May is Tuscany’s most photogenic month. 16–26°C, the iconic combination of green hills + red poppies + cypress rows + blue sky. This is the Tuscany of every calendar and every dream.
Plan this trip →Poppies: Val d’Orcia fields from mid-May. The famous Gladiator cypress grove and the Chapel of Vitaleta surrounded by red. Wine: vines leafing out, creating the striped-hill pattern. Events: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence’s opera/music festival, since 1933). Infiorata flower carpets in various towns.
Shoulder-to-high. Agriturismo: €90–170/night. Florence: €120–200. Book 4–6 weeks ahead.