Italy is always a good idea. After visiting Rome and Venice more than once, it was time for Tuscany to reveal itself. Granted it wasn’t our first trip to Florence, but this time we managed to rent a car and explore the rural landscape.
Since we decided to pack light for the trip, I only had the Sony 18-105mm f/4 G OSS mounted on my Sony a6300. It proved to be enough for the more than 700 photos I took. These are some of the best.
Tuscan roads, hills, Siena and Pienza
We landed in Pisa, rented what was supposed to be a Peugeot 208, but eventually ended up being a Lancia Ypsilon (yes, I know we agreed to get something similar if the 208 wouldn’t be available), and drove for about an hour to our 3 night stay at Vila Medicea di Lilliano. The first photo was the view from our room. Definitely not bad.
The first day ended with dinner in a village about 2 kilometres away, right next to a church that’s almost 1000 years old.
The next day we hopped in the car and drove to Pienza. We made sure to stop in Sienna and next to some important landmarks for landscape photographers – the cypress trees in Val d’Orcia.
Just make sure you add some stops when using navigation, otherwise you’ll end up on the motorways. The Tuscan country roads are totally worth it.
Florence and Pisa
We visited Florence on a Sunday. It turned out to be pretty packed with tourists, despite the current flight delays.
A couple of photos from the Ufizzi Museum. Crowded, hot in certain rooms, but beautiful.
Last but not least, we saw the sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo. Apparently so did everybody else.
We drove back to Pisa on Monday. We couldn’t get in the plane without seeing the Leaning Tower. Personally I can’t decide which is more fascinating: the tower itself or all the people posing like they’re stopping it from falling over.
It would have been nice to extend our stay. Yet we managed to get a proper taste of Tuscany. Both figuratively and literally.
