Tuscany, Beautiful Everywhere

PontremoliPhoto by: Paolo Sarteschi

Pontremoli The soul’s walkway

The emotions and thoughts of a pilgrim journeying along the via Francigena, from Passo della Cisa to Pontremoli

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Veduta della valle di Camaiore

Camaiore The village spell

Art, history and legend in a timeless land between sea and mountains ~ by Emanuele Dettori

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LuccaPhoto by: Giovanni Nannini

Lucca The city of mysteries

From the Sacred to the Profane

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Church of San Jacopo Maggiore, Altopascio

Altopascio In the name of Tau

A journey to the land where all departures begin

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Padule di FucecchioPhoto by: Silvio Cavini-Benedetti

Fucecchio Reflections of the via Francigena in the water

Discovering one of Italy’s most beautiful wetlands, at the intersection of centuries-old roads

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Castelfiorentino, Castello Oliveto

Castelfiorentino From New York to Castelfiorentino: rediscovering one's roots

An art-filled, emotionally meaningful trip in the heart of Tuscany

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Gambassi TermePhoto by: Martin Holland

Gambassi Terme Travelling for travel's sake

Spas, parish churches, hills and castles: in Gambassi, you learn not all travel stops are equal

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San GimignanoPhoto by: Bernd Thaller

San Gimignano Studded with towers in a sea of hills

A UNESCO-listed Old Town crossed by the Via Francigena. Stone towers that remind an ancient and yet also boldly contemporary history

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Monteriggioni dai campi

Monteriggioni Queen of the Turrita Crown

The fortress dominates the beauty of its territory, preserving the memory of its past in the landscape and in the stories of its people

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monteroni_d_arbiaPhoto by: Mirella

Monteroni d'Arbia Remember me

Through a series of ephemeral clues, a delicate soul of the Divine Comedy gets connected to a secret spot

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San Quirico d'Orcia

San Quirico d'Orcia A Searching for a fiefdom... dreaming of becoming Pope

Cardinal Flavio Chigi speaks of San Quirico d’Orcia

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Val d'orcia

Castiglione d'Orcia A walk back in myth, legend and history

Noble families in and around Castiglione d’Orcia

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La Fortezza, Radicofani

Radicofani A journey through the clouds

The city as seen through the eyes of painter Matilde Luchini ~ by Fausto Cecconi

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