Lucca is a delightful city to visit, offering plenty to see and do for all tastes and ages. From climbing the Guinigi Tower to exploring the Cathedral or touring the city’s excellent gelaterias, there ...

The Santa Maria della Scala Museum complex is highly recommended for all ages and interests; the vast collection within covers a wide range of periods, functions and architectural intrigues. The ...

The perfect way to enjoy the best of Tuscany is to go straight to the source: a Tuscan wine estate that offers great views, a gorgeous villa offering luxurious accommodation and spectacular wine! I ...

We recently had the pleasure to take a day off from work and head into Chianti, for a day of meandering around the Chianti area around San Casciano. Our destination for the night was Villa Il Poggiale ...

Barga is the most important hilltop town in Garfagnana, the area set in northwestern Tuscany in the province of Lucca, famous for its marvelous and varied landscape that offers hundreds of outdoor ...

Positioned on the top of a dominant hillside a mere 40 km outside of Florence, the Medici villa, with UNESCO status, sits in the center of the enchanting and busy little town of Cerreto Guidi. With ...

Checking the environmental standards is a good thing but this list doesn't take into consideration lots of other factors we generally consider as personal preferences when choosing a beach, for ...

When we decided to go discover this beautiful area of southern Tuscany, we looked on a map and decided on a central place from which to visit Pienza, Montalcino and Montepulciano... and San Quirico ...

Renowned for the beauty and variety of its sea beds, Elba boasts an extraordinary richness of marine flora and fauna. Among rocky outlets and sandy sea beds, there are green posidonia, red gorgonians, ...

A universal symbol of the city, the distinct formation of the Piazza del Campo is just one of the reasons why UNESCO recognizes Siena as the ideal embodiment of a medieval city. Built in the exact ...

Barga is a hilltop town in the Garfagnana valley in northwestern Tuscany which offers many historical and artistic buildings to visit. Stroll along its quaint streets to discover the wonderful San ...