Holidays in Vinci

An introduction to Vinci

Take your holidays in Vinci and make the most of this outstanding Tuscan town. Use it as a springboard for slow walks through the surrounding countryside and marvel at panoramic views over a colourful quilt of meadows covered with poppies and wild flowers. Or you could make your holidays in Vinci a base for touring; the great, historic cities of Pisa and Florence are both within easy reach.

But the chances are you'll visit for a completely different reason. You're probably taking your holidays in Vinci because of one man; Leonardo. This is the Vinci he was named after, the Vinci of his birth, and your holidays in Vinci will immerse you in his memory.

The Museo Leonardino is set within a 13th century castle – itself worth visiting on your last minute holidays in Vinci - and features wooden models of his future-view machines, faithfully reconstructed from his notebooks. An awesome-looking military tank, a car – not exactly a Ferrari but nevertheless a car – a machine gun and a bicycle, to name but a few.

Beyond the castle lies the attractive church of Santo Stefano, where the infant Leonardo was baptised, but perhaps the most real part of your cheap holidays in Vinci comes when you visit a humble farmhouse nearby. Casa di Leonardo is the actual birthplace of one of the greatest painters, sculptors, inventors and scientists who ever lived.

Reason enough to spend your summer holidays in Vinci.

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