Category: Tuscany things to do

Don’t miss the first edition of Lucca Elegance, wich will be held in the Real Collegio building behind the Basilica of San frediano from April 17 to April 19.
It is a exhibition and market displaying everything that helps make the environment you live in more confortable and pleasant. So, paintings, sculptures, materials, hancrafts, contemporary and ancient art drawings, objects of traditional and advanced technology, rare and precious antique items, china, silver, etc..
Also item sto light and enhance the garden or exterior of your house in the country, all from prestigious and well-known exhibitors.
This will not be a static exhibition but a dynamic event  to allow visitor sto absorb the atmosphere of Lucchese tradition at its best.
A wine tasting program “The Parfume of Champagne” is scheduled every day between 15.00-19.00 in a quiet corner where you can relax and meditate with a drink, music and perfume.
On sunday April 19 a charity gala dinner will be held in the ground floor of Real Collegio ( euro 80,00 per person) with art/therapy performances organized by the Lucchese Archimede association involved in the treatment of mental diseases. An elegant event indeed!

The fame of Vagli is mainly tied to the “ghost town” which emerges covered in mud every ten yars, when a large reservoir is emptied.
Other less well-known attractions are the Church of St. Agostino, a small gem of Romanesque architecture and the characteristic village of Vagli di Sotto, built on the top of a promontori which emerges near the centre of the lake. The surrounding mountains are beautiful.

Welcome in Tuscany!
In Tuscany you won’t get bored. Just pick up a map of the region and you will see how much choice there is. The list of inviting locations is growing out of proportion, and in this case the dedision is purely up to you, depending on your preferences, your expectations, and most of all, your mood.
Do you fancy a letting yourself go or is this solida devoted to culture and the intellect? Ostentation and luxury or medieval hamlets and candle-lit conversations?
The glaring shop windows of the big label oer pearl-like craftsmen’s workshops? Just look inside yourselves and choose the destinations, Tuscany has itself to offer and it can be modelled to your every whim.
Florence awaits with the elegance of its hotel, with personalised programmes, hairdressers, personal trainers, masseurs and obviously shopping tours with selected craftsmen’s workshops wich still hold the secrets of ancient production methods. Or, if you prefer the more relaxina atmospheres of famous locations such as Montecatini, Viareggio or Forte de Marmi, your shopping can be accompanied by a special evening at Torre del Lago listening to the notes of Puccini’s melodies.
Shopping for all tastes: if you can’t do without high fashion, the prestigious boutiques of the most famous streets will meet your destre for the most undecided some package salso inclued a “personal shopper”, if instead you love wandering around markets in search of the bargain of the century, you will be given suitable indications for the most inviting markets so you can combine shopping with the other things the territory has to offer.
If you are in Versilia don’t miss to make a quick visit to Pietrasanta, a town with art galleries and avant-garde sculpture exibithions where you can breathe an International atmosphere in the cafés, don’t miss also to go one night to disco La Capannina di Franceschi or Twiga.
Society life, culture, shopping, shows, food tours, all tisi waiting for you, and you can create the right mix , welcome in Tuscany!

Capoliveri is a small village, situated in south-east of Elba Island, on a ridge Calamita Mount, about 167 meters above sea level.
The old origin from Roman period, the name Caput Liberi is Latin for Liberu’s Hill meaning sacred to Bacchus, and since ancient times has been a land of vineyards and excellent wine.
The most important monuments of Capoliveri are: Sanctuary of Madonna delle Grazie, the Focardo Fortress, the Chapel of San Michele Apse.

There can be no doubt that Versilia iso ne of the best known localities in Italy and abroad. Its fame is due to a rare combination of factors which provide the perfect ansie to every kind of tourism requirement. The landscape iso ne of the most varied: twenty kilometres of beach with bathing stations and top-class services, nature parks and pinewood, splendid countryside and large lake.
Dominating this scenery is tha Apuan Alps massif, which is rich in marble and picturesque villages and is the preferred destination of climbers.
It i salso the ideal area for sporting activities.
Sailing and windsurfing are extremely popular and professional assistance is provided by specialist schools.
IIn addition, there is tennis, jogging, horse riding, roller skating, cycling and climbing – activities to meet all tastes.
Lastly, in the north of Versilia and just two kilometres from the sea, an 18 – hole golf course was opened only a few years ago.
Versilia i salso ideal for people looking serviced tourist ports. As it can boast a number of the most important facilities on the Tyrrhenian coast, it also attrcts very prestigious yacht from al lover the world. As a complement to this tourism offer a numerous cultural occasions of importance, including the Puccini Festival at Torre del lago, the literary prize “Viareggio”, the political satire prize “Forte dei Marmi” and immersed in the splendid park at Marina di Pietrasanta, the summer theatre “La Versiliana”, which hosts all kind af shows from International ballet to theatre, from operettas to cultural meetings, as well as providing a fantastic area dedicated to children.
With its 500 hotels of all levels and hundreds of restaurants serving the typical fish-based cuisine of the Versilia, this area affers its guests variety: the coast, culture and nature.