City Breaks in Rome & Siena, Italy

Posted by David Whitley Aug 8, 2007

If this blog goes a little quiet next week, it’s because I’m off on a scouting mission. I’m heading out to Italy for a week in Rome and Tuscany (it’s a hard life, isn’t it?).

City Breaks in Rome, Pisa, Florence and Siena

While I’m in Rome and Tuscany, I’ll be doing a bit of research on city breaks in the region. This will include, if time permits, Pisa, Florence and Siena. I’ll look forward to taking in art galleries such as the Uffizi and the Leaning Tower. That said, I’ll have to indulge my love of bizarre museums by heading to the Serial Killer Museum in Florence…

Travel to Italy: City Breaks in Turin, Trieste, Venice, Syracuse and Catania

Bizarrely, this will be my fourth trip to Italy within nine months, but there are far worse places to keep getting sent for work… In December I was in Turin, in February in Syracuse, Catania, Venice and Treviso, and in July I made it to Trieste. I may as well move to the country at this rate…

Cities To See Before You Die

However, of all these trips, this is the one I’m most looking forward to. Rome is at the top of my list of cities I want to see before I die, whilst I was in Florence seven years ago and loved it.

Tuscany tour highlight: Siena

The highlight of this Tuscany tour, though, I suspect will come in Siena. The trip is timed to coincide with Il Palio, the frankly mad horse race that takes place in the city’s main square. It’s one of the greatest festivals in the world, and to say I’m looking forward to it is a massive understatement.