Renting a villa in Tuscany gives you a unique opportunity to see lots of medieval reinactments as well as food festivals called sagre, the plural of sagra. Who doesn't enjoy eating fresh local food expertly prepared all'aperto (outside) in the summer?

Gloria over at At Home in Tuscany has been accumulating information on all the big festivals in Tuscany, so there's a few pages you might want to bookmark: July Medieval Festivals & July Sagre in Tuscany.

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