One of my favorite days out Lucca, and sure fire hit with visitors is a trip up the Versilian coast to Lerici. There can be few more spectacularly beautiful places even in a country with so many. Lerici and its neighbour San Terenzo nestle in two sheltered little bays within Read more…
Piombino town (Livorno) is from where set out the ferryboats to the Island of Elba. With a distance of 10 km from the continent and a size of 224 qkm Elba is the biggest island of the Tuscan Archipelago and actually the third-biggest of Italy. For many years now big Read more…
Barga is the most elegant urban centre of the Serchio Valley. The new part is mostly made up of nice villas, often in liberty style. The historical centre conserves intact the medieval urban street plan and has some austere renaissance buildings. The romanesque cathedral on the op of the hill Read more…
Monteriggioni was the image of the fortification on the hill-top, a sentinel in the defense of the Republic of Siena, has always inspired travelers. Because of its beauty and position, it became a natural magnet for tourists nowadays it is visited by some 70,000 people every year. Actually, Dante can Read more…
The Comune of Montecarlo whose territory gathers around the ancient castle that dominate, with the red of the walls and towers all the countryside around, characterised by vineyards – here , in fact, is the production centre of Montecarlo DOC wine – and rustic farm houses. Montecarlo was fonded in Read more…