Luxury holidays Tuscany
Hills and mountains, the sea and cities of culture. A visit to Tuscany is like going on an endless emotionally charged journey through time and space, history and landscapes. Just think of places like Maremma; consider the incomparable masterpieces of the Renaissance, alongside the region’s living traditions and culture; the famous Palio in Siena, and the quaint medieval villages. Tuscany is a unique and generous land where the natural beauty of the environment is combined in harmony with the genius of man. Or men of ideas and greatness, appearing together as if on one magnificent fresco: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Giotto e Brunelleschi. There exists no parallel in history to such a scene and scenery that includes Florence and Siena, the rolling valleys of Chianti, the sun-drenched beaches of Versilia, Etruscan temples in Volterra and the ‘Miracle Square’ (Piazza dei Miracoli) in Pisa. The list of things to amaze you in Tuscany seems to be endless: the age-old secrets of its artisans and craftsmen handed down from generation to generation and today reflected in the products of its fashion houses and in Italian elegance visible all around; not forgetting the workshops of the master craftsmen working with alabaster and terracotta. It is a region of immense beauty filled with the aromas and tastes, such as wine and olive oil. In short, it is as if Tuscany were a garden of Eden inherited directly from the heroic period of the middle ages, surviving visibly intact in the joy and well-being of country life in its rural farming communities.
Locations
Viareggio
ViareggioRefined Viareggio is also the Carnival town. Every year in the spring, streets and squares are decorated with flags and masks; for four weeks, paper-pulp giants appear everywhere, even along the seafront. Viale Margherita is delightful: it runs along the...
Siena
SienaSiena is a splendid city, and a World Heritage Site flooded with eternal beauty, by its medieval structures. Starting from ‘Piazza del Campo’ with its incomparable, uncorrupted architecture, with its very distinctive shell-shaped concentrically enclosing...
Saturnia
SaturniaMythology has it that one day Saturn lost his patience with men, who were always fighting each other, so he took a thunderbolt and hurled it to earth, making warm, sulphurous water spurt from the crater of a volcano, calming everything. From that welcoming...
San Giuliano Terme
San Giuliano Terme Already a favorite of the Etruscans and ancient Romans, the “Bagni di Pisa” thermal baths near San Giuliano were introduced to European nobles in 1743, when the Grand Duke of Tuscany chose them as his summer thermal residence, then promoting them...
San Casciano Val Pesa
San Casciano Val PesaSan Casciano Val di Pesa is filled with medieval-style churches and villas, like the Castle of Bibbione. Populated by the Etruscans, the earliest finds in this enchanting village date to Roman times: it was a “mansio” or outpost for changing...
San Casciano dei Bagni
San Casciano dei BagniSan Casciano dei Bagni dates back to the Etruscan-Roman period and takes its name from the famous ‘bagni’ (baths) immersed in the green oak and chestnut forests. The famous forty-two springs of water rich in mineral salts, sulphate, calcium,...
Radda in Chianti
Radda in Chianti Radda in Chianti is a marvellous medieval town surrounded by boundary walls. Located between the valleys of Arbia and Pesa, it has very ancient origins. Inhabited since the 9th century B.C. and also mentioned in a parchment dated 1002, Radda was...
Punta Ala
Punta AlaPunta Ala is an exclusive tourist destination offering refined beauty. Located on a strip of land surrounded by the sea on three sides while on the fourth it is dominated by a dense pine grove, it is famous not only for the beauty of its surroundings, but...
Portoferraio
PortoferraioThere is an archipelago in the Mediterranean where the crystal-clear sea takes on countless hues, lazily lapping against splendid sandy shores, creeping into deep little coves hidden in the vegetation and breaking against imposing rocks. It is the...
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini TermeGiuseppe Verdi, the maestro of Aida and La Traviata, often said: “There is only one place where I can really be myself and find the true joy of living: Montecatini.” Christian Dior, the French designer, was enthusiastic about this area: “It really...