As every year the Tuscan Sun Festival begins this 5 of August and lasts two weeks. Artists from all around the world will came and share their arts with the public. Music, Art and Literature are the main topics of this year festival. Here Below you will find the first 4 days Music Program
5 of August 21:00 at Teatro Signorelli Marcelo Ãlvarez and Dmitry Sitkovetsky will perform musics from Vivaldi, Cilea, Puccini, Massenet, Verdi, Mozart, more...
6 of August 21:00 at Teatro signorelli, Piano Recital and Piotr Anderszewski will perform musics from Mozart, Beethoven, Bach
7 of August 21:00 at teatro Signorelli Pinchas Zukerman and Zukerman Chamber Players will perform musics from Kodaly, Mozart, Dvorak, and more
8 of August 21:00 at Teatro Signorelli Susan Graham Dmitry Sitkovetsky will perform musics from Bach, Mozart, Mozart, Mozart, Shostakovich
If you would like to have more information about this event in tuscany please have a watch to tuscan sun festival or in the tuscan sun festival oficial site
High Life in Pescia's Tuscany Hotel
A luxury retreat in Montecatini Terme
The magnificence of Hotel Tamerici and Hotel Principe is really peer to none in Montecatini Terme. I spent there the best week of my trip to Italy.
Close to parks and to Termal Spas, it is perfect to satisfy the most luxurious needs for a resort and spa hotel in Tuscany.
The hotel was suggested to me by the owner of Ristorante Gambero Rosso and Ristorante Cecco, two lovely, unforgettable restaurants where I happened to be invited by the mayor of this lovely town.
During my stay I also enjoyed golf matches at the 5 star golf club at hotel Tamerici.
If you go to Montecatini Terme do not forget to stop at Hotel Tamerici and Principe and have a feast at Restaurants Cecco and Il Gambero Rosso. Superb treatment for the right amount of money.
Automotive rentals in Tuscany
Are you planning to travel to Tuscany? Here we provide you some useful information about where to rent a car or a Bus (if you are a large number of people)
CAR RENTAL IN TUSCANY
Are you planning to spend in Tuscany the most exclusive holiday of your life, would you like to rent a beautiful Ferrari or a Porche directly from the airport of Pisa or Florence, here you can find a great and serious conplany where you can a
rent a luxury car in Tuscany
BUS RENTALS IN TUSCANY
Are you going to travel with a large group of people, are you a big tour operator who is looking for Tuscany Bus Company, have a watch to those links:Bus PistoiaorBus Lucca
CAR RENTAL IN TUSCANY
Are you planning to spend in Tuscany the most exclusive holiday of your life, would you like to rent a beautiful Ferrari or a Porche directly from the airport of Pisa or Florence, here you can find a great and serious conplany where you can a
rent a luxury car in Tuscany
BUS RENTALS IN TUSCANY
Are you going to travel with a large group of people, are you a big tour operator who is looking for Tuscany Bus Company, have a watch to those links:Bus PistoiaorBus Lucca
Montalcino jazz and wine program
Montalcino, the famous city of Brunello will present this year a Jazz and Wine festival. Here you can find the program
Fortezza di Montalcino
13 -– 24 Luglio 2005
July 13 (Banfi castle Courtyard)
-“Riccardo Pellegrino Quartet-”
July 14
-“Doctor 3-”
(Danilo Rea, Enzo Pietropaoli, Fabrizio Sferra)
July 15
-“Gaia X-”
(Aska Kaneko, Garado di Giusto, Tomohiro Yahiro, Carlos -“el tero-” Buschini)
July 16
-“Testaccio Art of Jazz-”
July 17
-“Peppe Servillo, Natalio Mangalavite, Javier Girotto-”
July 21
-“Logorythms-”
(John Arnold, Marcello Allulli, Vincenzo Florio, Nic Endo)
July 22
-“Luis Bacalov Quartetto-”
(Luis Bacalov, Daniel Bacalov, Giovanni Tommaso, JanjioMosalini )
July 23
-“Mimmo Locasciulli & Greg Cohen-”
(Mimmo Locasciulli, Greg Cohen & Archi Toscana Jazz)
July 24
-“Le Trombe del Re-”
(Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Lorenzo Tucci, Gianluca Mannutza, Luca Bulgarelli)
Fortezza di Montalcino
13 -– 24 Luglio 2005
July 13 (Banfi castle Courtyard)
-“Riccardo Pellegrino Quartet-”
July 14
-“Doctor 3-”
(Danilo Rea, Enzo Pietropaoli, Fabrizio Sferra)
July 15
-“Gaia X-”
(Aska Kaneko, Garado di Giusto, Tomohiro Yahiro, Carlos -“el tero-” Buschini)
July 16
-“Testaccio Art of Jazz-”
July 17
-“Peppe Servillo, Natalio Mangalavite, Javier Girotto-”
July 21
-“Logorythms-”
(John Arnold, Marcello Allulli, Vincenzo Florio, Nic Endo)
July 22
-“Luis Bacalov Quartetto-”
(Luis Bacalov, Daniel Bacalov, Giovanni Tommaso, JanjioMosalini )
July 23
-“Mimmo Locasciulli & Greg Cohen-”
(Mimmo Locasciulli, Greg Cohen & Archi Toscana Jazz)
July 24
-“Le Trombe del Re-”
(Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Lorenzo Tucci, Gianluca Mannutza, Luca Bulgarelli)
Fish Fair is near Siena
At Badesse Fresh Good Fish on the Cheap!!
This little town near Siena (Badesse is the name of the town) hosts this fair that every year returns to present increasingly better dishes and service. That is what our friends told us, anyway.
And I must say I believe them, since the taste of fish was really good (kinda Marcellino's in NY, just to compare) but with much less flare than a regular restaurant and just a bit more uppity than a regular fair. Cloth napkins and table cloths, porcelain dishes, and silverware contrasted with teh plastic chairs, but at the end the quality of the fish was really good. I had some pasta with pesto and little squids, while someone else tried the black seabass.
All good I have to say and the service was fast. The Greco di Tufo was really good and the Watermellon at the end sweet as it should be. The cotton candy maker was just perfect for the kids (and not only for them !). We spent an average of 20 Euros each, really cheap compared to similar quality restaurants. Something I would really recommend is the "Moscardini in Crosta", small octupus in spicy tomato sauce and on toasted bread. Yummy!!
The fish fair in Badesse runs each year from the beginning of July for two weeks. Better if you go during weekdays.
bus Siena-Florence/Florence-Siena
Bus Routes Siena to Florence and Florence to Siena
If you are planning to go from Florence to Siena I would not suggest you to take the train. Train line between Siena and Florence it is very old and it takes more than one hour and half to go by train. The best think is to take the Bus from the city center of Florence to the city center of Siena,
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 6,45 7,00 7,15 7,45 8,10 8,10 8,50 9,10 9,10
SIENA (S. Domenico) 8,00 8,15 8,30 9,00 9,25 9,25
10,05
10,25 10,25
# ** ** * # * ** # **
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 10,10 10,10 10,30 11,10 12,10 13,10 13,30 14,10 14,40
SIENA (S. Domenico) 11,25 11,25 11,45 12,25 13,25 14,25 14,45 15,25 15,55
* ** * ** ** ** ** * *
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 15,10 15,40 16,10 16,30 16,50 17,00 17,00 17,10 17,20
SIENA (S. Domenico) 16,25 16,55 17,25 17,45 18,05 18,15 18,15 18,25 18,35
= ** ** ** # * #
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 17,20 17,30 18,10 18,10 19,10 20,15 21,05
SIENA (S. Domenico) 18,34 18,45 19,25 19,25 20,25 21,30 22,20
* ** * ** # ** * # **
SIENA (S. Domenico) 6,30 6,40
6,50
6,50 6,55 7,10 8,00 8,10 8,50
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 7,45 7,55 8,05 8,05 7,15 8,25 9,15 9,25 10,05
* * = ** ** * * # **
SIENA (S. Domenico) 9,10 10,10 10,30 11,10 11,50 12,10 13,10 14,10 14,50
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 10,25 11,25 11,45 12,25 13,05 13,25 14,25 15,25 16,05
** * * ** ** = ** # **
SIENA (S. Domenico) 15,10 16,10 17,10 17,10 17,40 17,40 17,40 17,50 18,00
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 16,25 17,25 18,25 18,25 18,55 18,55 18,55 19,05 19,15
= * ** # ** **
SIENA (S. Domenico) 18,10 18,20 18,50 19,10 20,15 20,45
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 19,25 19,35 20,05 20,25 21,30 22,00
* = # ** * * * # **
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 6,10 6,30 7,10 8,40 9,40 10,40 11,40 12,40 13,30
SIENA (S. Domenico) 7,45 8,05 8,40 10,10 11,10 12,10
13,10
14,10 14,45
* * # ** # ** #
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 13,40 14,40 15,40 16,40 17,40 18,20 18,40
SIENA (S. Domenico) 15,10 16,10 17,10 18,10 19,10 19,50 20,10
= * * ** * # * ** **
SIENA (S. Domenico) 6,15 6,30 6,30 7,15 8,40 9,40 10,40 10,40 11,40
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 7,05 8,00 8,05 8,45 10,10 11,10 12,10 12,10 13,10
** # * # * ** # * #
SIENA (S. Domenico) 12,40 13,40 14,40 15,40 16,40 17,40 18,40 19,40 20,30
FLORENCE (Aut. SITA) 14,10 15,10 16,10 17,10 18,10 19,10 20,10 21,20 22,00
** from monday to Saturday
= bank holiday
# Everyday
BUS CONNECTION BETWEEN FLORENCE AIRPORT AND CITY CENTER
Florence Airport to Florence
City Center
Are you planing to travel to Tuscany?
If you land in Florence this information can be useful
BUS CONNECTION BETWEEN FLORENCE AIRPORT AND
FLORENCE CENTRAL TRAIN STATION
Time to destination: 20 min. circa
Departures from Amerigo Vespucci Airport:
06.00 06.30 07.00 07.30 08.00
08.30 09.00 09.30 10.00 10.30
11.00 11.30 12.00 12.30 13.00
13.30 14.00 14.30 15.00 15.30
16.00 16.30 17.00 17.30 18.00
18.30 19.00 19.30 20.00 20.30
21.30 22.30 23.30
Departures from Sita Bus Station (Central Station):
05.30* 06.00• 06.30 07.00 07.30
08.00 08.30 09.00 09.30 10.00
10.30 11.00 11.30 12.00 12.30
13.00 13.30 14.00 14.30 15.00
15.30 16.00 16.30 17.00 17.30
18.00 18.30 19.00 19.30 20.00
21.00* 22.00* 23.00*
Palio of Siena
A magnificent Palio
Being in Siena during the days of the Palio is like tasting a familiar wine and rediscovering new nuances and flavours never felt before. We were there this past July 2nd because we went to visit some friends in Radda in Chianti at Radda Hamlet.
The hype of the celebration is reached during the last week before the Palio (July 2nd and August 16th), although the preparations for each Palio seasons last all year long, hidden to the un-initiated eye.
When Piazza del Campo gets paved with a thick layer of Tufo (the typical ochre colored dirt you can find in that particular area) to prevent the horses from injuring themself running on the bare stone, you start breathing a new air when walking through the historical center. People dress differently, wearing the schall with the colors of the Contrada they belong to (they are actually baptised for life and changing Contrada is considered as disgraceful as selling your soul to the devil!!), small or large groups of people sing Palio songs in the streets, glorifying their Contrada or putting down their enemies.
Central streets close to allow evening dinners with thousands of participants in each district. The square is adorned with wooden bleechers to allow the ticket holders to sit at the Palio, while the many thousands can stay in the middle of the square for free, as it used to be centuries ago.
On the day of the Palio you can see the Palazzo Piccolomini and many terraces all around, populated with high chargesfrom the Italian government, rich industrials, and owners of houses in Piazza del Campo. If only you could dress everyone up in Medieval clothes, there would be no space left to imagination, and you would totally feel like 700 years ago, with the different strata of the society coming together on diffrent levels.
You sit there, and wait and look at the Piazza fill up, you watch the historical parade that lasts a good couple of hours, with magnificent costumes and beautiful animals passing in fron of you.
Then the horses come in, an unearthy cape of silence drops on the whole Piazza del campo, and you would have never thought that 10000 chattering people could be so quiet all of a sudden. The big bell on the Torre del Mangia keeps on beating its salute to the Virgin Mary. The horses allineate at the start line, the last horse enters the starting area, the rope is dropped, the horses start flying on the dirt, while a wave of screams reaches you and you start screaming too, when the horses pass in front of your face almost unheard. This happens twice more, and it is all ended before you can realize it all started.
The glory goes to the winners, disgrace to everyone else, in particular to the enemies of the winner and to the second place. At this point everybody is screaming and crying and hugging, and the winners run towards the Palio, standing there to be grabbed and brought in triumph through the streets of Siena, only after having passed from the church to thank the Virgin Mary, to whom the Palio is dedicated.
A lovely experience I really advise you to try!!!
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