Tuscany 2025 - things to see and do when you visit Tuscany

Last Saturday, when temperatures were down slightly, I paid a visit to Lucca, that lovely walled town in the west of Tuscany. I had forgotte...

Mercantia , one of the best street theatre festivals in Europe , takes place this year, 2022, from 13 to 16 July in the attractive mediaeva...

The 2022 Calcio Storico Fiorentino , that brutal competition among four Florentine teams, begins tomorrow, Friday 10 June 2022, with the sem...

UPDATE 1 June 2022 "As of 1 June, 2022 , a Green Pass or equivalent certificate is no longer needed to enter Italy," the Ministry ...

Those of you who are enthusiasts for the villas and gardens of Tuscany have a great opportunity on Sunday 22 May 2022 to visit a great man...

As my faithful readers will remember, I am an enthusiast for the formal gardens of Tuscany , especially those of the larger villas of Tuscan...

This year's block-buster exhibition in Florence is dedicated to Donatello and goes under the not unjustifiably immodest name of " D...

Wild flowers in Tuscany. This is the time of year when many readers ask me, " When do the poppies appear in Tuscany? " Of cours...

Not everyone realises just how small Florence was in the mid-19th Century compared with today. The city walls were still intact. The latter ...

Everyone visiting the main piazza of Sienna, especially during the Palio, will have seen, although perhaps not particularly noticed, the Pal...