Most package tours of Tuscany operate on the same model: cover the maximum number of notable places in the minimum amount of time, deliver the highlights efficiently, return the client to their departure point having seen everything on the list. This model is not wrong. It is optimized for breadth. If the goal is to…
6:47am. Church bells. Not an alarm. Bells — from the campanile of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which has been ringing at this hour from this tower for centuries. You do not resent them. They have been doing this since long before you arrived and will continue long after you leave, and there is something in…
There are two ways to spend a day in Cortona. The first way is efficient. You arrive mid-morning, walk Via Nazionale, visit the MAEC museum, take photographs from the main viewpoints, eat lunch at a restaurant near the piazza, browse a few shops, and leave in the late afternoon. You have seen Cortona. You have…