Program 2006 Tuscan Sun Festival

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 Álvarez 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

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)

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
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10,25 10,25
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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
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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


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