Advantages: ideal place to stay in Italy
Disadvantages: car required

...A hot tip for all travellers to Italy's Tuscany region. We spent one week of our summer vacation this year in Tuscany / Italy, in the small village of Colleoli. After checking the Internet site in early June, we were lucky that there was still an apartment available for the first week in August (which is the high season). BOOKING You will find a lot of information (in English, Italian and Japanese) on the Internet at their homepage www.colleoli.it. Enquires and bookings can be made via the link at the homepage, by e-mail to info@colleoli.it or by telephone +39 0587 622010 (Matilda speaks English very well). We have booked by e-mail, and we received answers within 24 hours. HOW TO GET THERE It is only possible to get there by car. Via Florence or Pisa you have to take the SGC FI-PI-LI. This is not a secret code... Read review

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Advantages: Good writing, amusing comment and invaluable advice
Disadvantages: Sometimes out of date?

....99 but discounted. See Amazon £9.87 plus delivery. I like the Cadogan Guides and as I am planning a trip to Italy and/or Rome this was my first choice book. I have to tell you that it makes a cracking good read and has certainly helped me to decide what and where I want to go. This guide is bursting with practical information and gives some clear and what can only be described as local in-depth knowledge. I think I would like their job researching, traveling and then writing all about it. This is Cadogans first complete guide to central Italy and covers an area what is sometimes described as the new Tuscany. Dana and Michael, our Italy expert guides, well they feel like your personal guide, lead you through Rome's famous attractions, Lazio's lake district, the isolated mountains of Abruzzo, and the natural parks of Molise. This has... Read review

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Advantages: Its a superb Hotel!
Disadvantages: Its a long walk to the other end of town if you are not fit!

...it as a base to explore Tuscant from. The Hotel is about a mile and half from the railway station along good paths, although there is a bit a traffic. From the railway station, Tuscany is your oyster! You can easily get to Pisa, Lucca, Florence and anywhere else you care t