TRAVEL TUSCANY with FAMILY: CASENTINO VALLEY
if you travel Tuscany from Fattoria di Marena, visit Casentino valley first: Casentino is where the Arno river is born
(then goes on to Florence and Pisa), is a deep green land of
Castles,
romanesque Churches,
Sanctuaries,
Large stretches of woods, dominated by silver firs and beeches are found inside the
National Park "Foreste Casentinesi".
Historic roads, climbing Appennines recall closeknit ties between the valley and Florence, Romagna and Arezzo. More information about Casentino in our CASENTINO page
travel tuscany with family: AREZZO
If you travel closeby, Arezzo is only 32 km away (about 30 minutes by car) from Fattoria di Marena
Out of turistic routes the town of Arezzo has a great Etruscan origin and a nice medioeval centre (were
Benigni's masterpiece "Life is beautiful" "La vita è bella" was shot).
You can find interesting museums like
"Mecenate" or "Casa Bruschi"
You can enjoy also
Piero della Francesca's great fresco cycle
and a
medioeval festival (giostra del Saracino).
Arezzo is well known for GOLD factories (with outlets!) as
Uno-a-erre
and for the gratest Italian Antiquaria Market, the
"FIERA ANTIQUARIA"
if you are interested in shopping, spend a visit to AREZZO OUTLETS
travel tuscany with family: FLORENCE
If you travel Tuscany, you must spend a visit to Florence:
from Fattoria di Marena it takes 55 km (1 hour 20 minutes by car)
VISIT:Duomo, S.Croce, S.Maria Novella, S.Spirito,
Uffizi gallery, Palazzo Pitti,Bargello, Badia
Fiorentina, Boboli garden, Forte
Belvedere.......etc etc.
If you are travelling with kids: museums with kids:
In Florence, you would enjoy Pitti and Uffizi museums, but my be your children would like something
easier!
The MUSEO dei RAGAZZI
offers some activities, also for one family only (2
adults 2 children) in 3 florence museums: Palazzo
Vecchio, Museo di Storia della Scienza, Museo
Stibbert; activities and visits are
children-oriented. Have a look on the web-site!
you can visit Museo Stibbert
on your own too, and have a walk in the nice park
surrouding the museum.
The
University of Florence offers some nice
museums some of them are very easy to visit:
Anthropology, Mineralogy, Zoology,
Botanic museum
If you are interested in Anthropology also
Paolo Graziosi
museum is interesting.
If your children are interested in ancient
instruments and devices of historical and
scientific interest, such as Astrolabe, Galileo's
Compass, Galileo's Telescope, spend a visit in
Museo di storia della scienza too.
For soccer fans, a museum about Italia soccer
teamMuseo del
calcio
Museo
archeologico offers
one of the most important museums in the world on
the art and civilization of the
Etruscans
If you are interested in shopping, spend a visit to OUTLETS
IN THE FLORENCE
AREA
travel tuscany with family: ANGHIARI, CORTONA, MONTEPULCIANO
Medioeval village with a nice view on the Valtiberina, it is famous for the Anghiari battle.If you
travel from Fattoria di Marena, Anghiari is 50 km away (about 50 minutes by car)
If you travel from Fattoria di Marena Cortona is 65 km away (about 1 hour by car).
The town of Frances Mayes' "Bella Tuscany" is a nice
old hill-village with quite medioeval streets and
nice views.
If you travel from Fattoria di Marena Montepulciano is 70
km away (about 1 hour 20 by car) Famous
for Vino Nobile (a tastefull red wine) is a nice
Medioeval and Reinassence village.
travel tuscany with family: Siena
If you travel from Fattoria di Marena Siena is 95 km away
(about 1 hour 40 by car). Famous
for Piazza del Campo and Palio's festival, for the
black and white striped Duomo and bell
tower
TRAVEL UMBRIA with FAMILY: TRASIMENO, PERUGIA
By car: the Spino pass (ss208) (MOUNTAIN ROAD!) and than E45, orss 71 to Arezzo and Trasimeno, + 75 bis to Perugia PERUGIA if you travel from Fattoria di Marena, Perugia is 102 km away (1 hour 40 minutes by car) TRASIMENO lake if you travel from Fattoria di Marena, Trasimeno is 72 km away (1 hour 40 minutes by car) ASSISI - SPELLO if you travel from Fattoria di Marena, Assisi and Spello are 127 km away ( about 2 hours by car)
TRAVEL UMBRIA with FAMILY: TREVI-CLITUMNO
if you travel from Fattoria di Marena, Trevi is 140 km away (about 2.20 hours by car)
TRAVEL EMILIA -ROMAGNA with FAMILY: RAVENNA,
RIVIERA ROMAGNOLA (seaside), MIRABILANDIA
By car: the Mandrioli pass (ss71) (MOUNTAIN ROAD!) and then E45. If you travel from Fattoria di Marena, Ravenna is 120 km away (2 hours by car ) Bizantine famous town, with marvelous mosaics
the riviera romagnola seaside is 100 - 120 km away (1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours by car), Mirabilandia is 115 km away (1 hour 50 minutes by car)
TRAVEL ABROAD TUSCANY with FAMILY: S.MARINO
TRAVEL LAZIO with FAMILY: ROME and VATICANO
by car : ss 71 to Arezzo, and A1 to Rome if you travel from Fattoria di Marena, Roma is 220 km away (2 hour 30 minutes by car)
or 30 minutes by car to Arezzo and then by train from Arezzo to Rome
