dear mannix, i am willing to bet that you will get around.... hmmmmm, let's see... 9 MILLION DIFFERENT ANSWERS!!
well, maybe that's stretching it a bit, but if you get someone like me answering, then the answer will be ANYTIME is the best time to visit tuscany.
however, if i attempt to be sensible, then i would say spring and fall. and make that early spring and later fall so you might just miss the hoardes of tourists. although its getting really hard to define a traditional "high" season as opposed to a "low" season. i think that its now only november, december, january, and february, that qualify as "low" season.
but, like i said, you will receive lots of opinions and i think the only solution is for you to go more than once - at different times of the year, of course!
Posts: 958 | Location: smack dab midwest | Registered: 06 September 2004
If I was being overly picky, I would suggestthat you could only get a maximum of 366 different answers .
I have gone in early spring (late March -early April) on several occassions, and have been unlucky with the weather. I would think around this time of year would be almost perfect.
Posts: 830 | Location: Hampshire, UK | Registered: 28 March 2005
Well, there's Tuscany and then there's Tuscany. Early May is wonderful, but if you're headed, e.g., for the Garfagnana then later might be better. There's more rain in April and June can be hot. If you're going to the high mountains or want to see the grape/olive harvests, then fall is better. But you'll get longer days and marginally better weather in the spring. ---Marlene
Posts: 567 | Location: Boston, MA | Registered: 11 May 2004
A agree with Elizabetta - ANYTIME is a great time. Don't even let bad weather dampen your spirits (no pun intended). I first saw Cortona in a driving rain storm, but it was dry in the church and in the Etruscan Museum -and as, I believe it is Marco always says - there's nothing a nice vino can't cure. Buon viaggio.
Posts: 129 | Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Registered: 02 April 2006
I love Summer in Tuscany. It can be hot, but it's that sensual and embracing kind of hot that evokes passion and love and all the beautiful things in life.
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