Ah, Tuscany! It's one of those magic places, like Andalusia or Provence, where people from the desolate, wind-swept plains of Northern Europe vacation year after year, with obstinate dedication, compelled by a bizarre obsession to ...

May, I think, is the very best time to visit Italy. The weather is usually warm and beautiful. Even better, in the Spring you will not encounter the major influx of tourists that swarm over Europe like locusts in the Summer. In Spring ...