Make a holiday rental, home, or cottage in Castel San Niccolo, Italy your home away from home
Holidaymakers looking to get away to a hot climate in a peaceful but beautiful part of Italy will find Castel San Niccolo is the ideal retreat. This is a very scenic place that lies within the province of Arezzo in the wine producing region of Tuscany. Here visitors will find numerous different places to stay including self catering accommodation, villas, farmhouses, and campsites.
Things to do on holiday to Castel San Niccolo, Italy
Castel San Niccolo is a great place for hill walking, rambling and horse riding with many spectacular views all around. There are also plenty of routes in and around the town for cyclists and mountain bikers to take an energetic ride. Many people also come to the area as it provides a great site for bird watching.
There are several excellent golf courses in Tuscany including a course and driving range in Castel San Niccolo, as well as 18-hole courses at Versilia Golf Club near Pietrasanta and Cosmopolitan golf near Pisa. Tuscany is a famous wine producing region and visitors may like to go on a wine tasting tour in Chianti.
There are a limited number of places in the town to dine in, but visitors will find a choice of restaurants, bars and cafes nearby serving good Italian food. There are a few shops in the town and visitors will be able to buy some gifts as well as food and beverages. A wider choice of shops can be found at the provincial capital Arezzo, which is about 40 minutes away.
Places to visit on holiday to Castel San Niccolo, Italy
There are a number of interesting places to visit here including historic building and churches such as the ancient castle of the Guidis and the Church of San Donato. Lucca is also well worth visiting with its magnificent cathedral, tiny Romanesque churches, cobbled narrow streets, towers and lovely mediaeval buildings.
Pisa is about 150 kilometres away via the A1 and A11 and is a fantastic city to visit, featuring the world famous Leaning Tower. Florence is another wonderful city and can also be reached via the A1 road and is approximately a one hour and twenty minute journey from Castel San Niccolo.
Weather in Castel San Niccolo, Italy
During the daytime in summer the temperatures can get very hot in Tuscany. The warmest time of the year to visit Castel San Niccolo is generally July and August when the average high temperature is approximately 30 degrees centigrade, while June and September hit a respectable 27 degrees centigrade as well. The average rainfall for one year is below 90mm with October often the wettest month.
Travel to Castel San Niccolo, Italy
The airport at Florence is approximately an hour and 20 minutes away and has flights to and from other Italian cities as well as Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Madrid and Paris amongst other European destinations. A bigger airport is Galileo Galilei Airport in Pisa, which is approximately two hours and 10 minutes away. It offers flights to and from domestic and major European destinations such as Paris, London, Madrid, Munich and Amsterdam. Ryanair has the largest number of flights and destinations.
Car hire firms such as Avis, Europcar, Hertz, Maggiore/National, Sixt and Thrifty are all represented at the airport, with desks in the Arrivals area. Europcar and Sixt also offer chauffeur-driven cars.
