Pienza, a town and commune in the Siena province, in the Val d’Orcia in Tuscany , between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the “touchstone of Renaissance urbanism.” In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d’Orcia, was included Read more…
Annually on december 8 the AILO ( International no-profit association holds) a Christmas bazaar in Florence, donating the earnings to support various charities in the Florence region. Each year many English language second hand books from this bazaar, and also from St. James Church in Florence, are left unsold. Two Read more…
Following the terrible events around l’Aquila at Eastertime, there is still an enormous need for funds to support the ongoing work of re-housing famiglie and returning the community to some kind of normality. In Italy donations can be safely made to Red Cross Italy (CRI) either. 1. By credit card Read more…
A large loaf, usually weighing about two kilos or more, Altopascio bread is typically Tuscan. It i san axcellent accompaniment for all kinds of disse. When it is a few days old, or even when it is a dry, it can still be used for the preparation of hundreds of Read more…
Welcome in Tuscany, awaiting you are more than six tundre kilomtres of coastline, the Apennine mountains gently sloping hills and then rivers and green valleys, a context that can provide a backdrop to all activies, to any passion that you may want to carry out. The possibilities are endless, the Read more…