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Originally Posted by mencio
Anytime!
Don't get me wrong those villages are absolutely gorgeous, but so is pretty much the rest of the country. Overrated because other than the initial view of the coastline and villages, the vibe you get can be had anywhere else, along with the food/people/etc...
That area is also very busy with tourists and the locals know that and maybe because I am Italian, it gives me the idea that I am also a tourist there. Not really authentic anymore. Now if you had enough days, and it was on the way to somewhere, I would say "You have to see it", but as you stated, being out of your way, I would instead focus on other places in Tuscany which are just as amazing.
I mentioned Lucca, and if you want to visit a really cool ancient medieval town, close to Siena which has one fo the best breakfast Cornetti and Coffee I ever had go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteriggioni |
Sounds good. Let's see, I'll pitch the idea to the group. I've already convinced my wife to skip Venice since it's out of the way and I've heard it doesn't meet expectations - might be hard to convince her of Cinque Terre as well
I do know she was hoping (as was I) to at least visit either Amalfi or Cinque Terre. If we did Amalfi it would have been at the expense of Florence (and we'd instead do Naples).
Monteriggioni looks really cool - I'm adding that to our list for our Tuscany day trip! Do you know the name of the Cornetti & Coffee place in Siena? Or do you mean all of the Cornetti & Coffee in that general area?