The stunning Renaissance walls encircling Lucca’s historic center are entirely walkable—a 4.2 km (2.6 miles) path surrounded ...

What's Happening in & around Tuscany? Trying to make plans for your holidays? Looking for local events, including festivals and fairs, local patron saint celebrations and more? We have complied a few ...

Siena is one of the most popular and visited places in Tuscany, a place extremely rich in history and art and with strong local traditions tied to its 17 districts (called “contrade”) and to the ...

The city of Pistoia is located in northern Tuscany, halfway between Florence and Lucca, about 40 km away from each. The province of Pistoia is quite large, includeing both flat valleys as well as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pilgrim Credential, also known as Pilgrim Passport, is your identity card while traveling the via Francigena. Not to be confused with a legal document such as your national passport or country ID, ...

The via Setteponti follows the traces of what was once the Etruscan and Roman routes connecting two major points of interest: Florence and Arezzo. This itinerary makes an exciting and panoramic road ...

In Siena, due to the fact that the city was constructed on hills, water has always been a prime concer and even today, the city continues to thrive without a natural source of water (for example, a ...

Have you ever been to the Caribbean without having to fly there? How strange this question is, you may wonder, since you’re in Tuscany but believe me, once you’re here it won’t be necessary to take a ...

Maremma is a large region of Tuscany that goes from Cecina to Tarquina in Lazio. Clear seas, long narrow beaches with black stone accents, round hills, thick woods and mountains are just a few of the ...

We recently visited the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, and in particular, the house where he lived which has just reopened to the public after a careful restoration project. The home of Leonardo isn ...