Wedged between Florence and Rome, rural Tuscany offers the quintessential Italian experience: sun-soaked hill towns, green and rolling screen-saver hills, romantically fortified farms, and cypress trees marching single file up lonely ridges. Savvy travelers can slow down and get a taste of Italian rural life in the traditional-yet-cozy lodgings of a countryside guesthouse or an agriturismo — a working farm that takes in guests. You feel an enthusiasm for tradition with many rural family farms st
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Wedged between Florence and Rome, rural Tuscany offers the quintessential Italian experience: sun-soaked hill towns, green and rolling screen-saver hills, romantically fortified farms, and cypress trees marching single file up lonely ridges. Savvy travelers can slow down and get a taste of Italian rural life in the traditional-yet-cozy lodgings of a countryside guesthouse or an agriturismo — a working farm that takes in guests. You feel an enthusiasm for tradition with many rural family farms st
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Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” In this clip from my new episode “Assisi and Italian Country Charm,” I visit Tuscany and confirm this to be true. Need a break? Head to the Italian countryside for 25 minutes — the episode is streaming online for free at https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/assisi-and-italian-country-charm. | Rick Steves
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Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” In this clip from my new episode “Assisi and Italian Country Charm,” I visit Tuscany and confirm this to be true. Need a break? Head to the Italian countryside for 25 minutes — the episode is streaming online for free at https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/assisi-and-italian-country-charm. | Rick Steves
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