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  • Hotel Savoy Florence

    Just steps away from the main Florence fashion houses, the Hotel Savoy is the ideal base from which to visit the key attractions of this beautiful and historic city. Styled by Olga Polizzi, the hotel's elegant décor is contemporary Italian in style with...

  • Athenaeum Personal Hotel Florence

    The Athenaeum enjoys a privileged location in the downtown historical centre of Florence. We are situated within walking distance from the most important monuments, from the principal museums, from the main shopping areas as well as from the fairgrounds...

  • Relais San Bruno Tuscany

    Just outside the picturesque town of Montepulciano, nestled in the lush Tuscan countryside, the Relais San Bruno is a beautiful boutique hotel created after a careful restoration of an ancient rural residence. It is the perfect place for spending relaxing...

  • Hotel Hermitage Elba Island

    Hotel Hermitage Elba Island Charming 5 Stars Luxury Hotel Accommodation Golf Club Wellness Portoferraio Elba Island Livorno Tuscany Italy With an exclusive location offering an enchanting view of the Gulf of Biodola, and open from April to October, the...

  • Villa Armena Relais

    Villa Armena Relais is a luxury resort located in the very heart of the Crete Senesi area, between suggestive landscapes of rare beauty and the unique atmosphere of the Tuscan countryside. It is born from a careful and meticulous restoration of an old...

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Tuscany inevitably brings us back to such imporant names as Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giotto, Masaccio, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Piero della Francesca, Botticelli...who made Florence and all Tuscany the cradle of Humanism and Renaissance. Florence is rich in architectural monuments and museums (the Uffizi Gallery, Palatine Gallery, Bargello Museum, Palazzo Pitti). Its historic center was declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. But Tuscany is not just Florence. Siena, with Piazza del Campo and its famous Palio; in the province of Siena (worldwide famous for its wine, Chianti and Brunello) we have to mention Montepulciano and Pienza, extraordinary gems of Renaissance art, as well as San Gimignano, with its towers and turreted houses. Pisa, with its famous leaning tower; Carrara, with its Duomo covered by precious marble; Lucca, Pistoia, Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno and Prato, rich in valuable monuments.

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Some destinations in Tuscany

  • Pisa and Cecina Valley

    The Cecina Valley lies in the south of the Province of Pisa and still retains traces of its long and intricate history and traditional...

  • Livorno - Etruscan Coast

    The colours and scents of Tuscany and the lights and tastes of the Mediterranean sea: this is the Etruscan Coast. Etruscan ruins,...

  • Chianti

    The Chianti district has always been considered the 'heart of Tuscany' and features splendid landscapes packed with vineyards,...

  • Tuscany Spa and Health Resorts

    The Tuscan spas have always been considered among the most important in Italy: they have become famous all over the world, too,...

  • Massa Carrara and Lunigiana

    Carrara is the city of the marble quarries, the stone that had made the history of the city and of the whole province; for this...

  • Prato and Pistoia

    From the green mountains of the Bisenzio Valley to the large plane surrounded by the gentle hills of Montalbano lies a Province...

  • Lucca and Versilia

    The Province of Lucca can be divided in four areas: the Versilia, on the Tyrrhenian sea, the Garfagnana, on the border of Tuscany...

  • Arezzo and Val di Chiana

    Surrounded by the Apennine mountains, the province of Arezzo is formed by four valleys: The Casentino, the Valdarno, the Valtiberina...

  • Florence and Surroundings

    Florence is "the city of the art" par excellence, because it has been the birthplace of the Renaissance, during the XV-XVI century;...

  • Tuscan Archipelago

    The Tuscan Archipelago, with its seven pearls, forms part of the largest protected marine area in the Mediterranean. The islands...

Some Towns in Tuscany

  • Cinigiano

    At the slopes of the Amiata mont, between the Ombrone Valley and the final stretch of the Val d'Orcia, the town of Cinigiano grew...

  • Buonconvento

    Buonconvento is located in the heart of the Crete Senesi and its name derives from the Latin bonus conventus, meaning "happy and...

  • San Piero a Sieve

    San Piero a Sieve is a town in the province of Florence, set on the right bank of the Sieve river. The place name derives from...

  • Calcinaia

    Calcinaia is a town in the province of Pisa, developed in the X century on the left bank of the Arno river, called Vico Vitri....

  • Montelupo Fiorentino

    Montelupo Fiorentino rises in the lower area of the Valdarno, close to the confluence between the Arno river and the Pesa torrent....

  • Figline Valdarno

    Figline Valdarno rises between the slopes of the Chianti hills and the left bank of the Arno river. The place name comes from...

  • Montopoli in Val d'Arno

    Montopoli is located in the province of Pisa, between the Chiegina and Egola rivers, in an area inhabited since the Etruscan period,...

  • Pistoia

    City of Art, elegant and charming, Pistoia is situated at the centre of a large plain between the stream Ombrone and Mount Albano....

  • Montevarchi

    One of the major commercial centres of the valley. The historic centre still conserves a medieval urbanistic design gathered around...

  • Massa Marittima

    Massa Marittima rises on the southern Metalliferous hills, in an area inhabited since the Etrusca period, but the final consolidation...

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