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Elba
Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Elba is the largest island of Tuscany particularly known for its mild climate that attracts lot of visitors to this place and is truly a paradise on earth. Known for its natural beauty, varied scenery and landscape, this island of the Tuscan archipelago is simply divine. There are only few island resorts that boast of such a scenic beauty within a small area of land. The underwater terrains found here attract the scuba divers and the mountains are centuries old with lust forests. You can come across lovely beaches amidst rich vegetation along with small towns nestled among the hills.

Isola del Giglio
Saturday, November 14th, 2009

If you want to enjoy a wonderful vacation on a lovely island around Italy, then Giglio is the best destination. This beautiful island is located across the south most corner of the Tuscan archipelago surrounded by blue sea. Giglio lies at a distance of 50 kms towards the southern side of Elba and around 15 kms from the mainland. Its mild climate, crystal clean emerald waters with natural surroundings attracts plenty of visitors to this place every year. Besides, the lovely sandy beaches, vast coastline along with exotic coves found here with plenty of hiking paths provides good opportunities of exploring to the travelers.

Lucca Comics & Games
Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Lucca Comics & Games is the most important event concerning the fantastic world of comics and RPG (Role-Playing Games) in Italy. The very popular event has taken place in Lucca, a very nice city in Tuscany, for forty-three years now. This year, between October the 29th and November the 1st, this event became an even bigger Festival of Comics and Games inspired by the Bicentennial of Darwin's birth. The event is a mecca for everyone and anyone into comics, manga, science-fiction, cartoons, table role-playing games and live role-playing games.

 

Arezzo: Della Robbia Exhibition

Arezzo: I Della Robbia

Exposition at the State Museum of Medieval and Modern Art

IL DIALOGO TRA LE ARTI NEL RINASCIMENTO

21 FEBBRAIO  2009  –  7  GIUGNO 2009

San Gimignano and Volterra

Overview

San Gimignano and Volterra are two Tuscan hill towns, physically close to each other, but very different. You might consider traveling first to Volterra and then on to San Gimignano, planning to arrive there about 5 PM. San Gimignano hosts a LOT of tourists during the day but most of the bus tours leave around 4 PM. After about 6 PM the town is yours to enjoy.

 

Grotta del Vento and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Overview

North of Lucca lies a magnificent valley with peaks of limestone. Where you have water and limestone, caves are soon to follow. The Grotta del Vento is one of those caves. Further up the valley of the Serchio River is the fine hilltop town of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana with its rocca and, just as important, some good restaurants. In the heat of the summer this trip provides an opportunity to enjoy the scenery, have some good food and cool off.

Hotel Accommodations in Pienza, Tuscany, Italy

Rooms and Mini-apartments to Rent in Historic Building in Pienza

Located in Pienza in Tuscany, the heart of Italy, on Corso Il Rossellino, in the very center of magic Pienza, less than 100 metres from the central square with its magnificent cathedral and the splendid Palazzo Piccolomini, the Hotel Antica Locanda offers unique and gracious accommodation for discerning visitors.

The Towns of Tuscany

Lucca, Tuscany

The Renaissance Walls, the most significant monument of the city, form an intact circle of about 4 km in length, with a series of ramparts, an imposing complex of defensive works, ditches, gun outposts, barriersand large underground chambers, they lost their military value and were transformed into a beautiful public walkway. Duomo of San Martino: opening onto the piazza of the same name, the Duomo is surrounded by beautiful buildings from various periods. The facade, designed by the Lombard master Guidetto da Como in 1204, is one of the most significant examples.

Pisa - Campo Dei Mircacoli

Pisa: Leaning Tower, Duomo, and Baptistery

The Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral. Its construction began in  August of 1173 and continued (with two long interruptions) for about two hundred years, in full fidelity to the original project, whose architect is still uncertain. In the past it was widely believed that the inclination of the Tower was part of the project ever since its beginning, but now we know that it is not so. The Tower was designed to be "vertical" (and even if it did not lean it would still be one of the most remarkable bell towers in Europe), and started to incline

Bicycling in Tuscany

Bicycle Tours in Tuscany

Up until now we have been talking about biking in terms of those big powerful shiny machines that roar through the countryside. Now I am going to talk to you about the traditional biking, that is on a two wheel vehicle with pedals and transmission chains, that gets you to your destination after a lot of huffing and puffing, and honest to goodness exercise. But this is also the form of transport that gives you the time to look around and to savor the silence and beauty of your surroundings.

A Tuscany curiosity

Peasant shrewdness in Tuscany

Tuscan countrysideThe peasant. He went on to say "In fact it is something that gives me lots of satisfaction." "Why?" asked the peasant.

Travel Tuscany Part II

Continuing the Travels

Contrast the above ( Tuscan travel I ) with the protagonist's impression of the Umbrian countryside near Spoleto and the ancient family home in which she was staying:

The difference between the terrain of Tuscany and that of the Umbrian hills was remarkable. All of a sudden, we seemed to have crossed over from a world of rolling, vineyard-covered knolls bedecked with lush greenery to hills and valleys of much more dramatic highs and lows, with vegetation that I imagined resembled that of a desert clime...

Travel Tuscany

Travelling in the Beautiful Tuscan Countryside Part I

How would it be to take a flight of fantasy to the Renaissance in the enchantment of a Florentine evening? Or to witness the legendary Palio? Author Erica Miner reveals this and more in her article:

Travels with My Lovers ... An excerpt and exploration by Erica Miner.

A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from. - Lin Yutang

Tuscany

News: Della Robia Exposition in Arezzo

Southern Tuscany

MEDIEVAL VILLAGE OF CAPALBIO

Capalbio is located at the southern extreme of the Toscana Maremma. At the beginning of the 1300s the castle was under the dominion of a local family of Lords (probably descendants of Guido di Capalbio cited in an act of 1203), who in 1315 allied themselves with Orvieto against the Aldobrandeschi of Santa Fiora and the Baschi di Montemerano.

Siena, Tuscany

About The Cathedral