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Florence, the capital of Tuscany crossed by the Arno River, has approximately 375,000 inhabitants. Alongside Rome and Venice, it ranks among Italy’s major art cities and attracts nearly ten million visitors each year.As the cradle of the Renaissance, the city has preserved an exceptional heritage where the artistic, architectural, and intellectual momentum that emerged in […]
Tourist map of Tuscany, with towns, villages and places to discover. The major or most popular destinations are bright colours, the other sites are more dull colours, for example in villages:
Elba Island is a paradisiacal place located more than 10 kilometers off the Tuscan coast. It is appreciated for its coastline with beaches, coves, and diving spots, for its mountain reaching 1,018 meters, and for its superb trails in a preserved and abundant natural environment. It is the third largest Italian island, grouped within the […]
Pisa is a famous Tuscan city, famous all over the world thanks to its leaning tower, simply called Tower of Pisa, which has become one of the symbols of Italy, like the Colosseum in Rome or the Rialto Bridge in Venice.With nearly 90,000 inhabitants, it is a small, active and student town with three universities. […]
Siena is with Florence one of the most attractive destinations in the region. City of the famous palio, an equestrian race, it is a unique medieval town located in the heart of the Tuscan lands, between the hills of Chianti, the Val d’Elsa and the hills of the Crete Senesi, where live nearly 54,000 Sienese. […]
Lucca is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and pleasant towns in Tuscany, a stop not to be missed during a route through the region. Although it can be visited in a day, it takes a few days to appreciate its richness with the right measure. It also has the advantage of being a good […]
The town of Volterra has a unique charm, becoming one of the favorite destinations in Tuscany, not only for its heritage. Its historic centre dates back to the Etruscan era and is now characterized by its immersive medieval character, alongside substantial Roman remains. It is located in the heart of Tuscany, 40 km from the […]
If you can see its stone towers proudly dominating the hills from afar, you cannot be wrong, it is San Gimignano, an emblematic village of medieval Tuscany. This small tourist town of about 7,000 inhabitants is located in the province of Siena. It is known for its unique medieval architecture, a heritage for which it […]
Montepulciano is a beautiful small town of almost 14,000 inhabitants, visited for its picturesque medieval center and by lovers of good wines. It is perched at 605 metres above sea level, between charming Tuscan hills planted with vines and olive trees, straddling the two valleys of Valdichiana and Val d’Orcia. The surrounding vineyards provide the […]
Cortona is a small and welcoming medieval town in the Val di Chiana, in the province of Arezzo, in the south-east of Tuscany and close to the Umbrian region.It is built on a hill floor, at more than 500 meters above sea level, with its medieval centre rich in alleys, cobblestones, ancient palaces and churches, […]
In the heart of Val d’Orcia valley and its unique landscapes lies Pienza, one of the most beautiful villages in Tuscany, in the south of the province of Siena, where just over 2,000 people live. It is the first example of the “ideal city” of the Renaissance, built in the fifteenth century at the initiative […]
Pistoia is a small town of almost 90,000 inhabitants in northern Tuscany located between Florence and Lucca. In the shadow of these two illustrious neighbors, it is spared by the crowds of tourists. It is still a beautiful city of art, but it benefits from a better preserved authenticity. It has a beautiful architectural and […]
Castiglione della Pescaia is one of the most beautiful villages in Tuscany and enjoys a privileged position on the coast between large sandy beaches preceded by beautiful pine forests. The medieval historic centre is located on a hill overlooking the coast, with its ancient fortress that watches over the sea from its height. Presentation and […]
The Val di Chiana or Valdichiana is a vast region straddling Tuscany and Umbria, including the provinces of Arezzo and Siena. The Valdichiana aretina is its part in the province of the first, with for example the municipalities Cortona, Castiglion Fiorentino and Lucignano. In the province of Siena, there are Chiusi, Chianciano Terme and Montepulciano […]
Prato is the second largest city in Tuscany with almost 200,000 inhabitants (in 2024), after Florence, and only 25 km from the latter. This active city still lives a little of its historical textile industry, which was in the past much more flourishing. It is not visited as much as it deserves, for its medieval […]
On top of a hill, the fortified medieval village of Monteriggioni is a small jewel that has survived through the centuries. It enchants the visitor by diving into the middle ages. Its small historic centre, known as the Castello is protected by a well-preserved almost circular enclosure with 14 towers, about 170 metres diameter. Not […]
The Monte Argentario is a very beautiful site to the south of the Tuscan coast, in the province of Grosseto. It attracts visitors for its various features: the marine environment, the mild climate, the beautiful rugged coast with its small coves, the lagoon, its village of Porto Ercole with its marina, or its trails around […]
In the south-east of the Maremma, the hills of the Fiora are at the edge of Tuscany and very close to Lazio. They are crossed by the Valle del Tufo or the Area del Tufo (Tuff Area in English), a singular region marked by its tuff headlands inhabited since the Etruscan era. These ochre and […]
Arezzo is a beautiful discovery of Tuscany, less visited than other cities in the region despite a particular and unexpected charm. It is located in the east, close to Umbria and in the center of four valleys Valtiberina, Casentino, Valdarno and Valdichiana.The historical center is built on the heights and slopes, while at its feet […]
The Metalliferous Hills (Colline Metallifere in Italian) separates the region Maremma from the Gulf of Follonica to the depths of Tuscany, partly in an area designated as the Alta Maremma, and is adjacent to the lands of Pisa and Siena. See also at the end of page Presentation The Metalliferous Hills have their own personality, […]
Populonia was one of the 12 city-states of the Etruscan Dodecapolis, and the only major coastal city of this civilization, called Pupluna or Fufluna in antiquity. On the acropolis a beautiful medieval fortress protects today the small fortified village, just steps from the ancient acropolis located 180 meters above sea level north of the promontory […]
Castiglione d’Orcia Castiglione d’Orcia is a proud village in the Val d’Orcia, medieval town at the foot of its mighty 14th century Rocca Aldobrandeschi which dominates the entire valley from the foothills of Mount Amiata.The heart of the village is the square Piazza il Vecchietta, named after Il Vecchietta, nicknamed after Lorenzo di Pietro (1412-1480), […]
The Val Di Cecina refers to the territory crossed by the river Cecina, from the interior of the country with the city of Volterra (called Caecina by the Romans) to the Tuscan coast with its seaside area, bordered by the “Etruscan coast”. Volterra is the most fascinating destination of the territory, marked by the Middle […]
Massa Marittima is a historic village located in the heart of the Maremma in the province of Grosseto, inland contrary to what its name would suggest, 20 minutes far from the coast of Follonica, in the Metalliferous Hills of which it is the main urban centre. It preserves a beautiful medieval center with a beautiful […]
The Val d’Elsa, more simply called Valdelsa, runs along the river Elsa between Florence and Siena, a tributary of the Arno. It is divided between its upper part, called “Alta Valdelsa” in the Siena province, and by its lower part called “Bassa Valdelsa” in the province of Florence.In the Alta Valdelsa, we can mention Colle […]
