Cene Galeotte or Dinner in Prison
With the title Cene Galeotte has been organized for several years during the winter months, from… [more]
Cantine Aperte 2012 Tuscany
Cantine Aperte 2012, the appointment for this year is on Sunday, 27th May 2012. By now are passed… [more]
Accessible Beaches Tuscany
As a wheelchair user one should suppose that today a holiday without barriers is part of normal… [more]
Garibaldi’s Spa Resort in Tuscany
The historic Spa resort "Antica Querciolaia" at Rapolano Terme near Siena in Tuscany, the Senese… [more]
Timelapse Video Landscape Tuscany
Klaus Stern, the author of this video has used more than 50,000 frames to make this stunning documentary… [more]
Travel Guide Tuscany
Cene Galeotte or Dinner in Prison
With the title Cene Galeotte has been organized for several years during the winter … [Read More...]
Cantine Aperte 2012 Tuscany
Cantine Aperte 2012, the appointment for this year is on Sunday, 27th May 2012. By … [Read More...]
Accessible Beaches Tuscany
As a wheelchair user one should suppose that today a holiday without barriers is … [Read More...]
News and Travel Offers
Travel Deals for Easter Holidays in Tuscany
Easter 2013 takes place during the last weekend of March, that is on 31 March (Easter … [Read More...]
Carnival in Viareggio 2013
The Christmas Holidays are just finished and now is already starting the run for … [Read More...]
Epiphany or Festa della Befana in Tuscany
Right after New Year's Eve is already waiting the next Italian holiday: La Befana. … [Read More...]
Travel Tips
Historical Overview
Tuscany is situated within the heart of Italy. The region borders in the North with Liguria and the Emilia Romagna, in the East with Umbria and the Marches and in the South with the Latium. The name of the region has its origins in the Etruscan times. The Etruscans called this region Etruria, meaning in Roman Tuscia. The Romans finally renamed the area with Tuscania of which in the end came up … [Read More...]
The Tuscan Wine Roads
The Chianti wine in the typical bottle, the so called fiasco and with the logo on which is doninating il gallo nero, the black cock, have been for years the symbols that represent Tuscany in the whole world. The origins of the Chianti Wine are already in the Etruscan times. In the Etruscan language clante meant water, which became later on chianti. After finding out the origins of the name chianti, … [Read More...]
The history of Florence
The river Arno splits Florence, the capital of Tuscany into two parts. The gentle Florentine hills are bordering north with the descendants Appenines, east with the Pratomagno area and towards south with the Chianti mountains. Today Florence has about 450,000 inhabitants that mainly live from tourism, handicraft and industry, of which the most important one is the textile industry. The city of Florence … [Read More...]
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