Today we found Bramasole, the house from Frances Mayes's book, "Under the Tuscan Sun". The tourist office was very helpful in giving us directions to walk there from Cortona. The trouble was that we tried it yesterday in 35 degree heat and it took so long that we turned back before we reached it. Then today, we found alternative directions on the net about how to reach it by car. We followed the instructions to a gate which opens onto a lavender-lined drive:
This little niche is to the right of the gate:
Then I looked up, and there was Bramasole above me, in apricot tones amidst manicured gardens full of flowers:
