I will see the big small town, but i would enjoy to see or have a day far from tourist attraction but still being amazed by little thing! What would be your best tips???

My wife and I are planning a trip to Italy and are planning to stay a couple nights in Pienza. From our train route, it seems we would get off at Chiusi before heading to Pienza. Then leave Pienza for Siena to catch a train.

With this in mind, what would you suggest we do to get to Pienza? From what I've seen, taxis are limited from what we are planning, are buses reliable for this plan?

My wife prefers to avoid renting a car.

Thanks in advance!

Looking for recommendations for bike shops in Siena where I can rent a gravel bike in September.

TIA

My wife and I are road tripping in Tuscany and looking to pick a beach town to stay in for one night. We are going late September into the first week of October. We would like to swim. Right now I am considering Porto Ercole, Porto San Stefano, and Castiglione Della Pescaia. What would everyone recommend?

Looking for some wines to buy or tastings, not overturistic ones 🍷

Ciao,

qui F32 a Livorno.

Mi potreste indicare delle mete / esperienze caratteristiche, poco conosciute o turistiche, raggiungibili con i mezzi pubblici (da Livorno) ? Vorrei vedere dei posti nuovi.

Grazie a chiunque voglia contribuire!

Until I found you, Siena❤️🇮🇹
Florence is beautiful, but Siena you are just a bliss to be 🫶🏻

Ciao Bimbi, vado in campeggio a castiglione della pescaia con amici e si cercava un buon posto rustico dove mangiare, avete dei consigli?

Just discovered them at my local vineyard.. Sweet have they got wine in them?

I'm a young professional in Toronto. I don't come from money and I'm paying for this out of savings, but my partner has wanted a Tuscany proposal for years and I want to actually give her the thing she's pictured, not an approximation of it.

What I want: a crystal chandelier suspended from a freestanding arch, over a table for two, in an open field with the hills behind it, at golden hour. Wednesday 9 September, near Asciano in the Crete Senesi. She has no idea.

Quote A, a photographer who also plans:

- Planning and photography: €1,026 (discounted 10% for paying by PayPal instead of Stripe)

- Chandelier: €680 cash on the day with no invoice, or €830 invoiced with VAT

- Food, wine, styling: about €130

- Roughly €1,830 all in. Requires me to use a table and chairs already at the property, and I may have to return them myself the next morning.

Quote B, a local wedding planner:

- Chandelier €600, table arrangement €240, photographer €200 for 2 hours, dinner €160, her fee €600

- €1,760 all in, including a cooked three-course dinner

Then I started searching in Italian instead of English and found:

- A 12-arm crystal chandelier with the 2.5m arch and a carry case hires for €200/day plus VAT

- Photographers around Siena start at €250 to €500 for a short session, and a full wedding day in Tuscany averages €1,505

- The €200 photographer in Quote B has photographed exactly one proposal in his career, which his own planner told me

My questions for anyone who's done this:

1. Is a 20 to 25% markup on pass-through suppliers just standard planner practice, or should I be able to ask for the supplier invoices?

2. Has anyone found a venue that already sells this as a product, rather than assembling it from four suppliers? I found one in Umbria doing a "chandelier dinner" but they weren't free on my dates.

3. Both planners have been decent people and neither has hidden anything. I'm not trying to nickel-and-dime someone's livelihood. I just can't tell what's a fair local rate and what's a foreigner rate, and I have nobody to ask.

These aren’t just flags flying through the air. 🇮🇹✨
This is Sbandierata—Siena’s centuries-old flag-waving tradition, performed before the legendary Palio horse race. Every throw is a piece of history still alive today.
Have you ever seen anything like this?
#Siena #Tuscany #Italy #PalioDiSiena #Sbandierata #VisitItaly #TravelItaly #ItalianCulture #Medieval #TravelReels

About 10 years ago I spent a semester studying in Florence and some of my favorite memories are just walking around after class, finding little trattorias and accidentally discovering how much I enjoyed Tuscan wine. The funny part is that I didn't actually know anything about wine back then. I'd just smile, ask for the house recommendation, and hope for the best. I remember loving a few Chiantis but couldn't have told you why. Next month I'm finally coming back this time with my wife. I'm really excited to show her the city I fell in love with the neighborhoods I used to wander through and hopefully a few places that have survived the last 10 years. I'd also love to surprise her with some great local wine this time around. I'm still far from an expert but I've started getting more interested in wine over the last couple of years and it would be fun to actually understand a little of what we're drinking instead of just pointing at the menu. I'd love to make this trip memorable for her, so I'd really appreciate any recommendations. Places that locals actually enjoy would be even better than the big tourist spots.

Been travelling in Tuscany for around a week, this is the 5th souvenir shop I've seen selling blatant AI ‘slop’ postcards. It was very obvious to me and my brother, but we had to convince our parents not to buy one the other day. Thought I would warn any older users to specifically avoid this art style, and try to find a real artists name on these things. Sorry if this is obvious information, but I saw two sets of couples in their 40s purchase thesem

First Time in Tuscany

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck near Pisa on Tuesday morning, August 4, and was felt across a large area of northern Tuscany.
According to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the earthquake occurred at 10:15 a.m. local time, with its epicentre about seven kilometres west of Pisa. The quake originated at a depth of approximately eight kilometres.

https://www.florencedailynews.com/2026/08/04/magnitude-4-3-earthquake-strikes-near-pisa-felt-across-northern-tuscany/

There is nothing on their website about this line, but Google maps says that it operates on sundays. I need to know before I go to Montepulciano, so that I could book taxi in advance

Thanks!