Vintage Holiday Blog

If you’re a fan of cycling and events like Le Tour De France then you’re going to love Giro d’Italia 2010, which takes place from 8^th May to the 30^th May across many of Italy’s most scenic routes.

Giro D'Italia Route Map

We have a number of well positioned luxury villas (with pools) along a few of the stages, which are available for rental.

Stage – 7 Sat 15th May (Tuscany)

Route takes riders from Carrera along coast to Viareggio and Pisa (nearest properties are Mare e Montagne 3 bed, Il Ciocchetto 1 bed, and La Capannella 2 bed), then on to Volterra (nearest property is Villa Serena 3 bed) then past Siena down to Montalcino (nearest houses are Villa dei Fiori 5 bed, and Fonte Emerosa 3 bed).

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Here’s a summary of what each contains (click on the ‘Discover xxxx’ links to see the full range on the website or alternatively please call us to request your own copy):

Discover Spain, the Balearics and Portugal covers Catalunya, Andalucia, Galicia, Mallorca, Menorca, Northern Portugal and the Algarve.

Discover Spain, the Balearics and Portugal

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October 16^th through to the 25^th sees the hugely popular ‘Eurochocolate festival’ take place in Perugia, Italy… and it’s an occasion that chocoholics simply can’t afford to miss.

Perugia Chocolate Festival, Italy

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Tuscany has a huge amount to offer the discerning tourist… too much to list in this article so we’ve stuck to our top three (in no particular order):

Visit the Galleria degli Uffizi

This is one of Italy’s finest museums of art and possibly one of its most important. If you like architecture then you must certainly take in its breathtaking horseshoe structure which is almost 500 years old and designed by Giorgio Vasari.

It has 45 rooms housing paintings from the 14^th and 15^th centuries, but masterpieces from other parts of Italy as well as four centuries’ worth of works from leading artists in Germany, Spain and Holland. You’ll also discover ancient Roman and 16^th century sculpture.

Galleria degli Uffizi

Make sure you see:

• Botticelli’s Primavera and Birth of Venus
• Filippino Lippi’s Madonna and Child with Two Angels
• Titian’s Venus of Orbino
• Lots of other works, including from the early Masters Cimabue and Giotto, Early Rennaisance pioneers Fra Angelico and Masaccio, and Caravaggio and Rembrant.

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