At the table in Florence and Prato

La Toscana: English, Florence, Tuscan cooking, Wine and food tours

When in Milan, us Tuscans like to boast about our cuisine. Our gastronomy gives us the voice to say that in Tuscany, if there is no kitchen : it is cooked, not created. That is to say that when they had no kitchen and didn’t know how to cook, originally, they used the most basic [...]


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The New Districts of Florence

La Toscana: Florence, Tuscan itineraries

Florence’s New Districts were, it seems, designed by an architect called Arnolfo di Cambio who was also involved with the construction of magnificent Florentine buildings such as the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio. Of course, this new project did not just involve the building of single buildings, but of entire towns which would be located in [...]


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Verdiana – Forgotten Saint of Castelfiorentino

La Toscana: Churches and monasteries, Florence

In a sanctuary in Castelfiorentino which resembles an elegant jewelbox, rest the mortal remains of Verdiana, the humble daughter of this marvellous land (even if her hagiography sites noble origins). The building is very old though today, appears to be the result of some successful restoration from the 700′s, with a beautiful porticoed entrance and [...]


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Veronica Cybo

La Toscana: Legends and misteries

A dreadful crime, a passionate woman and a ghost: this is only the beginning of the fascinating events of Veronica Cybo which took place between Florence and Figine Valdarno. A very dark and mysterious character, Veronica Cybo was the descendent of one of the more famous and stronger families of North-western Tuscany: the Cybo-Malaspina family [...]


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The secrets of Villa Demidoff

La Toscana: Legends and misteries

A few days ago, I visited one of my favourite places, which brims with magic: the garden of Villa Demidoff in Pratolino, just north of the built up area of Florence. The park opens from May to September of every year. This is too short for us to enjoy so much beauty, which is of [...]


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Wine streets in Tuscany

La Toscana: Wine and food tours

Tuscany is one of the most beautiful and colourful Italian regions. Its territory is influenced by the cultural and historic heritage. Tuscany offers to its visitors a high quality hospitality and delicious food and wine. In the territory of Tuscany growth long vineyards which give us excellent wine. Here you will find sweet hills, amazing [...]


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Discovering the black gold of Tuscany

La Toscana: Wine and food tours

I’ve decided to take you on a journey of discovery to find the sweet-tooth’s black gold: chocolate, through several of the Tuscan chocolate hand-crafting laboratories. Our journey begins in 1872, in Florence (which was at that time the capital of Italy), where Enrico Rivoire, chocolate maker to the Savoia royal family, decided to relocate and [...]


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Driving to Florence

La Toscana: Getting to and around Tuscany

As Tuscany is best explored by car, it is quite likely that many of you will be arriving to Florence by car. Florence is connected to the north and south of Italy by the Autostrada del Sole A1 toll motorway, and to the west by the A11 toll motorway. There are several motorway exits for [...]


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The Accademia della Crusca

La Toscana: Florence, Made in Tuscany, Tuscan culture and traditions

To say that everyone in Italy speaks Italian would not be entirely true, or at least it wasn’t true in the past. Also, those who claim that it was television which actually taught the Italian language to the Italian population are not all that far from the truth as a lack of political power and [...]


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View points of Florence

La Toscana: Tuscan itineraries

Fiesole High up on the hills just outside Florence is the town of Fiesole. Here you will find many things to see, including ruins of an old theatre and some of the old city walls. However, one of the things that Fiesole is popular for is its breath taking views over Florence. You will be [...]


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Bus Tours of Florence

La Toscana: Tuscan itineraries

The CitySigntseeing bus company, offers you fantastic sightseeing tours of Florence. With this company you have a choice of two tickets, one taking you around the centre of Florence and one taking you to Fiesole, offering you panoramic views over Florence. However, there is no need to worry if you can’t decide between the two [...]


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Art Galleries and Museums in Florence

La Toscana: Arts

There are many Art Galleries and Museums available for you to see in Florence. Some of the most popular are listed below. You will find that a lot of the them focus around the Renaissance period. The galleries show, not only work by modern and classical artists, but by local and world renowned artists too. [...]


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