With the early spring buds beginning to blossom, the vast meadows and hillsides burgeoning a pretty green blanket, without the relentless flow of tourists, with the pleasant yet not stifling-hot weather, and with considerably lower prices for food, drink and activities out of the high-season, spring is possibly the best time to visit Tuscany. If
Salvatore Ferragamo: Inspirations and Vision exhibition – Just another reason to visit Florence in 2012! Until March 12, 2012, the ‘Salvatore Ferragamo: Inspirations and Visions’ exhibition will be held in the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence. The show explores the visions and inspirations that influenced the famous designer when he arrived in California in the mid-1910s
Right now is the best time to start thinking about your New Year escape as leaving it to the last minute may mean you will miss out on all the best tickets in town. If you are deliberating where to go this New Year, let us draw your attention to Lucca. This unspoilt Tuscan town
Florence was once described as being “an outdoor museum”. It is a city so rich in architectural marvels and prodigious landscapes that you want to get lost in it. And boy can you get lost in Florence! If you are lucky to find yourself misplaced in one of Florence’s inspiring cobbled streets, we have located
A visit to Tuscany, the ‘medieval heart of Italy’, would not be complete without a visit to the region’s immense and immersive castles, fortresses and walled towns. Although because many of the castles in Tuscany and ancient relics are not situated at the most popular and well-known tourist destinations, they often remain relatively quiet and
Lucca, the Summer Music Festival and Tuscany 5 bedroom Villa Ripiano – Your summer holiday starts here! You never need an excuse to visit Tuscany. With its stunning and deeply varied countryside, landscapes brimming with Renaissance masterpieces, whilst possessing a style and affluence typical of Italy, Tuscany blends tradition and history with modern European culture,
In the eighteenth century, the French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher, Voltaire, wrote that the Renaissance in Italy marked one of mankind’s greatest cultural achievements. The city of Florence is home to the largest collection of Renaissance architecture and art in the world and boasts some of the greatest masterpieces from this age of artistic
Style, elegance and fashion are in Italian blood, and since the 11th century Italy has been one of the most important nations in the world of fashion and design. The region of Tuscany is at the heart of Italian fashion, with boutiques and fashion outlets lining the streets of the cosmopolitan cities such as Florence
Florence’s Firenze Tango Festival 2011 promises to be one of the most authentic Tango festivals Europe has to offer. Tango, like its history, is full of unexpected moves and twists. Unlike any other genres of dance it combines the rhythms of Spanish, African and Cuban music. Since it was developed in the slums of Buenos
Synonymous with olive groves, vineyards and orange orchids drenched in warm sunshine, you could be forgiven in believing Tuscany is primarily a ‘summer’ destination. Despite the popular opinion that Tuscany, like many European destinations, should be spared for the summer, visiting a Tuscan city in the winter can be a revelation. Winters are usually cold
