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- I like Italian wines best!
I'm lucky enough to travel often and more often than not we head to Italy. We (my wife and I) are very active hikers and runners. So we often do multi day hikes in the mountains the Alps, Dolomites etc. or run a race.
My next trip is 10 days of hiking the Haute Route in switzerland followed by 4 nights in Venice.
My favorite food is Italian, I love many of the reds of Italy
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3027 - Reply by Philip, Oct 29.
Where do you live? I've always wanted to ski/hike the Stubai Haute route...
Welcome to the site. Lots of Italian wine fans here
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1738 - Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Oct 29.
Welcome to Snooth. I love those Italian wines as well. While I am in NYC my heart is in Trentino, pretty much smack in between Switzerland and Venice!
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1135 - Reply by dmcker, Oct 29.
So Greg, you like all those pseudo-Italian Germans (or rather Austrians) better than the Piemontese? That's news! ;-) Have to admit there is a lot of beauty from Lago Garda up to the Dolomites...
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I have spent, in 2 and 3 month increments, some 5 or so years in Trentino. Being Sud-Tirolese, as distinct from Italian or Austrian is simply who I am!
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04 - Reply by katieellen, Oct 29.
I am going to Italy this summer... Tuscany/Florence area - what are the best spots I should go around there?
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- Reply by Rfrainey, Oct 30.
If it's your first trip many people get really excited and go way too fast. It is much better to go slowly. what is your total number of days and do you intend to go anywhere but Tuscany? Some will say Florence that deserves 3 days nonsense- If you lived there you would never see everything! Florence as base with daytrips to Siena (convienient bus)
and a few other places makes a good two week trip.
I usually do it myself going to wineries but there are convienient tours as well.
In my opinion staying outside and daytripping in to florence is a mistake.You miss evenings and early mornings, I have a picture of the Ponte Vecchio with not a single person on it just one pidgeon!
florence for one week then staying in a agriturismo in southern tuscany or chianti for several days or a week (best to have car) works well.
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Also go to http://www.slowtrav.com for expert travel opinions. I've posted there nearly 7000 times!
