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Health spas in Tuscany: the Terme di Saturnia sulphur springs

25 March, 2020

You’re spoiled for choice with health spas in Italy, but if you want something very traditional, almost hard-core, try the sulphur spring baths “Terme di Saturnia” near the town of Grosseto in Tuscany. For 3000 years sulphur springs have been…

Naked Mona Lisas on display at Da Vinci, near Florence

23 March, 2020

The small town of Da Vinci is hosting a new and to some extent bizarre exhibition dedicated to one of the world’s most famous paintings: the Mona Lisa. The bizarre element I am referring to is the centrepiece of the…

Puccini Festival: Opera Music and Nature in Versilia

23 March, 2020

This year in order to celebrate Giacomo Puccini´s 150th birthday anniversary Lucca and Torre del lago, the small town on Massacciuccoli lake where the Maestro lived for years, will organize a series of exquisite events. The Puccini Festival will begin…

San Gimignano: Medieval Manhattan of Tuscany

22 March, 2020

When you close your eyes and think of New York or other big modern cities you usually imagine thousands of skyscrapers rising proudly towards the sky and yet such a cityscape doesnâ€™t look so modern or futuristic as one might…

Exploring Tuscany: the medieval town of Bagno Vignoni, Val d'Orcia

21 March, 2020

There’s a beautiful poem by Edna Vincent Millay in which spring has lost all its power and is unable to cast its spell upon the poet’s heart, but I’m sure that if Mrs. Millay could have visited the D’orcia Valley,…

Luxury Tuscan accommodation: Relais Borgo Scopeto and Letters to Juliet

20 March, 2020

Scenes from some of the movie Letters to Juliet were filmed at Relais Borgo Scopeto and it’s easy to see why - the four-star superior Tuscan villa stay provides a picture-perfect setting. But as the Best of Wine Tourism Florence…

'Leonardo Musuem' in Vinci, Tuscany reopens

19 March, 2020

The museum dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci in his hometown has reopened to the public, meaning you can tour Tuscany and enjoy a visit to the place dedicated to Italy’s genius. The museum is located in the Castello dei Conti…

Sexy Italian actress Monica Bellucci: thin or not?

15 March, 2020

It seems that Italian actress Monica Bellucci is confused about whether she’s thin or not. Recently she has said that people are always asking her why she’s so thin, saying that it’s probably because of the kind of life she…

Italy's top five travel destinations: from Pisa to Genoa and homemade pesto

15 March, 2020

Italy’s top five destinations for travel, according to the Italians themselves on the Trivago travel site, have turned up a couple of surprises. For future travel tips to Italy, you can check out these destinations yourself, a couple of which…

Trekking in Italy on the Isle of Elba

14 March, 2020

From April 3 to May 10 on Italy’s Isola d’Elba, the Festival del Camminare will take place; a festival dedicated to trekking on the island that was the first exile for Napoleon, organised by the Arcipelago national park of Tuscany.The…