There have been a number of issues with this hotel ( NH Siena). For one thing the rooms are ridiculously hot and we have no way to cool them. In addition, most people’s safes don’t work including mine. And I believe 100 Euros were taken from my suitcase. I’m feeling thoroughly jinxed on this trip. Grrrr…
Today we visited 2 villages —Gargonza Castle and Cortona. At Gargonza our guide was the owner of the property. It has been handed down to him through generations. He is actually a count. They run it as a hotel now with just a small number of rooms. Their renovations have been beautiful and it was a lovely visit. We had lunch there in a restaurant on the property, which was superb! Very classy.
Cortona was the location for Under the Tuscan Sun— the village & the villa in the book/ movie. Our guide said that crowds of tourists come looking for the locations and for the villa.
Unfortunately we were NOT under the Tuscan sun today but rather clouds& drizzle. It was freezing!
Because we were so cold, it really detracted from our visit, unfortunately. But it is hard to complain because otherwise we have not been rained on and this time of year we are avoiding the huge number of tourists of other months.
We returned to our hotel for dinner and our last night in Siena. We will be leaving Tuscany tomorrow and heading for Umbria.
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