Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Lose your job in London so escape to Tuscany!
Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello
What you need to know before your trail
When Isabella Jenkins is unceremoniously fired from her fancy London job, she escapes to Tuscany. A few weeks hiding amongst rolling hills and grape vines at Villa Limoncello sounds exactly like the distraction she needs.
But Italy holds emotional memories for Izzie and with a hapless handyman, a matchmaking village matriarch and a gorgeous – if infuriating – local chef named Luca Castelotti, her quiet Italian get away turns into an unending cacophony of chaos.
Suddenly Izzie finds herself on a mission to pull off the wedding of the century and maybe get her life in order in the process. If only Luca’s gorgeous smile wasn’t such a powerful distraction…
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style to The Villa Limoncello
Villa Limoncello
As early dusk ticked the distant hilltops, the whole panorama was suffused with a golden radiance interspersed with twinkling amber lights from the distant village. There was no doubt about it, Villa Limoncello was a truly magical place to get married, in real life or on film…
She had the strangest feeling she was meant to be there, at Villa Limoncello, and was hopeful that its serene ambiance would help to plaster over the cracks in her heart.”
Driving in the landscape
They roared away through the Tuscan countryside in an open -topped Spider, along the winding lanes, bordrerd by olive groves and fields filled with ripening vines, with her hair flying high into the slipstream, instilled a sense of lightness in her that she hadn’t experienced for a long time.”
“In an open -topped Spider, along the winding lanes, bordered by olive groves and fields filled with ripening vines, with her hair flying high into the slipstream, instilled a sense of lightness in her that she hadn’t experienced for a long time.”
Visit Florence
Every corner revealed something new – shops selling beautifully carved wooden toys and hand-painted ceramics, market stalls crammed with a kaleidoscope of leather goods, a violinist entertaining the crowds…
Santa Maria Cathedral
“Wow!”
It was the only word that came to mind but was completely inadequate to describe the exquisite artistry of the famous Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore and its adjacent bell tower.
There’s a nice sense of meandering through the city’s cobbled streets, past the piazzas and Palazzo’s and even across the famous bridges…
Streetview Maps
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BookTrail Boarding Pass: Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello
Destination: Tuscany, Florence Author/guide: Daisy James Departure Time: 2000s
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