{"id":1001,"date":"2021-09-23T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/the-colours-of-tuscany-la-fioritura\/"},"modified":"2021-09-23T14:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:25:37","slug":"the-colours-of-tuscany-la-fioritura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/the-colours-of-tuscany-la-fioritura\/","title":{"rendered":"The colours of Tuscany! La Fioritura!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Foto-12-07-18-14-47-10-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>La Fioritura di Castelluccio di Norcia \u2013 The Flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia<\/h4>\n<p>La Fioritura! July in Italy is not only\u00a0a month to go on holiday, but also that time of the year when nature blooms. Creating breath-taking landscapes. One of the best places in central Italy to enjoy it all is Castelluccio di Norcia. Among the mountains in Umbria, surrounded by a natural plain and close to the \u201cborder\u201d with the Marche region.<\/p>\n<p>As you drive along the side of the mountain\u00a0the road is still under reconstruction\u00a0due to to the recent earthquake in 2016. Once at the highest point the descent begins and opens up to a huge bare valley. A straight long road cutting it into two sections, surrounded by mountains. The plain is famous for the blooming of \u00a0lentils which usually happens at the end of June, for one month. On arrival you are surrounded by a thousand colours: poppies, daisies, fleur-de-lis, and more yellow and purple flowers.<\/p>\n<p>An unfriendly soil to most crops, however the locals understand\u00a0the conditions and successfully grow one of the best lentil variety in Italy. Pesticides are not used in\u00a0the fields and plants grow freely and assist\u00a0the crop. Their roots keep moisture closer to the surface so that humidity is constant.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty is\u00a0overwhelming, thanks to Mother Nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Fioritura di Castelluccio di Norcia \u2013 The Flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia La Fioritura! July in Italy is not only\u00a0a month to go on holiday, but also that time of the year when nature blooms. Creating breath-taking landscapes. One of the best places in central Italy to enjoy it all is Castelluccio di Norcia. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursoftuscany.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}