Casole d'Elsa Artists of the past
From sacred images to peasant scenes, an artistic trip to discover paintings found nowhere else in the world
Laterina e Pergine Valdarno A thousand-old village
Culture and tradition amid farming and industrial memories
Montemurlo A visit to a current-day town with a character from the past
A stroll with Davidde Tanini through villas, a church and a castle ~ by Francesca Bargiotti and Samanta Giardino
Monteriggioni Ava and her maidens
Today people in Montemaggio continue to pass down legends of the seven maidens of Ava Zenovi dei Lombardi - by Roberta Burroni
Castiglion Fiorentino With the smile of a Saint
When we were alive / we roamed the olive trees / now that we’re dead / we walk these orchards
Loro Ciuffenna A river and a doe in the thick of the woods
An encounter with Artume, in search of etymology
Cavriglia Valdarno, at the gates of the Chianti
Where ties to the territory are strong
Calenzano Roots and wings
Between castles and parish churches, medieval times and the future - by Emiliano Gucci
Vaglia Alchemy and magic in Medici times
Myths and Symbols in the Parco di Pratolino, on a journey with Francesco I de' Medici
Vaiano Water, wind and fuller’s earth
Artisan and proto-industry activity in Vaiano and in the Val di Bisenzio
Bucine A welcoming land of magic and history
Into the heart of Tuscany to discover the Valdambra
Terranuova Bracciolini Terra Nuova: the places of Leonardo and a slow life
An area that fascinated Da Vinci and which continues to win people over with its food, wine, culture and nature
Greve in Chianti A grandmother, a granddaughter and the joys of a simple life
Following the sparrows; weddings in Montefioralle; a river of robust Chianti and bundles of field flowers – by Costanza Baldini
Pieve Santo Stefano A town erased in search of its memory
The rebirth of a town destroyed by German mines in 1944, which rises like the phoenix from the rubble of war
Fiesole Between stones and the sky
High on the hill, a place "that still keeps with the stones and rocks"
Rignano sull'Arno A history-rich territory
The oldest churches in Tuscany, the mystery of a sixteenth-century fresco, and a bridge of disputed origins
Siena Scenes of a possible Utopia
The “Good Government” frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. A simbiotic link between city and countryside, an ethnic and aesthetic model of civilization
Anghiari And the streets of the Renaissance
Anghiari’s streets make up a labyrinth that takes you through history: like lines that give shape to the Renaissance
Londa Sweet as a peach
Can a forgotten fruit change the history of a town?
Pratovecchio Stia As steadfast as a Casentino curl
The centuries-old history of a land long dedicated to woolwork
Scarperia e San Piero Medicean country in the Apennines
On a day like any other, June 28, 1569
Chiusi della Verna In the collective memory
The streets of silence lead us toward discoveries that echo in the deepest parts of our souls
Radda in Chianti Where the scenery becomes a home for your soul
A place of stone and wine
Castel San Niccolò On the slopes of Pratomagno
A town of old stone houses, home to stories and legends among the green woodland of Casentino
Barberino Tavarnelle History is made on the roads
The fate of communities was decided in the shadows of Vallombrosa Monastery, at the crossroads of major trading roads between Siena and Florence
San Casciano in Val di Pesa The prince’s home
Literature, nature and idleness with Machiavelli
Bibbiena The capital of Casentino
History of the rebel town that vowed to follow the Medici to the end
Arezzo The legend of the enamoured bandit
The story of Federigo Bobini, known as Gnicche the Arezzo Bandit ~ by Anna Martini
Monte San Savino The land of the Pallone col Bracciale champions
The historic game involving an oak wood cuff and a hand-stitched leather ball is much-loved by the people of Monte San Savino
Certaldo “Taking pleasure” where time stands still
With Boccaccio to discover the magical old town, sweet onion, good living, culture and theatre
Montevarchi A mixed blessing
When being "the other one" makes you one-of-a-kind
Dicomano Between the Mugello and the Val di Sieve
A thoroughfare and a trading post since time immemorial
Castelnuovo Berardenga An Open-Air Museum
In the most beautiful part of Tuscany, between the Crete Senesi and the Chianti
Sansepolcro Thank you Aldous Huxley!
In Sansepolcro, a masterpiece, created by a Tuscan genius and saved from the destruction of war, revived the Renaissance
Firenzuola The land in between
Known as Terra di Mezzo (the land in between), Firenzuola has been a stopover for travellers transiting between Florence and Bologna for centuries.
Caprese Michelangelo More than Michelangelo
A grandmother, a granddaughter, a sunset and the rustling of history in an old chimney
Poppi POPPI 1904
...and two eccentric ‘expats’
Firenze The first
Agata Smeralda and the people who took her in when still in swaddling blankets - by Federico di Vita
Montespertoli Soft hills shaped by expert hands
Land of wine and castles, art and music, oil and wheat, tradition and innovation
Signa The gold of Signa
A land shaped by water where the past speaks of miracles, castles under siege and straw woven into hats ~ by Barbara Raugei
Badia Tedalda A “borderland” with balanced heterogeneity
Complexity is this land’s best asset
Rufina The villa of wine: tradition, myth and legend
Discovering Villa Poggio Reale
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
Reggello A land that’s always beginning and never ending
From the val dell’Arno up, reaching the Vallombrosa mountain, through prehistoric and olive-covered hills
Castellina in Chianti From Etruscans to the Black Rooster in a “neighbouring paradise"
Centuries-old land in harmony between civilisation and nature
Marradi From a bread tree to chestnut cake
The story of one very special sweet and the monks who brought it to this corner of the Tuscan Romagna
Montemurlo Strolling with Davidde Tanini
Montemurlo’s celebrations seen through his eyes ~ by Francesca Bargiotti and Samanta Giardino
Prato Let me tell you about Prato
Journey into the future
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
Laterina e Pergine Valdarno A jewel in the countryside near Arezzo
Oil, wine, culture, beauty
Caprese Michelangelo A forest that enchants with apparitions and chestnuts
Two grandparents and a granddaughter who never tires of fairy tales, this time rapt by the Madonna della Selva and a sea of chestnuts
Barberino Tavarnelle Roots and identity
Love and union in the heart’s journey ~ by Cinzia Dugo