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| :: TRAVELLING :: THE WAY THROUGH ROMANCE :: |
 
In the city of Renaissance
Once more in the roads of Tuscany we travel to discover the magic of art, history and nature. Destination Val d'Orcia exploring the city of Pienza, eased among the hills and the cypress lines etching the summit of hills and knolls
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The city of Tuff
Travelling along the sweet hills of Maremma you suddenly find yourself confronted by a huge wall of tuff, on which the striking town of Pitigliano rises. Seen from the bend of the church Madonna delle Grazie houses seem to rise directly from the tuff. (...) |
A bridge between history and legend
Among many legends «blowing» in Tuscany, one is offered by Ponte della Maddalena, open to view for all crossing through the Serchio valley approaching Borgo a Mozzano (Lucca) (...) |
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Massa, the art of the Colline Metallifere
Divided into old and new town, Massa Marittima extends on the last foothills of the Colline Metallifere (Metal-bearing hills) in the province of Grosseto and is the seat of the Museum of the wine and vine of the «Strada del vino Monteregio». (...) |
A story thirty centuries long
Enveloped by an imperturbable air, by the silence of the two valleys surrounding it, the valleys of Era and Cecina, Volterra rises on the summit of a hill little more than 500 metres high (...) |
San Gimignano, world heritage town
A spring time Sunday is the ideal opportunity to discover the architectures of the historical centre of San Gimignano, the city of the Towers, which dominates, from the modest hill on which it rises, all of the Val d'Elsa
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The green hills of Montalbano
Concealed in the green and lush hills of Montalbano, half way between Valdinievole and Valdarno, in the territory of the province of Pistoia, we encounter the Municipality of Lamporecchio and the four towns included in the municipal territory: Papiano, Porciano, Orbignano and San Baronto
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Travelling among villages and castles
A trail disseminated with castles and fortified villages, castled on the slopes of mounts and hills to dominate the valley, built by the families that followed each other throughout the centuries to maintain domination of a heavily trafficked road: Estensi and Malaspina, Medici and Ariberti
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In front of San Guido
A long road coasted with cypresses, just like Carducci’s ode «Davanti a San Guido» immortalised, leads to the small inhabited centre of Bolgheri, in the province of Livorno
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The «Three Powers» of the Apennine
It is impossible to try and lay out a classification of the most beautiful tracks of the Abetone complex, but perhaps, when the weather is good and the sky particularly clear, the Val di Luce (Valley of Light) assumes an unsurpassable air
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The allure of the fortress
Radicofani, small centre in the province of Siena at the border between Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio is easily reached from the S.S. 2 Cassia. The small medieval village is towered over by a hill on which, magical and majestic, the Radicofani fortress stands tall and proud
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Upon the notes of a violin
Walking hand in hand in sweet company, in a natural environment, hearing in the background the breaking of the waves of the sea on the sand and perhaps even the notes of a violin accompanying you... (...) |
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