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10 DAYS
Only the Best
Florence
anchors any 'best of' tour. You'll need at least three days to do this magnificent
city justice - any less and you'll be selling both it and yourself short. Spend one day visit-
ing the Uffizi Gallery, another wandering through the San Marco and San Lorenzo neigh-
bourhoods, and the third crossing the Arno to explore the artisan's neighbourhood of Ol-
trarno. After having eaten, drunk, shopped and seen more Renaissance masterpieces than
you would previously have thought possible, it's time to slow down the pace and move on
to the enchanting walled city of
Lucca
for two days. Hire a bike and use pedal power for a
leisurely exploration of its cobbled city streets and villa-studded surrounding countryside.
On day six, pop into
Pisa
to scale its Leaning Tower, leaving after lunch to arrive at a
Tuscan farmhouse in
Chianti
before dusk. Check-in for three nights, visiting wineries, tak-
ing a day trip to
San Gimignano
or
Volterra
, exploring sculpture gardens and feasting on
