Tuscan Rooms blog

After the bike race last Wednesday on Saturday it was the turn of the cars in the Mille Miglia which passed through Bagni di Lucca on its way to Parma.

All entrants had to be vintage or classic cars pre 1957 which had attended the original race format.

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Yesterday (13.05.2015) was stage 5 of this years Giro D’Italia. The stage started in La Spezia and finished 152 km later in Abetone travelling right through the centre of Bagni di Lucca. The crowds turned out in the fabulous sunshine and the bars, shops and houses put out their flags and pink balloons ( pink being the colour of the Italian sports paper that sponsors the event and the colour of the stage winners jersey)

Race favourite Alberto Contador moved into the overall lead after stage five of the Giro d’Italia, which was won by Slovenia’s Jan Polanc.
Spaniard Contador, who won the 2008 Giro, finished fourth on the first mountain finish of this year’s race.
The Tinkoff-Saxo rider leads the race by two seconds from Italian hope Fabio Aru, with Team Sky’s Australian Richie Porte in third, 20 seconds adrift. There is still a long way to go yet though.

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A great day Quad Biking up in the hills above Bagni di Lucca.

 From San Cassiano up to Prato Fiorito

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This time Colette sets off from Granaiola high above Bagni di Lucca with her dog Bonnie and the camera.

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There are so many great walks in and around Bagni di Lucca with stunning views all year round.

I enjoy the winter walks the best so we took the camera out yesterday and here are some black and white results.

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What better place to watch an open air operatic  performance of Hamlet than Villa Oliva on the Strada del Vino.

The Strada del Vino is in the hills around Lucca only 20 mins drive from tuscanrooms.

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This year is the 100th year of the Motogiro D’Italia the first taking place in 1914

180 participants from all over the world this week take part in a 6 stage time trial through northern Italy covering 1600km.

Starting at the Misano World circuit 5 days and 18 hours ago ( and counting) the Motogiro arrived in Bagni di Lucca this afternoon.

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