Typical farmhouse set in the San Rossore Nature riserve where it's possibile to sight ... more
deer fox badger and wild boar birds of prey egrets and herons whilst walking cycling or horse riding Only 5 kms from the Leaning tower of Pisa and 10 kms from t...
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Advantages: Good price, great rooms and breakfast Disadvantages: not best surroundings
This was a definite 'how far can we go on a budget at Easter where it might be warm?' affair. Thank God for budget airlines. Me, the wife and the nipper/satan spawn off to Pisa on Ryanair from Liverpool for about £140 should do it.
But where to stay? I was all for sleeping on a beach but Italy in April wouldn't stop hypothermia I was told. So it was time to scour the internet for somewhere with 5 days availability, vaguely out of season and cheap. We had about £400 to play with. Not too bad. The wonders of the modern family meant that some of our kids were spending time with their real parents so we were down from 5 to 1. It wasn't my idea to conceive a child between us that we couldn't ship out. Damn female hormones. Rather than spend our time mourning, we thought it best to bugger off of on holiday without them to ease the pain ...
One of the highlights of our trip to Tuscany last year was to be our visit to Pisa. To be accurate, the main attraction was not so much the city of Pisa itself, charming though it undoubtedly is, but the Field of Miracles*. Well, to be punctiliously precise, it wasn't even the Field of Miracles that had our anticipatory juices flowing, but The Leaning Tower of Pisa in particular.
* The Field of Miracles is the area housing the Duomo, Tower, Baptistry and associated buildings.
To be honest, if you discount the Field of Miracles, I'm not sure that much else in Pisa merits a visit although I expect some Pisaphile will soon put me straight on that count. However, it can't be denied that the seething masses that are constantly disgorged from the tourist buses usually have one thing in mind and that's to take one of those corny snaps ...
Advantages: Fantastic Fun For Little Ones Disadvantages: Gets Very Hot with Very Few Covered Areas
Located in a quiet country area in the Kissimmee vicinity Green Meadows Petting Farm is a wonderful experience for young families.
Tours take approximately two hours to complete. On arrival you are taken to join an ongoing tour and you just continue on the tour until you get back to your starting point.
The guides are very friendly and give lots of information on the animals which you come across.
There are hundreds of animals on the farm. You are encouraged to touch the pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and donkeys. There is an opportunity to milk a cow and have a small pony trek (please note height limits apply) and there is also a tractor driven hayride for everyone.
There is a picnic area facility within the grounds of Green Meadows and some covered areas, but these are limited and it is a good idea to wear sun hats ...
