Florence- capital city of the Tuscany region, with the municipal territory extends for 3,514 square kilometres and is one of country's most important and historic cities. Florence has a population of 374,500 inhabitants, spreads on the banks of the river Arno, on Italy's northwest coast. The glory of Florence is big, the city is one of Italy's most atmospheric and pleasant, late-medieval centre... more

Barberino Val d'Elsa is a middle aged town ideally situated half-way between Florence (32km) and Siena (35km), amongst vineyards and olive groves, in the heart of the famous Chianti area, at 400 metres above sea level. The town has a population of 4000 inhabitants and a surface of 65,83 square kilometers. Barberino Val D'Elsa is an ancient and very well preserved medieval town, the landscape is... more

The city of Cortona is located in the south of Arezzo province, Tuscany, partly on the plain and partly hilly, with the municipal territory extends for 342,00 square kilometres. Cortona is a wonderful medieval town, it stands on a buttress which reaches the height of 600 metres above the sea level, with population around 23,000 inhabitants. It has the landscape that you can enjoy from there surr... more

San Casciano in Val di Pesa is a small town on top of a hill to the south of Florence, 15km, in the direction of Siena, 40km, one full of historic monuments. San Casciano in Val di Pesa has a population of 16.000 inhabitants and it rises 310 metres above the sea level. Since Roman times it was a post station on the hill just before the descent to Florence begins. The earliest written document... more

Fiesole is a town and comune of Firenze province in the Italian region of Tuscany, it is situated on a hill overlooking the Arno and Mugnone valleys just 9 km northeast of Florence. Fiesole has a population of 14.000 inhabitants and a surface of 42,11 square kilometers, it rises 295 metres above the sea level. The town perched on a hill, its a real roof over the city of Florence, and a goo... more

Every 3rd of October, many Tuscans go to church and burn a candle for the Blessed Angelo of Borgo di San Sepolcro; Angelo Scarpetti entered the Augustinian Order around 1254. He spent some time in England where he preached and founded several Augustinian friaries. On one occasion Angelo found it necessary to reprimand a man with a bad reputation, the man became angry and attempted to strike... more

Arezzo is one of the wealthiest and largest cities in the interior of Tuscany, located in central Italy, a hub for various industries, capital of the province of the same name. With approx. 91,600 inhabitants Arezzo rises 296 meters above the sea level, town is set on a steep hill rising from the floodplain of the Arno. Arezzo is about 80 km south-east of Florence. The city’s history beg... more

San Gimignano, a town with around 7,000 inhabitants that rises on a hill 334m above sea level, is certainly one of the most charming and interesting towns of Tuscany. The town dominating the Elsa Valley with its towers, it’s also called "City of Beautiful Towers", and is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Tuscany. A town of Etruscan origins, developed between the 9th and the 12th cen... more

One of the important periods in cultural European history is of course the Italian Renaissance. In the 15th and 16th century under the rule of the Medici family Italy and especially Florence and surrounding areas came to great blossom. The Medici originated from the Mugello district and many of their residences can be found here. Their roots seem to lie in Campiano, a hamlet in the Municipali... more

Castel San Niccolo is 44 kilometers far from Arezzo, and territory of Castel San Niccolò in the Valdarno Casentinese extends over an area of 82,99 square kilometres, on the north eastern slopes of the ridge of Pratomagno, and has a population of 2.855 inhabitants. It rises 380 metres above the sea level. A town of old stone villages at the foot of Pratomagno, originates from the 11th century, and ... more