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Florence to Lisbon road trip ideas

Found on 7 September 2015 via Facebook 8

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Planning a ~7-day road trip from Florence to Lisbon in mid-November. If you were making this trip, what would you put on your agenda?

Florence, Siena, San Gimignano (local wine is Vernaccia), Montepulciano (Vino Nobile), Montalcino (Brunello), Greve in Chianti. Pisa very quickly, maybe Lucca. In other words, stay in Tuscany! Maybe I would include Monaco, Carcassonne, San Sebastian, Santiago di Compostella.
We liked Evora in Portugal, so that’s one place to consider stopping on the way to Lisbon.
A side trip to Morocco, the Algarve (southern Portugal), Porto in the north (for great port wines!). While in Florence, the Galleria degl Uffizi - A. Must. Stop! I could go on and on …
I forgot the Museo Galileo, housing Galileo’s instruments and other artifacts from the 15/16th centuries. It is a great visit.
My German friend says take the costal road in northern Italy to Nice. Skip Monaco; nothing really to see there. Stop in San Tropez. 30 min in Pisa. Wind tour way through southern France on scenic routes to Spain.
Panzano En Chianti is worth a visit for Dario Cecchini’s restaurants. (The hotel Sangiovese there is quite nice. It is a tiny little enclave.) There is a large outdoor sculpture garden nearer to Siena.
In Florence, Michelangelo’s David is my #1. Climbing up Santa Maria del Fiore, #2. Heading NW … hiking Cinque Terre was well worth it and rife with photo opportunities.