[ Nov.2014 ] The last place we visited in our Tuscany trip was Citta di Castello in Umbria. We went there because we had heard it is a beautiful place, but when we went into…

[ Nov.2014 ] The name of Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany in Italy, where we stayed one night means ‘holy gravestone’. That is because this town was founded around 1000AD by two pilgrims who brought…

[ Nov.2014 ] We went to a restaurant called Taverna Toscana in Sansepolcro in Italy, which was recommended by the hotel manager. This is a butcher as well and they say that if you want…

[ Nov.2014 ] “This used to be a room of a countess” said the hotel manager guiding us to this room. The atmosphere was wonderful. The ceiling was lovely, too. This room was large enough,…

[ Nov.2014 ] Monterchi in Tuscany in Italy was a very pretty village. We went there to see a museum, but the village itself was worth visiting. There was only one restaurant in the square…

[ Nov.2014 ] This is a painting called ‘ Madonna del Parto’ by Piero della Francesca, the 15th century painter in Italy. It was introduced at the entrance of Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo,…

[ Nov.2014 ] The main attraction in Arezzo in Italy would be the paintings in Church of San Francesco. This “Legend of the True Cross” was painted by Piero della Francesca from 1452 to 1466…

[ Nov.2014 ] In Arezzo in Italy, we visited the house of Giorgio Vasari who was a painter as well as an architect in the 16th century. He is also known as an author of…

[ Nov.2014 ] The Basilia of San Francesco in Arezzo in Italy is famous for 15th century’s Pietro della Francesca’s paintings, but to see this you have to book in advance. We were there in…