Giacomo Valli_Florence - Jet Set Life

Giacomo: Yeah. If location for you is… well again, it depends on what do you mean by ‘location’.
If just want something that’s at the center, and you know you’ll get all the service and attention
you want, then I would say The Savoy is the way to go.
If you intend ‘location’ as in views, tranquility, relaxed AND all the attention and services you
need, I would go for Villa San Michele which is around the hills.
Rob: What’s interesting to me about Florence, and I never really knew how to navigate this, but
we should probably touch on it. We hear the term ‘Tuscany’ which really refers to a region and
Florence is just a city in the middle of that region.
So, there are so many places that you can go if you’re willing to venture outside of Florence.
What are your top recommendations that people should day trip to from Florence that is just
‘you’ve got to this’.
Giacomo: Wow. As you’ve said Tuscany is quite big, and Florence is a big town, and there’s
hundreds and hundreds of normal sized towns.
Rob: I know, but that’s the hard part, yeah. That’s the hard part, but if you had to pick one,
what would you say?
Giacomo: Well, I mean if it’s a day trip as you said, maybe like leaving out the whole Siena part,
you know, Montepulciano, all these famous ones for the wines, I mean even if you just go to
San Gimignano you know, you’ll find great views, great restaurants. The drive there, as in if you
rent a nice car and you enjoy the turns, it’s an amazing drive, it’s close by; so I would go for San
Gimignano, or the areas around there.
Rob: San Gimignano…alright.
Giacomo: Starting after Greve, all that area is really nice; as all of Tuscany in the end. (Laughs)