Fall in Italy

Italy is wonderful in the fall. In September you can still enjoy warm days and summer temperatures reminiscent of a good Northern European summer. The pools are still open, and on the beaches there are less people and good bathing temperatures. The end of September and October bring with them the beautiful autumn colors and fresh, clear air. The grapes are ripe and the years harvest is underway. This is an exciting time with lively markets in the villages, where food and wine are the center of attention. If you want to try freshly squeezed olive oil, make the trip to Tuscany in early November. This is the time for olive harvesting and pressing.

Autumn is a perfect time to visit major cities such as Florence, Verona, Milan, Venice. There are fewer tourists and not as hot as July and August. You can avoid queues at the famous museums, and it’s much easier to get a table at the best restaurants.  Beautiful medieval towns such as San Gimignao, Volterra and Siena are also best visited during autumn. The narrow cobbled streets are not so crowded, and you can still feel the heat of the sun at a cafe on one of the city’s piazzas. In restaurants, it’s the season to serve truffles (tartufo) and wild mushrooms (funghi), usually presented as a simple pasta dish. Tastes heavenly with a glass of sangiovese red wine from Tuscany. You might even be in luck and stumble across a “sagra” or village party, where seasonal ingredients are offered. This is a great way to experience Italian culture and taste local food.

If you dream of walking the coastal path in the Cinque Terre, then autumn is a lovely time for this. You may have heard of others who have walked this hiking trail, and told that they walked in line with hundreds of other tourists? The Cinque Terre is one of Italy’s largest tourist destinations and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here you can walk between five beautiful and colorful fishing villages, and enjoy magnificent nature. In July and August it can be very crowded here, and you occasionally queue up some stretches.

Where to stay when walking the Cinque Terre Coastal Path.

We recommend staying in beautiful Portovenere, which is close to the southernmost of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre. Here you can stay in an apartment or in a double room with breakfast: Resort Portovenere

Relaxation & comfort in the vineyard with heated pool

Rent an apartment in a beautiful vineyard in central Tuscany. With a rental car you can drive around on day trips to famous towns and villages. From the end of September until the end of November, it is nice to have access to a heated pool. Here you can stay with heated pool: Casale Terriciola and Borgo Puccini

Gather the girls! – the gang can rent a villa with pool

Are you constantly talking about going with the girl group or the BFF’s on holiday? How about renting your own villa with a pool? It is often both more fun and cheaper than staying in a hotel. We will help you find a villa that suits your needs. Out of the summer season villas can be rented for a minimum of 3 nights. Here you can stay in a villa with space for 11 people, just 2 km from the center of Lucca: Villa Rossana

Travel with the wine club to Chianti!

How about traveling with the wine club to Tuscany, and visiting popular wineries in Chianti? At the end of September, the grapes are picked, and it’s extra exciting and lively to stay near the vineyards. Here you can take part in wine tasting, rent bicycles and enjoy sumptuous, blissful days in the middle of wine country: Il Sogno

City holidays with that someone special.

Verona is easy to reach by plane. Norwegian flies directly to Verona, Ryanair flies to Bergamo and there are several flights to Milan. By rental car, taxi, bus or train, it is easy to travel the last leg to Verona city center. Verona is known as the city of love, and is highly recommended. Here you can stay centrally at Hotel Italia Verona

Be your own bike tour guide.

If you want an active holiday and love cycling, we recommend experiencing Italy from the seat of a bicycle. At home in Norway it gets colder from September, but in Italy you can still cycle lightly dressed in fairly warm, comfortable temperatures. Read more about our offers here.

When you want to holiday without a car and still see the best of Tuscany.

Lucca is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in Tuscany, and is easy to reach from the airports of Pisa and Florence. In Lucca you can holiday without a car since the center of Lucca itself has a lot to offer. Lucca is a cozy old town with narrow cobbled streets and little automotive traffic. Here you can find quaint trattorias, cafes and specialty shops side by side. By train or bus from Lucca you can also take a day trip to the coast, Pisa and Florence. Here you can stay comfortably in a pleasant 3 star hotel with pool: Hotel Lucca

Do you have a birthday or anniversary and want to gather the family?

Every year, Primatoscana has customers who celebrate their 50th, 60th or 70th birthday with family and friends. Do you dream of renting a large villa with pool in Tuscany, and celebrating a special occasion this fall? Contact us for a chat and we will find the villa that suits your needs. This villa can accommodate 20 people, with the possibility of hiring a catering service for mouth-watering celebratory meals: Villa San Lucca