After leaving Agriturismo Piombaia by Montalcino we drove to Siena, one of the most important medieval cities in Tuscany. Not far from the city centre, there is a big parking area for campers, and in short walking distance from the parking the bus to Siena takes off. The historic centre of Siena is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is also full of beautiful old…

  After leaving the winery, Fattoria Casa Sola, we headed for Pienza, still in Tuscany. Pienza is more or less mostly known for the cheese, Pecorino de Pienza, although Pecorino can come from many other regions. The traditional, made from sheep’s milk, Pecorino di Pienza is made through a special process where the ageing takes place in wooden barriques for at least 90 days. The…

The next stop on our tour was planned to be San Gimignano. It turned out to be impossible to find a place for parking the camper. After a couple of rounds, we drove to a camper parking lot by Santa Lucia, just over 2 kilometres from San Gimignano. From there we could go by bus directly to the gate of the old town. The local…

    After leaving Radda we drove to the winery Castelvecchi, with the full name Premiata Fattoria di Castelvecchi in Chianti. A beautiful place in the highest hills of Radda in Chianti. Here we had booked a guided tour of the old, old winery and of course a wine tasting. The cellar is a mix of modern equipment very old and beautiful original barrels from…

  Our next visit on our “Grand Tour di Italia”, we had searched for something special, something very Italian. We ended up with the most interesting pasta production in the little town of Strada In Chianti. The pasta producer, Pastificio Artigiano Fabbri, where pasta has been made by the same family (5 generations), at the same square, in the same way, since 1893. Yes, for…

After visiting the three Acetaias, we left Modena after lunch. We had, what turned out to be a longer than expected, a long drive to our next destination. And the first three places where we had expected to stay for the night, were either noisy, had a too-narrow entrance, or were fully occupied. But then, by using the CamperContact app, we found a nice parking…

  On our big trip to Italy we, of course, also visited places where the world-famous Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is made and even three of the most fabulous places. First, we visited La Cà dal Nôn, meaning The House of the Grand Father, in Vignola just outside of Modena. What a place, the beautiful buildings had just been thoroughly renovated and looked stunning, for…

On our big trip to Italy we, of course, also visited a little Parmesan dairy. The San Pier Damiani parmesan cheese dairy is just a few kilometres from Parma. It was founded in 1846. Every day, every year, they produce the world-famous Parmigiano Reggiano, the REAL parmesan cheese, just as it has been made for 700 years. This is hard work, and the cheese must…

On our big trip this year, we went to Italy. We had been planning this for a long time, and finally, we could take off, in our Hymer camper. We had mainly decided to stay with Agricamper Italia hosts and other hosts on our route. On our first travelling day, we came to the winery, Sparano Capelli, south of Milan. Here we tasted some of…