Volterra, Tuscany, Italy

Cortona is a beautiful medieval hill town in Tuscany withgood views of the the surrounding vineyards and across to the neighbouring italian region of Umbria and the lake, Castiglione del Lago. Cortona is an short drive from Montepuluciano

The medieval hamlet Montepulciano is the highest hill town in Tuscany at nearly 2000 ft and has excellent views of the local vineyards. Famous for the excellent red wine of the same name (Vino Nobile Montepulciano). There are many places offering ...

Lucca is bigger than many of the other hill-top Tuscan towns and is the best place to go shopping, but still has the charm and history and big tree lines town walls and the famous tower with trees growing out of the top.

The Chianti Road to Greve In Chianti via Radda In Chianti is an excellent route to take through the Chianti vineyards of this famous wine region in Tuscany, Italy. Greve In Chianti is the biggest town en route, but staying at a vineyard could be a mo...

San Gimignano is one of the many small walled medieval hill towns in Tuscany, northern Italy, not far from Sienna and Pisa. It is often referred to as "The Manhattan of Italy" because of the many towers, although these date from medieval times and ar...

Tuscany is beautiful part of Italy; a favourite destination for British and American tourists. The many picturesque medieval hill towns are relatively close together, separated by beautiful countyside, rolling hills, olive groves and vineyards making...

London is a fascinating, beautiful historical city with a huge variety of things for tourists to do including a huge variety of free art galleries and museums, an aquarium and the historic zoo, but most people will do same few things: Tower Bridge, B...

A quick photographic tour of Europe to some of my favourite bits and links to a few more of my more detailed european travel articles, including: Tuscany in Italy Loire Valley and Brittany, France Gibraltar, U.K. (Near Spain) Richmond, London, Engla...

Here is a selection of hotel reviews and recommendations from my many travels (both business and pleasure) around Europe: UK, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Italy, Sweden, Estonia, Poland and Russia and many other countries. In England, a beautiful ol...

Tuscany is beautiful part of Italy; a favourite destination for British and American tourists. The many picturesque medieval hill towns are relatively close together, separated by beautiful countyside, rolling hills, olive groves and vineyards making...

I am a semi-professional travel photographer (i.e. I once sold a few photos) and semi-retired consultant physicist (i.e. unemployed boffin) but with a keen interest in finance (i.e. how to get rich quick) I live in Richmond-upon-Thames in West Lond...