Self-drive tour from Tuscany to the Amalfi Coast
12 nights/13 days
Your Tuscany to the Amalfi Coast Touring Holiday gives you quintessential Italy: picture-postcard scenery at every bend in the road combined with classical Italian arts and opulence.
Start your holiday in beautiful Tuscany - the cradle of Italian culture and the birthplace of the Renaissance. This is an excellent base for exploring the art treasures, architecture and fine living in the cities of Siena, Pisa and Florence as well as for enjoying the sheer beauty of the rolling Tuscan countryside dotted with Chianti vineyards and gold-stone hilltop villages. The Hotel Borgo San Felice, in the heart of the Tuscan vineyards and countryside, expertly captures the mood of the region – it’s full of charm and character and offers guests a chance to unwind in spacious and comfortable surroundings.
The second leg of your journey takes you south through southern Tuscany to the rural heart of Umbria, with its captivating gentleness, earthiness and richness of nature. A stop en route at the Palazzo della Fonte in Fiuggi, Latium allows for relaxation in ultra-comfortable surroundings combined with perhaps a visit to Rome.
Then finally enjoy the dramatic coastline scenery and azure sea of the Amalfi Coast, which basks in a year-round mild and inviting climate. Here Moorish and Byzantine historical influences can be seen in the region’s architecture and colourful buildings. Witness vibrant bougainvillaea and lemon groves adding splashes of colour against the austere granite cliff-faces, where life in the tiny villages carries on in the same unhurried way as it has for centuries.
Included in your Tuscany to the Amalfi Coast Touring Holiday:
• Five nights’ bed and breakfast in a Type A room (standard) at the Borgo San Felice in Tuscany.
• Two nights' bed and breakfast in a Type A room (standard) at the Palazzo della Fonte in Fiuggi, Latium or the Park Hotel Villa Grazioli in Frascati.
• Five nights’ bed and breakfast in a Type A room (standard) at the Hotel Poseidon, Positano.
• Scheduled flight with British Airways from London to Pisa, returning Naples to London.
• Hire of a basic group car for the duration of the holiday.
From about £2,390 per person