‘Newsletter archive’
Tuscany virtual tour: collection of Tuscany travel newsletters
February, the month of the Carnival
La Toscana: English, Newsletter archive, Pearls of ItalyFebruary is the month of carnival, that this year will invade streets, lanes and squares of all Italian cities from the 25th of February until the 7th of March. So put on your mask, buy or invent a fancy dress and throw yourself into the fun! Venice Venice is wonderful in every season, but during [...]
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)The Travelling markets – Christmas markets Tuscany
La Toscana: English, Newsletter archive, Pearls of ItalyThis type of market, in various countries throughout Europe, has almost disappeared, suffocated by mass distribution and shopping centres which are shiny and new, but definately less human. In Italy and Tuscany huge shopping centres exist, but have not managed to subsume this antique and distinctive tradition. In Italy the markets continue to resist in [...]
Continua la lettura | Commenti (1)Italian Christmas markets
La Toscana: English, Newsletter archive, Pearls of ItalyThe tradition to enrich and to animate the Christmas time with markets and local fairs is lately becoming very popular in Italy too. Originally born into the Northern Europe (probably due to the origins of Santa Claus’ legend), this folk custom is also spreading our culture and our way to live the Christmas, expecially in [...]
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)The hippo-routes: the future of transports leds eco sustainable paths
La Toscana: Ecotourism, English, Grosseto, Legends and misteries, Nature & Wellness, Newsletter archive, Pistoia, Siena, Transports in Tuscany, Tuscan culture and traditions, Tuscan itineraries, Villas and gardensWith regards to eco sustainable tourism… Maybe yu have already heard about that if you are keen on equestrian tourism or you simply love nature and horses: in Tuscany, as well as in other locations of the Bel Paese, some horseback riding paths, called ippovie, or hippo-routes if literally translated into English (you can even cycle along or hike over them), have recently been opened.
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)A toast…to eternity
La Toscana: English, Florence, Newsletter archive, Siena, Tuscan culture and traditions, Wine and food toursLast time we talked you about good wine and September grape harvest, which was revealing its secrets to all wine-lovers thanks to the gastronomic event Benvenuta Vendemmia! (Welcome grape harvest!)
Chiavi: chianti florence, chianti siena, grape harvest, tuscan wine
Continua la lettura | Commenti (1)Farm holidays in Tuscany: a link relating past, present and future
La Toscana: Arezzo, English, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Newsletter archive, Pistoia, Siena, Tuscan culture and traditionsIt is strange to think that people come from anywhere to find out the places where you are born and grown up, where your family has lived for generations, the places you sleepily pass through every morning to go work…
Chiavi: agriturismo culture and traditions, agriturismo history, maremma agriturismo, tuscan agriturismo
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)Roberto Benigni, “The little Devil”, acting The Divine Comedy: an Oscar performance!
La Toscana: Newsletter archive, Tuscan charactersThe big screen lovers look forward to the month of February and its annual dates: the Berlin International Film Festival and the well-known Hollywood Oscar Night The Academy Awards, on which you can learn more visiting the oscar web site.
Chiavi: benigni, benigni recita dante
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)Tuscany: “Crocevia Mundi”
La Toscana: Legends and misteries, Newsletter archive, Tuscan culture and traditionsMaybe we should not define world what actually is just a part of it, but by that time, in the Middle Age I mean, the transoceanic continents had not been discovered yet and the world borderlines were supposed to be around Europe, Africa and Asia. And, as a popular saying states, all roads lead to [...]
Continua la lettura | Commenti (2)When madness joints art…
La Toscana: Newsletter archive, Tuscan characters…creativity has no bounds and immagination seems to go beyond our known paths… This time Siena is the destination of our Tuscan journey: the exhibition “Arte, genio e follia – il giorno e la notte dell’artista – Art, genius and madness – artist’s day and night” is currently being performed at the museum estate “Santa [...]
Chiavi: art tuscany, Tuscany
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)Stazzema silent scream
La Toscana: Newsletter archive Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)Tuscan old professions: the stonecutter
La Toscana: Newsletter archive, Tuscan culture and traditionsThis time our journey throughout Tuscany and its colours is going to drive us into the past for discovering, or re-discovering, the ancient professions. Have you ever thought about how different it was when the modern technology didn’t exist and almost everything was handmade? Actually in the past we have been able of great works, [...]
Chiavi: tuscan traditions, Tuscany
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)A… long-lived Gentleman
La Toscana: Newsletter archive“With no doubt those who admire this (statue) do not need to take the trouble to see any others, whoever is or will be the sculptor or whenever they may be realized.” (Giorgio Vasari, Vitae). With these words from his work Vitae, Giorgio Vasari describes one of the world’s most important and renowned masterpiece for [...]
Chiavi: Florence
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