Archive for 'Summer'

If you have booked a villa in Tuscany and are planning to vacation in the area during the hot summer months, then you are likely interested in enjoying your stay and your food, despite the heat. There are plenty of ways to do so but eating the right foods really helps and eating, in general, is one of the great pleasures of a holiday in Tuscany.

There are various delicious, light, and refreshing options for snacks, meals, and desserts that can be enjoyed by those who book a villa with pool in Tuscany during the summer months, from salads to cured meats to fish dishes to gelato, but how about a tasty and wholesome tomato soup? 

We are now one month into the high season and the summer holidays. With just two months of summer proper left to go, you may be among the number of people who have yet to secure their big vacation for the year but, never fear, there is still time to book your holiday rental in Tuscany! 

Whether you were not sure where you wanted to go, you did not know when you would have time off, you were waiting for other things to fall into place or other people to clear their schedules, or you were simply too busy to think about it until now, we still have some incredible villas in Tuscany with dates for summer 2025 that you can book today.

Florence is always a dream destination for culture vultures but if you are a particular lover of the performing arts then a great time to book a vacation rental in Florence is between late April and June, when the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival is held. In addition to the incredible and vast array of museums, galleries, churches, architectural gems, gorgeous gardens, public statuary, and more that is already available for your consideration, over the course of this period each year, the city holds a range of different performances. While it is a notable opera festival run by the Opera di Firenze, there is also a diverse season of ballet, classical concerts, and theatrical performances. Fitting one of these shows into your time staying in one of our holiday rentals in Florence is a wonderful way to immerse yourself in this incredible culture capital and to experience some amazing performances.

Founded in 1933 by Vittorio Gui and inspired by an idea of Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano, the festival was designed with the concept of using theatrical and wonderfully striking visual productions to showcase both contemporary pieces and operas that had been forgotten. Italy’s oldest music festival and the second-oldest in Europe, after the Salzburg Festival, it was an immediate success and was made into a biennial event in 1937. Thereafter, it became an annual festival and was held across the Teatro Comunale and Piccolo Teatro and the Teatro della Pergola until 2014, when the new Teatro dell'Opera di Firenze (which had been opened in 2011), replaced the Teatro Comunale.

If you are looking ahead, longingly, to summer sun and fun as we face into the last weeks of winter, then it’s probably time to consider booking your vacation today. We always suggest booking as far in advance as you can in order to avoid disappointment but if you are interested in one of our more popular kinds of vacation rentals in Tuscany, then this is even more the case. Our villas with pools in Tuscany and our luxury villas with pools in Tuscany can be particularly prone to being snapped up fast.

Instead of staying on the fence, it would be best to book now but, if you’re not yet convinced, then here are four great reasons to book your luxury villa with pool in Tuscany today...