I am making plans for a fall visit to Tuscany...and am sure that the leaves changing colors are spectacular. Does anyone know what week(S) this occurs?

Hi ourjetboat. Well like everywhere the changing colors of the leaves depends on weather conditions etc. There is no exact way to determin that.

I think that where there are "popular" species of deciduous trees, the period of peak color change is quite predictable - - as it depends primarily on length of sunlight hours, far nore than any other specific weather conditions.

That said, I don't think that I have ever heard that Tuscany is particularly "known" for autumn color. I am not sure that there are significant numbers of the kinds of trees that generate "peak" autumn color.

At the latitudes of Tuscany, I would subit that autumn has its own "look" between late September and late October - - but I am not sure it will ressemble Vermont (nor southern Indiana... wink...)

Best wishes,

Rex

I have been there in Oct. several times and agree that the leaf colors are not as special as the hardwood forests of Indiana or Vermont. The climate is much like Piedmont Carolina.

Thanks for the responses. The quagmire (sp) I find myself in is that I can fly using FF miles 10/24... return 11/4. Seems like I'm a liitle late in the season...maybe on the edge of Nov. rain. HATE to buy 2 tickets for early Oct....but then? PS... Thanks Rex I think the changing is predictable.

If this is a good use of your FF miles, I would not change the dates just for the anticipation of fall color.

For what it's worth (purely anecdotal, I realize), our daughter got married November 6 (2004), and we expected full well that the fall color would be entirely gone (southern Indiana) - - even so, there were still all the "other" looks of fall, yet not winter (i.e., totally bare trees), and we had phenomenal blue-sky crisp, cool weather for that day.

What a delightful quagmire! We were in Tuscany in late October 2001, and while the colors of the foliage overall were not spectacular, the vinyards were beautiful. The weather was very warm that year. I took fall clothes and wished for tee shirts.

I've been there during that timeframe and did notice that the grapevines were gold and some of the vine on the buildings and houses were scarlett red. Like the others said, Tuscany is not known for its fall color...olive trees don't change and neither do cypress trees. But the weather is usually spectacular that time of year. IMO, that's the best time to be in Italy.

Free Flight....Good wine...crisp autumn air....Priceless

...and we want a detailed trip report upon your return

Buon viaggio!

And fresh Porcini mushrooms and olive oil.