The flavours of the Tuscany are strong ones that are often wedded to the aromas of the sea and Liguria. The now famous lard of Colonnata is matured in marble basins and flavoured with rosemary, while pesto is served with testeroli of Pontremoli, pieces of foccacia made of flour and water and baked in...

Arezzo A charming hilly town in the east of Tuscany, Arezzo boasts ancient origins. It was one of the greatest etruscan “Lucumonie” succesively it became a Roman town having a strategic position. It was an important centre for economic activities and for its oustanding monuments , such as...

Presently, in the afternoon, I shall follow Via Porta Rossa, with its old palaces of the Torrigiani (now, Hotel Porta Rossa), and the Davanzati into Mercato Nuovo, where, because it is Thursday, the whole place will be smothered with flowers and children, little laughing rascals as impudent as Lippo...

What you can see shinning brightly in the gullies on the steep slopes of the Apuan Alps is not necessarily snow, but probably the ravaneti, the screes of marble debris at the foot of the quarries that were already being worked in Roman times and were frequented by the great scupltors and architects who...

Italian movies started being produced at the beginning of the twentieth century. During the first ten years of the century, the first movie theatres were built in the larger cities and production companies were established. Many historical movies were produced. One of the firsts was La Presa di Roma,...

The seven Islands of the Tuscan Archipelago form part of the Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano, protecte area comprising 180km2 of land and 600km2 of sea, making it the largest marine park in Europe. It includes the entire island of Montecristo, and also Pianosa and Giannutri, which is partially...

It is in the Ciompi rising of 1278, that social revolution in which all Florence seems for once to have been interested, that we catch really for the first time the name of Medici. In 1352, Salvestro de’ Medici—non già Salvestro ma Salvator mundi, Franco Sacchetti calls him—had led the Florentines...

There are many facilities for sailing enthusiasts around the Island of Elba. The largest and best equiped marina is at Portoferraio, but other excellent harbours are located at Cavo, Rio Marina, Porto Azzuro, Marina di Campo and Marciana Marina. Island of Elba – Turistic information about Elba...