Tuscany (Toscana)

Notable towns in this region include

• Arezzo
• Florence (Firenze)
• Grosseto
• Livorno
• Lucca
• Massa-Carrara
• Pisa
• Pistoia
• Prato
• Siena

Tuscany is renowned for it's rolling fields of rippling corn and vines, with cypress trees, gently waving over it all, the rennaissance jewel of Florence and the leaning Tower of Pisa but there is much more to this Italian idyll. This is region to explore from the drmatic Alpi Apuane to the gentle hills of Chianti.

Recommended Reading Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia

Places to visit

• Florence
• Siena
• Pisa
• Lucca
• San Gimignano - 13 medieval towers
• Cortona
• Elba
• Marina di Campo
• Volterra
• Pistoia
• Monte Oliveto Maggiore
• Maremma
• Garfagnana
• Bagni di Lucca
• Torre del Lago Puccini
• Pistoia
• San Miniato
• Montalcino
• Monteriggioni