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@gagzy1989

5 жыл бұрын

omg, only 2min into the video, liked and subcribed! GREAT JOB! A proper travel video, informative, fast paced and beautiful shots! We will be driving through Tuscany next week, will make a pit stop. 🤗

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! If you like my vlogging style please check out my travel vlog playlist which have similar videos from around the world. Enjoy Tuscany! kzread.info/head/PLszSmMLISbAcilIqoPDeBLzx40PjI7cAE

@lucabreschi5436

4 жыл бұрын

Suitcase Monkey didn’t you like Livorno? Not sure If that is what you meant with your comment about it Just curious Thanks in advance for your feedback

@phitalymilan2824

4 жыл бұрын

For me Tuscany is one of the best places in Europe . Nice vedio

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

One of the best travel videos I have ever seen on KZread. Slick, on point, creative, informative and very entertaining. Wish all travel vloggers could see this.

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for the very kind words! It’s really appreciated. Personally speaking, I think I have done some better ones so let me know how you get on with some of my other full length travel vlogs. kzread.info/head/PLszSmMLISbAcilIqoPDeBLzx40PjI7cAE

As a girl born and raised in Florence and the hills surrounding it (but now living in beautiful Gent, Belgium), I just adored the description of Italian driving customs, so true. I'm a very diligent driver here in Belgium, but my Italian blood never fails to bring back my killing driving skills every time I set foot in my home country

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Haha. I’m glad you said that. I was nervous putting that in because it’s never possible to group a whole country as one type of person but even as a joke I wanted to mention my personal experience. So glad you reacted to it fondly! We will have a Bruges vlog later this year. Hopefully you’ll enjoy that one too!

My first time in Italy I was travelling with a friend who was trying to watch what he ate and be mindful of calories. It was starting to be a drag since we were also in Tuscany. By the third day, I just looked at him and said, "what kind of an idiot goes on a diet in Italy." That pretty much snapped him out of it fortunately. Something as simple as basil, tomatoes and olive oil tastes like ambrosia in Italy. The land and the sun make everything absolutely delicious. I ate mozzarella di bufalla and gelato almost every singe day. Just walk every where, especially the hills and you'll be fine. Eat everything in Italy! Diet at home!

@lisamuchi8764

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂To visit Italy & be on a diet is a crime!!! Sooo much good food no matter which small town or big city you visit 💯💯!!!! So glad to have visited pre-covid19 pandemic!!!

Thanks for all the tips. I like how you give tips to help viewers by giving us the good and the bad on each places. Rather than making everything look good and perfect you give us a good idea of what to expect and help us save time incase we visit these places. Thank you and i hope you channel blows up as it will help alot of travellers out there.

finally a real travel vlog without basic girls showing off their shopping and dresses, subbed and liked great content :)

@Boomer9907

5 жыл бұрын

peter barber, please stop hating. i’m begging you

@mavdj

5 жыл бұрын

unfortunately it still has the same horrible music as all other travel blogs. ughh...

@richardperkins3460

5 жыл бұрын

peter barber well said

@usernametentwo

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Let_Walk_Around

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

I went to Florence and did 2 tours including Siena, San Giminiano and Pisa. Absolutely beautiful and breath taking. I almost cried when I saw the leaning tower of Pisa and the food like you said is amazing 😉

Nice production and great choice of music. Great sense of humor.

Excellent video. Fun, entertaining, informative & really more visually insightful than most other videos available on the region. Fantastic.

Very nice Vlog! Having lived in Italy I'd like to say something about the parking challenge, that is, unless you are an expert local motorist, trying to park towards the center of town is an exercise in futility. This is compounded by the fact that you have to navigate mostly one way streets and "denial of transit" rules for cars not domiciled in the area you are in. So my advice is, don't even try. Plan to park outside of the center of town, including convenient municipal parking areas. From there, plan to walk, take a bus or call a taxi if necessary, to get you to where you want to go. Cheers and keep posting you great vids!

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. Incredibly helpful for our trip to the Tuscan countryside

This is such a helpful video! Thank you!

"Pisa, when never before has subsidence been such a celebrated occurrence." That is a phenomenal line and totally English of you.

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

+remsan03 Well thank you. Yes, I try!

@remsan03

6 жыл бұрын

It's just something I could hear Stephen Fry would say. One more question: Is it difficult to travel to Japan if you don't speak Japanese at all? I'm thinking that it must be agonizing to get around on trains, ordering food and so on. Even when it's translated, the long names of places sometimes confuses me.

My boyfriend and have been thinking of doing a road trip around Tuscany, and this video has just convinced me - I loved it! Thank you for such lovely content

Very professional vlog. The right pace. Well done

Best video I've seen on visiting the region. Thank you!

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I try!

Thank you for the wonderful and informative video of Tuscany.

W LIVORNO ♥️, a beatiful and very important Town, w all Tuscany.

Beautiful And informative as always thank you

Great video! Informative & funny. Thank you very much for the tips!

Great video and very informative. Thanks!👏👍🏻

You are my new favourite channel, thanks for all the great content and charming personality of course.!!

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again. We are having a Live Premiere for our Santorini vlog tonight. If you can join us it would be great to chat whilst it goes out.

I really loved the fact that you gave candid review with tips. You clearly expressed what you did NOT like. This honesty is missing in most travel blogs/vlogs. Most of them just praise every darn place... Liked and Subbed :)... looking for more reviews with tips.

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That’s great to hear. I’m posting a Brunch in London video tonight but generally I post around every 6 weeks or so, so please feel free to check out my other travel vlogs until the next one, which will be Santorini. kzread.info/head/PLszSmMLISbAcilIqoPDeBLzx40PjI7cAE

Hey, everytime I drive to Florence I also park at the Coop and take the "tramvia"! Smart move & good tip. They also sell super cheap Daily Family tickets for max 4 persons, good all day for the tram and buses too.

@vistacyclingtuscany

3 жыл бұрын

We just recently had a huge fire at the Coop, so the shopping centre is closed but parking is still available! I live a couple of blocks away.

@mariorossi3898

10 ай бұрын

Parking at Coop supermarket and leaving the car all day there is not a civilized habit. That parking place is for customers only and not for tourists. What would you think if tourists would park their car in your local supermarket parking place?

Had a Tuscany tour. Loved the lunch at a winery!

Very informative. Great info for visiting the Tuscany region, as I will be doing in mid-September. Thanks! I checked out the hotel you mentioned. Unfortunately, no vacancies

It is so beautiful there, I really want to go!!

Great video! I was wondering if you were going to mention parking and maybe give a good tip LOL! Parking is always the most stressful part when driving in Italy aside from the 90* turns in the roads, so now we stay a few days in a town and then take the train to nearby towns. Thanks for the info on the tram...that is new for me. Thank you again for a great Tuscan video!

Great video - and good tip regarding parking and taking the tram into Florence. By the way it took me about three trips to San Gimignano before I learned how to say it correctly - San Jim in Yano. :)

Awesome video! I enjoyed it, thankyou:)

Precious nature and good food everything place god bless you

Very helpful, I’ll be driving around Tuscany in two weeks and now I have an idea about the parking. And the first town san migniano wasn’t in my itinerary now it is. Love the vide thank you

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Great travel vlog👍👊👊

I am so very happy I subscribed to the Suitcase Monkeys! I love all these videos! The travel ones are fabulous!

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sonia. Thank you for joining us and welcome to our Monkey Troop!

Enjoyed your video! I didn't visit Sienna when I was in Tuscany; I will have to return;)

Amazing!!!

Excellent and entertaining video. We'll be driving the Tuscany countryside for a week soon and will be sure to include some of your destinations. Thanks also for the tips on parking!

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks. Have a great time! It isn’t so bad, just have a low expectation for finding a parking space and you’ll be fine! 😊

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks. Have a great time! It isn’t so bad, just have a low expectation for finding a parking space and you’ll be fine! 😊

Rick Steves reminds me of being here in his show entitled "Best of Europe". 👍

very good video. A good overview about Italy. Thank you.

@TerumiFakeman

5 жыл бұрын

*tuscany, italy its differnt from region and region

going for a trip to tuscany in may very helpful dont know if im looking forward to driving

An age gone by. Take back control. Make Tuscany great again. (Who else got that while he was trying on that medieval costume. Lol

yap, one of my wishlist in travel destinations

If you visit Volterra, pay a visit to the Etruscan museum.

peaceful place😍

I was hoping you’d get inside the cathedrals and museums. This was like a quick side-trip.

Very helpful!

Fantastic video!

Excellent

Love your vlogs ❤️

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😍

Great video, thanks

1:19 , there is nothing worse when you’re waiting for the hired car in Pisa genuinely, one year the machine for my dads card didn’t work and we were there for ages, it was roasting and it was stressful but I had wifi so it wasn’t too bad

I loved your Video and your humour. New subbie 💕

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Jenny Marie Molina Many thanks for that! I post around once a month at most (since these videos are mostly just of my holidays) so please enjoy our back catalogue of travels until the next one comes along! kzread.info/head/PLszSmMLISbAcilIqoPDeBLzx40PjI7cAE

My Tuscany ❤

Lovely beautiful place

Sicily...my all time Favorite!

man you missed LIVORNO my city! amazing genuine sea-city on the west side coast from 15minutes (by train) from the famous PISA. in Livorno you 'll find fabulous rock coast called calignaia were the landscape is breathtaking, terrazza mascagni plus a district called "venezia". You have to tried the no-commercial tuscany! our proud food? cinque e cinque, cacciucco, baccalà alla livornese.

I want to go there because its so pretty but also the food looks good

The British are always the best at explaining things.

@AlainNaigeon

5 жыл бұрын

I guess you're not a honorable member of Parliament :-)

Lots of great stuff in a short amount of time. You've a good eye for composing within the frame and for color and use of natural lighting. Because there's so much to see in your quality cityscapes, panoramas and food, may I suggest leaving 1 second more in those scenes. I had to stop the video a few times for all that was there to see. Still 6 days in one video, all in all, quite worthy.

@SuitcaseMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions. I’m editing the next vlog now and will keep this in mind as it is something I am aware of. That said, pace for me is always very important so in a story that has no drama it’s a way to keep it up. But good observation! Thank you.

This was very helpful, thank you! :)

@MultiMiriam85

6 жыл бұрын

You said there was a beautiful village near to Volterra, but I didn't catch the name. (casel detsa? Orsomething like that)

@MultiMiriam85

6 жыл бұрын

Casole D'elsa I found it! haha thank you :))

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

Gvøðny Miriam Gunnarsson yes correct!

Cool !!

Awesome vlog keep on traveling 🧳

I love your videos👍🏼 and your English accent 👍🏼👍🏼

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

inspiring, thank you ;)

Such a beautiful area! We went this summer to similar areas but wish we had a car for tuscany to see more.

It's very beautiful lovely place my grandson is studying in florance I have bee twice here

Awesome video!!

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! If you enjoy my style we’ve also got vlogs in Rome, Croatia, Kenya, Japan and more. Thanks again!

Another nice video you pack plenty in. Hope its ok to add that Siena is famous for the Palio horse race run every July & Aug in its medieval square "Il Campo". Its a real spectacle (See start of James Bonds Quantum of Solace) for the horse race, flag waving parades and street partys (latter held night of the general trial, the night before main event) although my advice is to watch the trials held 2-3 days before the actual race which its crazy busy. There is free parking in huge car park by city walls as well as v expensive parking. Also If you ever go back to Tuscany please dont miss the beautiful city of Lucca with its wonderful piazzas, churches, the walk round the city walls, botanical gardens and its also host to "Lucca Comics and Games" every Oct or Nov the 2nd biggest Comic festival in the world.

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Cool thank you!

I just enjoy watching your videos. You can visit Philippines next. :) Check out Boracay, Palawan and Cebu.

Flipadaaaaaaaaaa DEL MOUND O - MUNDIAL 💝🐵

Nice job bro, keep it up

♥️🇮🇹Toscana...meravigliosa..cibo ottimo..🍷🍛

@carlosacchelli8451

2 жыл бұрын

Soprattutto il cacciucco livornese ! W TUTTA la Toscana

Thinking of going to Tuscany again. This video and I think another of yours helped us back in 2019 and so I went on the hunt to find it again. I agree re the parking. Plus google told us we could drive into Sienna, so we were fined for entering a restricted area. Oh well 😊

@SuitcaseMonkey

3 ай бұрын

Whoops

You did a great job showing many of my favorite places in my hometown and region. I have a large vacation home in Florence and love sharing the magic of Italy with my guests.

@mariagiovannozzi9176

4 жыл бұрын

Bella la toscana

Nice video. I would add that you generally need to book a time slot to climb the tower at Pisa. Also I have been to Pisa 3 times and I think half a day is more than enough. The most interesting thing about it is the tower area. There are many better places in Tuscany to spend the other half of you day.

@carlosacchelli8451

2 жыл бұрын

You 're right! For example I advice visit LIVORNO( a beatiful and important Town), Bolgheri, Suvereto , Volterra and many other places. Greeting.

Cool

Take a train or bus. Hop on or off to see the countryside in between your destination towns.

OOWW WONDERFUL MY FREND

That was really helpful and entertaining presented. I am planning a few-days-trip to Tuscany in September this year, being on my own and looked for some recommendations. Since I spent many years ago a university semester in Siena, I would like this time so see some more spots in the countryside. So, considering a temporary car and take maybe two different hotels, might be a good way to choose. Mabye, to safe money for food and other things to see, I might take an unexpensive overnight accomodation somwhere in the countryside but still looking for addresses. Anyway, thanks for that nice video.

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good plan! If you enjoy my style please check out our other travels around Rome and beyond. Enjoy the trip! I did solo travel a few years back and it’s awesome! Thanks again.

Thank you so much for the details on where to park in Florence! It will help us a lot in our upcoming trip. Any tips on where to park when we visit Rome?

Wow nice place 😃😲😙👌👌👍💑

We had a tour of Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa

Wonderful video!!! :-)

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

ConnollyCove Thanks! If you enjoy our video style, please check out our back catalogue of travels in Europe and Asia. Sri Lanka and Maldives coming soon!

beautiful!

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was 😍

I'm from Tuscany and yes , we are crazy drivers hahahah :D

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Appreciated the honesty! Haha

"Make Tuscany great again" ha ha :-)

Only 20 minutes to park in Siena? You have been lucky my friend! =D

Sangminano in my beautiful town

Very nice and informatove clip How long did you spend for this whole trip?

Really great video....My daughter and me are going we have never been to Italy or Europe we don't know where to start, driving looks fun but not so sure about those crazy Italian drivers. :) ...Tuscany looks beautiful and Volterra...my daughter loves to shop...me I like the wine!

Oltre che al centro a Firenze ci sono tanti altri posti magari tipo più in periferia belli da visitare

👌

Tuscany is cool over at your view.. but in reality over here at us it’s freezing

Parking in Italy, especially in turistic towns is not easy also because there's are strict rules about cars in the town's center and not only.

I am hungry now😆

@SuitcaseMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

Haha

Hi could you please drop in a link for this entire itinerary?? And how to go about it if we land in Rome .. thanks in advance

Love your vlog and just subscribed. Please tell me what time of the year this video was shot and what were the temps. We are headed there in 10 days.

@SuitcaseMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Hell and welcome! I can’t remember the temps but it was September. Check out average weather temp on google. Have a great time!

Nothing to say but👍👍👍

do you reccomend driving from Madrid, barcelona , cannes , milan, venice, rome ? or its better to take flights or trains ? thanks !

Thank you for the great video! I was just wondering - when exactly have you been there as I see the video being uploaded on Nov 12? I am planning on visiting early October and wanted to compare with your video :)

@SuitcaseMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks. We went in September