Renting holiday apartments in Tuscany and Umbria in the middle of Italy is a way to have a cheaper and more interesting holiday.
The owners are local residents living in the area. Most of them are old restored farmhouses, next to all of them with private pool and gardens with beautiful views. The area between Lake Trasimeno and Lake Chiusi offers slow food, slow life and terrain, which are still kind and caring for the tourist who visits the stunning hills in the green heart of Italy.
You will receive a high personal service from the moment of booking and during your stay in Tuscany or Umbria. Local owners can tell you much more about this area than you would hear from any tour guide.
There is a lot to see in this area. You can visit cities like; Montepulciano, Cortona, Assisi, Perugia or Orvieto, to name a few at a short distance from each other. Small villages with old city centers and locals attract a tourist who wants to see more and get a real sense of being part of it all.
The hills of Tuscany and the steep dirt roads of Umbria will satisfy any bike enthusiast, whether you prefer street bikes or MTB. You have many options to rent a very good bike, some of the shops even provide you with delivery and return on the bike, plus they will take care of any accidents with the bike during the rental, just call them and they will be there to fix it. Hosts have a lot of special cards only for cycling on the border between Tuscany and Umbria, which they can give you.
Other activities are also possible, such as horse riding, trekking, rafting and more.
If you want to try great wines, the region is now exploding with new wines of high quality, and the wine is often at very affordable prices. How about one of Italy's top ten red wines made from 28 clones of Sangiovese grapes with 48 month oak barriers? real super tuscan.
You will find it very difficult to find a tourist menu in this area; "Slow food" is a nickname, especially the kitchen of Umbria, known as the "Poor kitchen of Umbria." Many first-time guests are stunned by the simplicity, taste and love that restaurants bring to food. The hosts can tell you how to find some of the best and most affordable restaurants in the area.
Sounds good, doesn't it? Start planning your vacation now.
