This Chiusi museum features ancient collections. It’s the past of Tuscany. A place worth visiting. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Chiusi has great significance for the area, which is known as ancient Etruria. The town of Chiusi, together with eleven more Tuscan locations, features Etruscan history. It dates back to the […]
The region of Liguria is also known as the Italian Riviera and is well known as a major tourist spot with famous resort towns sprinkled among fishing villages and rocky coastline. Liguria occupies a thin stretch of the coast from Italy’s western border with France stretching south and east to the region’s border with Tuscany. […]
San Miniato: a not so stereotypical Tuscan destination Panoramic view of San Miniato from the Torre Federico II. Ph. flickr/Jacqueline Poggi If you have decided to spend your holidays in Tuscany, there are some little characteristic locations you may like to explore. Lesser known yet not less beautiful than […]
Volterra. Ph. Giuseppe Milo on flickr (flic.kr/p/JaEYVU) Volterra is a commune and town located in the province of Pisa in Tuscany. The town has been inhabited since Neolithic times and was an important Etruscan settlement. During the rule of the Romans, the town became a municipium and gained much […]
Sassello is a small commune and town located in the region of Liguria in Italy in the province of Savona. The town is located close to the cities of Savona and Genoa and is on the north side of the Apennines of Liguria. The town had been a popular site due […]
31,115 inhabitants. A fairly recent province considering that it was only established in 1992, Verbania has an extraordinary location, right on the shores of Lake Maggiore. It combines nature, mountains and national parks in the very favorable geographic location surrounding Verbania. Among those parks the one that definitely deserves […]
Piazza Grande in Arezzo. Ph. depositphoto.com/scrisman 100,140 inhabitants. Arezzo is a beautiful city in Tuscany, and like the rest of the region it offers a spectacular scenes of medieval buildings and harmonious architecture, right in the middle of four gorgeous natural valleys. Arezzo is actually a very old […]
If there were heaven on Earth, Tuscany would be it.
Driving in Rome or “The Space Invaders Challenge” For those of you who are old enough to remember a video game called Space Invaders, it would be easier to understand what driving in Rome is like for somebody who has, let’s say, learnt to drive in the US. For all […]
Italy by train is an excellent way to see the country whether you have two weeks or two months to travel. It is a great way to see some of the Italian countryside without the hectic traffic or crowded buses. Service ranges from the “classic” state room trains whose speeds vary to ultra-modern high speed EuroStar Italia trains with world class amenities