re: Florence Italy

We are going in March. We will stay at a villa about 20 miles south of Florence for a week, then spend a couple of nights at a hotel in Florence. The thing I would suggest considering is gelling a rental car for at least one day and drive around the Tuscan countryside. You can drive to Siena and explore some medieval hill towns along the way such as San Gimangiano (sp) and Volterra. You can visit some of the wonderful wine villages in Chianti country off of Hwy. 222. A little past Siena are the great two of Italy's great wine towns, Mantalcino where they make Brunello, and Montepulciano where they make the Vino Nobele. From reading previous posts on here I have put Sostanza on my list of restaurants to go to.