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[TheRealTMA]

Go for a walk past Santa Croce and eat at https://ristorantelagiostra.com/en/ristorante-la-giostra/

 

[ellen10]

Go for a walk past Santa Croce and eat at https://ristorantelagiostra.com/en/ristorante-la-giostra/

I tried to get a booking here, but the earliest time slot for the next few nights was 11pm!
Way too late for us to start eating. MrEllen10 would be very hangry by then!
We did eat in the Santa Croce area last night at Bisteccheria Santa Croce. Did not eat bistecca, but I had a delicious ricotta and pear pasta with saffron sauce, Mr had cinghaile ragu pasta and we had zucchini flowers for starters all delicious and accompanied by a lovely bottle of reserva wine from the Chianti region

 

[TheRealTMA]

I tried to get a booking here, but the earliest time slot for the next few nights was 11pm!
Way too late for us to start eating. MrEllen10 would be very hangry by then!
We did eat in the Santa Croce area last night at Bisteccheria Santa Croce. Did not eat bistecca, but I had a delicious ricotta and pear pasta with saffron sauce, Mr had cinghaile ragu pasta and we had zucchini flowers for starters all delicious and accompanied by a lovely bottle of reserva wine from the Chianti region
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Try a nice walk over the Ponte Vecchio to Oltrarno and Ristorante Firenze Cucina Tipica Toscana - All'Antico Ristoro Di' Cambi.
Fabulous walking back late evening on the Arno.

 

[ellen10]

Thanks for the recommendation @TheRealTMA
We walked over there yesterday, I will check it out.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Are you doing the Corridoio Vasariano?

Vasari Corridor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ellen10]

Are you doing the Corridoio Vasariano?

Vasari Corridor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Well I will have to investigate it.
Looks interesting.

 

[ellen10]

We did a Tuscan wine tour with Walkabout tours. It was a very big day 11.5 hours bug very enjoyable. We were a group of 12, mostly Canadians and a few Americans and us.
Our guide was excellent very likeable and knowledgeable about the region and wines.

We have previously stayed in Montepulciano with a car and fell in love with the Tuscan towns and the wines. Our first stop was a small family owned winery. The owner gave us a very informative tour and information of their wine production. He does not use sulphides in his wine, so he says no headaches! We tasted reds only and Sangiovese grapes, all DOCG. This winery was in the hills of Montepulciano.
We stopped along the way for a few nice hillside views. The bus was a big four wheel drive, so could go along the rural roads.

Lunch was on the way to Montalcino in a gorgeous osterio in the hills. Various bruschettas to start with followed by two types of pastas. Several choices for dessert, I had panacotta, Mr had vin Santo and biscotti. And plenty of red wine.

We the had a 45min stop in Pienza (the town was commisioned by the Pope number 2, and is quite a nice affluent town with stunning views of the Tuscan countryside.

Our last stop was another small family winery in the hills of Montalcino. We had platters of delicious salamis, cheeses and breads with their own olive oil. All the reds we tried her were Brunellos. Very generous pours, we tried 5 different ones. But unfortunately due to not much space left in our bags we only bought one.

It was a beautiful day traversing the Tuscan countryside which brought back nice memories of our previous trip.
We thought the tour was well worth what we paid. We really enjoyed our day.

 

[ellen10]