Updates on Villas in Tuscany

The blog is going get busy from now on in......

As well as ''What's On'' we'll be featuring properties once a week, so over the weeks to come there will be another way of viewing villas / apartments / estates for anyone interested. 

This will take a bit of time to build up, so if anyone would like to know about any property in particular, or a type of property then we can accommodate that.

We'll also keep you updated on any ''Specials'' going, either for a quick getaway, an early bird booking, or long term let, so sign up if you don't want to miss anything.

You can always follow us on Twitter, and pick up info on Facebook too.

November in Tuscany - One Day Events

Here's a quick rundown on a few one day events on 13 and 14 November.

Saturday 13 November 

Piteglio (PT) 

Wild Boar dinner at Lanciole from 8pm on.

Sunday 14 November

Fuccechio (FI) 

Ponte a Cappiano from 3pm onwards autumn tasty morsels.

San Quirico di Vernio (PO)

Luciana, from 11.30am onwards, Novello wine and other tasty morsels.

Prato (PO) 

Piazza del Comune, from 4pm onwards, roast chestnuts and a musical concert.

Palazzo sul Senio (FI) 

Piazza IV Novembre, from 10am onwards, local tasty products.

Rufina (FI)

Piazza Umberto I, local products

Montale (PT) 

Piazza Matteotti, from 3pm onwards, Festa delle 3 Farine (Three Flours Fair) with products made from different types of flour.

Fosciandora (LU)

Lupinaia - the Chestnut Festival - loads to do and see in the centre, and Novello wine to taste.

Vico Pisano (PI)

Oil Festival - from 11am in Piazza Cavalca.

Bagni di Lucca (LU)

Fornoli - Festa del Ringraziamento, Harvest Thanksgiving. Morning mass starts with a procession of traditionally dressed people carrying harvest produce to the altar. Stands and music throughout the rest of the day.

Filatteria (MS)

Fagiolata sotto Casa - Beanfest! All types of beans in a vast array of different dishes.

Barga (LU)

Historic Centre - Horse Chestnut festival with other delicacies and Novello wine.

Pisa (PI) 

Area Expo - Novemberfest - German delicacies

Castagneto Carducci (LI)

Horse Chestnut festival, and beer made of horse chestnuts!!

Whilst we take care to make sure details are as precise as possible, Villas in Tuscany does not take any responsibility for listings, nor for any that are not listed.

Please check information and locations before setting out.

What's on NOW in Tuscany...

What's cooking in Tuscany right now?

With precisely a week to go till October this is what's happening:

Mostra Mercato Internazionale dell'Antiquariato in Florence - September through to October - a massive antiques fair.

Impruneta's (just outside Florence) Festa dell'Uva (Grape Festival) - 26 September is a great day of popular dances, performances, local produce to taste and a procession of allegorical carts of the four districts of Impruneta.

Castelnuovo Berardegna Wine Festival in Vagliagli - a week long of wine and local product tastings. Traditional dressed men and women accompany the carts during the procession.

Certaldo, near Florence, hosts the Sagra della Bistecca (la tagliata is a delicious cut of steak) e del Fungo Porcino from the 9 September to 10 October over each weekend within that period of time.

24 - 26 September in San Miniato, near Pisa, is the Sagra del Tarfufo Bianco e Fungo Porcino.
White Truffles and Porcino Mushrooms - and on show are the local specialities made with these highly prized foods.

Prato instead hosts a more highbrow affair over the 24 - 27 September weekend. An economics fair with music and exhibitions, and Nobel prize winners speaking too.

Truffles are worth 'investigating' if you have never tasted, smelt or seen one up close.
They are an underground mushroom basically, usually found around certain trees depending on the type of truffle, and look like a cross between gingseng, ginger and a potato.

They are highly prized, the season lasts until January during which bidding and trading for both black and white truffles can reach a veritable frenzy! They're already being sold online from £500 / $780 up for 300g.

The most expensive white truffle to date was bought by a casino owner who paid £165,000 / $330,000!!!
It weighed in at 3.3lbs.

They used to be sniffed out by pigs, but dogs are also used nowadays.

Please contact ViT for more information on villas or accommodation in Tuscany that will either organise a truffle hunt for you, or put you in touch with the local connoisseur when you are there.

Happy hunting!!

La Dolce Vita in Toscana

Italy has a very rich tapestry of traditions and culture which are very much still alive to this day. The Latin vivaciousness is enthralling, thrilling, colourful and extremely tasty, and Tuscany does not lack in any of these at all. These traditions, sights and tastes have played an extremely important part in Tuscan life for centuries, and are not shows put on for tourists just a very real part of life in Tuscany.

So, as promised a good long while ago, I will be doing an ongoing series of what Tuscan traditions have to offer the locals and visitors alike.

I can’t guarantee that I will cover every single event happening in Tuscany, as this isn’t a dedicated ‘’what’s on’’ service, as I’d like to give an idea of the rich culture and of what is possible to do and see around Tuscany.

If anyone would like to share an event they know about, please contact me or post a comment below the blog and I will include it in a new blog.

Cin Cin – to your good health and happy stay in Tuscany.