parked below the castle and palace of the Guidi...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on November 8, 2025

Birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci
Anchiano
Vinci, Italy

Grand Hotel Duomo Best of IgoUgo

Hotel | "AVERAGE HOTEL DOUMO "

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Having an early morning flight back to Edinburgh, and looking to spend our last night of our recent trip to Italy in Pisa, we chose the Grand Hotel Doumo. Why?Well, if you're looking for a hotel which is ideally located for all that Pisa has to offer, you'd be hard placed to find a more suitable one. It's literally a few steps from the famous tower and in fact, many of the rooms have a magnificent view of the tower and Doumo (hence the name).that explains the Doumo part of the name...you could hardly be more accurate. And describing it as an hotel is pretty spot on too. But Grand? Me no think so.The hotel may indeed have been grand once upon a time (possibly around the time the...Read More

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on November 9, 2025

Grand Hotel Duomo
VIA S MARIE 94
Pisa, Italy
39 050 561894

Florence Tour Best of IgoUgo

Attraction | "FLORENCE - Magic, in a Roundabout Way "

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I had read so many guidebooks, online guides and reviews about Florence, that I wasn't sure I actually needed to visit in person. However, since we were in Tuscany anyway, and the hotel we were staying in was a mere 40km distant, I though it would be somewhat amiss not to see the city and all its glories. Florence is a dream destination for art-lovers - some of the planet's most famous works of art jostle for position in some of the greatest galleries of the world. I'd like to tell you a bit about some of these treasures, but I'm not going to. Not because I don't want to, but because I can't. I didn't see any! I'm afraid I wasn't willing to queue in blazing sunshine and tempera...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on November 9, 2025

Florence Tour

Florence, Italy

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maxpro

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EH54 6LJ, United Kingdom

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