Tuscany South Apartments are in the countryside, near the small towns of Montalcino and Buonconvento, in the heart of the Tuscan wine country. Rolling green hills and cypress trees surround you, in the landscape and small villages that have lured artists for centuries.

• A typical daytrip would be a drive through the gently rolling hills to visit a scenic hilltown or abbey
• Cuisine is the "cucina povera" typical Tuscan cooking...simplicity perfected, and complemented with local wine.
• Great access to Siena - 35 minute easy drive
• Good access to San Gimignano, Montepulciano and the Chianti Valley
• Good access to Florence - approximately a 90 minute drive or 2 hour train ride
• The best of Old World traditions live on in these tight-knit rural communities

Apartments are in and near small villages on the outskirts of Lucca and Pisa. The area is more densely populated than Tuscany South, close to the cities and with good access to highways for day trips.

• Typical daytrip:
  • strolling through a Renaissance city
  • a day along the dramatic Mediterranean coastline
  • a drive or hike through mountain scenery
• Typical Tuscan cooking...with a special flair for the seafood from the nearby Mediterranean
• Great access to Pisa and Lucca
• Good access to Florence - approximately a 75 minute drive
• Good access to the Cinque Terre, about an hour and a half drive

Apartments are in the countryside near the town of Spoleto, whose world-famous Music Festival in July is just one of it many cultural delights. Umbria offers the same Italian flavor as rural Tuscany but is less "discovered" by tourists. Its lush, green landscape is more rustic and wooded. New for 2007: Umbria FUNdays, special activities involving cooking, hiking, and much more!

• A typical daytrip might include:
  • A trip to Assisi to see the Basilica of St. Francis
  • A visit to Deruta for its famous artisans of majolica pottery
  • A visit to Orvieto, an Italian hill-town without the hills, whose exquisite regional crafts – leatherwork, ceramics, graphic arts - to complement the stunning architecture
• Hearty cuisine, specialites of truffles, pork and lentils.
• Great access to Spoleto, Trevi, Assisi, Deruta, and Perugia
• Good access to Rome - approximately and hour and a half train ride