Ideas and suggestions for your Holidays in Tuscany

Tuscany and Cinema: Almost a Century of Love

How much of Tuscany has been immortalized in world-famous movies? It seems that the scenographic beauty of our country was discovered at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, when the American director Henry King moved with his troupe to Florence, to film the transposition of Romola, a historical novel by George Eliot; always to Florence, in 1986 came also James Ivory, to narrate the love-story and the emotional upheavals of Lucy Honeychurch ( ...

Travelling along the Western Ring Road of Elba, between Seashores, Small Mountain Villages and Roads Perched above the Sea Level

The western ring of Elba is the coast road that goes from Procchio to Marina di Campo; it can be covered by car, motorbike or bicycle and since it is an unforgettable itinerary, then you have to experience it at least once in your lifetime. Along a track of approximately 50 km, you will have the opportunity to discover dream inlets, little villages perched in the heart of the mountains, stunning landscapes and cliffs overhanging the sea, incredi ...

Lucignano in Val di Chiana, Disputed Throughout The Centuries between Arezzo, Siena, Florence And Perugia

The little village of Lucignano rises on a very green hill, about 28 km from Arezzo; because of its elliptical plan with concentric rings, it is considered one of the most extraordinary examples of medieval town planning in Tuscany. Like all the other cities and villages of the Chiana Valley, Lucignano also was inhabited since the Villanovan and Etruscan Age; in the 1st century BC it was conquered by Lucius Cornelius Sulla's troops and a Roman c ...