SIENA, Tuscany/BOSTON, Mass — In this blog you have seen us go on and on about the big Agri-Cultural estate called Spannocchia. Just outside Siena. Midge is on the board of directors of this non profit organization and has been for years. Our marketing company’s tech master has just done the NEW Spannocchia web site … Continue reading “Spannocchia on the cover of the Travel Section of this week’s Boston Globe”
At an hour and half away from Panicale, Spannocchia , is just far enough away to feel like a mini vacation and just barely far enough away that you can rationalise spending the night. The drive there is easy and really it wouldn’t matter if it wasn’t. We’d go anyway!
Renting in Siena, Tuscany and nearby Montalcino and Monticiano http://www.spannocchia.com/ Tenuta di Spannocchia, is a 1,200 acre Tuscan hilltop estate, just outside Siena They offer accommodation to members of the Spannocchia Foundation who are visiting Spannocchia to participate in Foundation activities or to explore the Tuscan countryside and find peace and tranquility while on vacation. … Continue reading “Renting in Siena”
http://www.slowtrav.com/ This is a site that we refer people to very frequently. Especially if they are looking for advise about moving to Italy. Go to their “Slow Talk” section and you will invariably find fresh first person input from people who have taken the leap and moved to Italy. Not a commercial site. Good Italian … Continue reading “Italy Links”
People who travel in Italy often put Siena on their “A list” even ahead of the classic big three of Rome, Florence, Venice. It is one of the finest pieces of real estate in Italy. It has everything and less. Into the “everything” category, I put the captivating zebra-striped marble cathedral, the Piccoluomni Library, the … Continue reading “Siena”