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Most Beautiful Places in Tuscany You Can Walk To
The most beautiful places in Tuscany on foot: a beech forest, Apuan marble roads, wild horses above Prato, a glacial lake and a …
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Hidden Tuscany
Go beyond the tourist trail and discover hidden corners of Tuscany: medieval ruins, forgotten villages, nature reserves, and local experiences most visitors never find. Curated by a Tuscan local.
Most visitors to Tuscany follow a well-worn circuit — Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Chianti. These posts are about everything else: the places, activities, and experiences that locals know but rarely make it into guidebooks.
From medieval ruins near San Gimignano to wild horses on the Calvana ridge, from the wetlands of Pistoia to practical advice on the best time to visit and things to do beyond wine tours — this is Tuscany as I know it, not as the brochures sell it.
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Hidden Gems in Tuscany: 3 Walks Most Visitors Miss
Hidden gems in Tuscany you can walk to: Lucca's 460-arch aqueduct, sand pinnacles near Florence and Arezzo, a lake on the Apennine …
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Monte Forato: The Arch in the Apuan Alps
Monte Forato in the Apuan Alps: a natural arch about 32 m wide between two summits, a sunset that happens twice, and the peaks and …
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Candalla Waterfalls: The Valley Above Camaiore
Candalla waterfalls, above Camaiore in Versilia: cold pools and small cascades, mills from the 1500s, a forge still run by water, …
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Vallombrosa Abbey and Forest: A Walk Above Florence
Vallombrosa, east of Florence: an abbey founded around 1038, the fir forest its monks grew, Italy's first forestry school and the …
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Monte Pisano: The Mountain Between Pisa and Lucca
Monte Pisano, the wooded ridge between Pisa and Lucca: Monte Serra at 917 m, Dante's pass, two aqueducts and a Carthusian …
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Mona Lisa Background: Is It the Valdarno in Tuscany?
Is the Mona Lisa background a real Tuscan valley? The Valdarno theory and its rivals, what Leonardo wrote about the place, and …
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Balze del Valdarno: a Day Trip from Arezzo
Balze del Valdarno: pale pinnacles of sand and clay 41 km from Arezzo and 42 from Florence. What they are, how to get there, and …
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Livorno to Lucca by Train on a Cruise Port Day
Livorno to Lucca takes about an hour by train, changing at Pisa. From the cruise port, allow about two hours to reach the walls.
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Lucca or Siena? Where to Stay if You Want to Walk
Lucca or Siena as a base? Siena suits hill towns by car. For walking I'd pick Lucca, which is flat, on the railway and near the …
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Is Lucca Worth Visiting? How Many Days to Give It
Is Lucca worth visiting? Yes. The walls and the centre fill one day, and two more let you walk the aqueduct and a mountain.
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Lakes in Tuscany: A Walker's Guide Near Lucca and Pisa
Lakes in Tuscany you can walk to: two mountain lakes high on the Apennine ridge above Lucca and Pisa, plus the ones you drive to …
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Gothic Line Museum Near Abetone, Tuscany
The Gothic Line Museum near Abetone tells the WWII story of these Apennine ridges, a short drive from Tuscany's high mountain …
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Tuscany Photography Locations Beyond Val d'Orcia
Photography locations in northern Tuscany, beyond Val d'Orcia and Chianti: marble quarries, aqueduct arches, wetlands and Apennine …
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Tuscany? Yes, With One Rule
Can you drink tap water in Tuscany? Yes, and most fountains are safe too. Learn the one sign that says when not to.