DebD

We will be travelling to Italy in late December this year. It is our intent to stay in Rome for 5 nights, Tuscany/Umbria for 2 nights and then on to Florence for New Year's Eve and Venice for 4 days.

I am overwhelmed by which hill town to pick to spend 1 or 2 nights. We will be driving from Rome to Florence so there is a lot of flexibility. Should we stay in 2 different hill towns? or stay in one and day trip? Our budget for hotels is in the $200 - $300 euro range for 3 of us.

Any help provided would be much appreciated.

Italyagain

Its all great. Hard to go wrong. I guess I would do one, so as not to move.

flygirl

I will be staying here in May:

http://www.relaisilchiostrodipienza.com/

it looks marvelous doesn't it? it's fairly central too.

cherylforeurope

flygirl - please let us know how you like your hotel...I was looking at that one too!

donw

Great values in Siena but you might just want to base in Florence to keep it all simpler.