Arrive in Italy refreshed with a stopover | Tuscany family vacation

Pack your suitcases, kids and cones into the car and head south. Many holidaymakers prefer to go on holiday by car. This means you can remain independent during the most beautiful days of the year and enjoy unlimited freedom. If it weren't for the hour-long drive. From Hamburg to Tuscany it takes - if things go well - 14 to 15 hours, from Frankfurt a little more than ten hours and even from Munich the journey can take seven to eight hours. In order to arrive in the south refreshed, more and more travelers are planning a stopover.

Take a break where it's just as beautiful as your holiday destination

A well-planned trip with a stopover to stay overnight makes a lot of things easier. For children and accompanying pets, the long journey is not nearly as stressful and even the driver arrives at the holiday destination much more relaxed. We will show you the most beautiful accommodations on your way to Tuscany, the south of Italy and Sicily or Sardinia:

Stopover at Lake Garda and in Trentino South Tyrol

It is not far from the Brenner motorway and just a few kilometers from Lake Garda Agriturismo Lago Di Garda in the heart of the Val d'Adige (Adige Valley). Built around 1500, the house has been recently restored and refurnished and is ideal for a stopover on your way to Tuscany. It lies between Lake Garda, the Dolomites and Trento Hotel Villa Comano in a 40.000 square meter park. The house is not only perfect for gourmets for one or two overnight stays; selected massages and treatments also await travelers in the new wellness center. 

Stopover on the way to Lazio, Campania, Apulia or Calabria

On the way to southern Italy, Tuscany is ideal for a stopover with one or two overnight stays:

• In the northeast you have the choice between the classic Tuscany holiday home with pool for sole use and the dog-friendly cottage with fenced garden. especially the Country residence Mugello 2 is suitable for holidaymakers with dogs.

• In the east of Tuscany there are Villa Sesto Fiorentino four spacious holiday apartments and one double room available.

  

   
• This is also not far from Siena Chianti Castle, which with its extensive vineyards, its ancient wineries and the 12 holiday accommodations is also prepared for overnight stays. More picturesque wineries in Tuscany with overnight accommodation can be found in the relevant section.

   

   

  

• The  Bed and Breakfast Castel del Piano in the southwest of Tuscany offers 4 charming rooms for an overnight stay. You can find more in the following link Hotels and rooms in Tuscany.

B&B Castel del Piano, recommended by Toscana Forum

Stopover in Umbria

• Halfway between Florence and Rome, wait in the Umbria Castle 20 different sized holiday apartments for your stopover in Umbria.