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Tuscany Travel Guide

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Tuscany (Italian: Toscana) [1] is a region on Italy's west coast, on the Tyrrhenian sea.

Contents

Regions

Cities

Other destinations

The Tuscan islands:

Understand

Tuscany has two very diverse faces - the art cities such as Florence, Siena, Lucca and Pisa on one hand, and the countryside on the other. The small towns, villages, castles, villas and vineyards of Tuscany make a welcome change from the traffic and noise of some of the larger Tuscan cities.


Get in

By air

International flights commonly come in to Milan or Rome, where one can rent a car and do the three-hour drive to Tuscany.

Florence and Pisa have important airports. Every major city has a railway station.

  • Pisa International Airport Galileo Galilei [2], located 1.5km (1 mile) north of Pisa city centre.
  • Florence Airport Amerigo Vespucci [3], Located four kilometers from the center of Florence.

By train

Florence, Pisa and Grosseto are important rail destinations.

Get around

Renting a car already at the airport can be recommended.

See

Do

Tuscany offers several solutions. You can choose from the wine and gastronomic itineraries, to trekking itineraries, cultural itineraries up to relax and comfort itineraries with treatments at the Thermal baths and to golfing.

  • La Mia Toscana [4], offers wine & food trips, typical cooking courses, trekking excursions, relax and golf programmes in Tuscany.
  • Slow Travel [5] is a useful resource for people who want to travel in Italy and Tuscany in particular. There are extensive review sections for restaurants, vacation rentals and hotels. And lots of travel ideas.

Eat

Drink

The region of Tuscany boasts 35 wines with a "Denominazione di Origine Controllata" DOC certificate, five of which have also obtained the "Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita" DOCG certificate. The DOC and DOCG denominations witness to the strong dedication of the people of this land to vinw-growing, and their deep knowledge of wine-making techiques.

Tuscany is famed for its wines, most notably Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino.

Other DOC wines: Carmignano, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Ansonica Costa dell'Argentario, Barco Reale, Bianco dell'Empolese, Bianco della Valdinievole, Bianco di Pitigliano, Bianco Pisano di San Torpè, Bianco Vergine Valdichiana, Bolgheri e Sassicaia, Candia dei Colli Apuani, Colli dell'Etruria Centrale, Colli di Luni, Colline Lucchesi, Elba, Montecarlo, Montecucco, Monteregio di Massa Marittima, Montescudaio, Moscadetello di Montalcino, Parrina, Pomino, Rosso di Montalcino, San Gimignano, Sant'Antimo, Val d'Arbia, Val di Cornia, Vin Santo del Chianti, Vin Santo del Chianti Classico, Vin Santo di Montepulciano.

Sleep

For anyone planning to stay in the Tuscan countryside, "agritourism" (agriturismo) is the way to go. In broad terms this means finding your accommodation on farms and vineyards, where many farmers make additional income by renting out rooms, apartments or free-standing houses to tourists. Swimming pools are usually available. See city articles for specific places.

Get out

You can reach from the central station of Florence the regions of:

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