If you make a walk in the ancient town of Montalcino, homeland of the famous wine Brunello di Montalcino, I suggest you to stop for a glas of Brunello or a less expensive Cappuccino in the dehors of the Antica Fiaschetteria Italiana, an historical café and wine shop in the main square of town, Piazza [...]

The first time I went to San Gimignano it was december and very cold.. my first impression was very strong: I was simply astonished, I had really never seen such a magical place (one more!:-)) I had never seen such an ancient place, so perfectly preserved, surrounded by a landscape so perfect, magical, untouched! I [...]

I have to tell the truth: the first time I saw the new spot of Tuscany, I din’t like it because you couldn’t see many landscapes nor natural or architectural beauties.. but now I find it genial because effectively there are so many wonderful things to see, do, eat, appreciate, etc… that it would be [...]

I read this article and found it I agreed with it: “Tuscany is one of those places in the world, that once you have visited it, you are bitten by the “bug” and somehow you always end up comparing future destinations to it, usually unfavourably. Somehow there is nowhere else in the world it is [...]

“Tuscany is mostly rural, ranging from snaking, sandy roads leading to rusty-coloured farmhouses in a landscape interspersed with moss-coated castles.  It is easy to see how poets such as Byron and Shelley were inspired by Tuscany. A fairytale vista of dark green cypress tree-lined countryside and ramshackle turrets, it is a place which can make [...]

Of course, I don’t know all the squares of the world … so I cannot tell, that Piazza del Campo is the most beautiful square of the world. Moreover, I am from Turin and I can say without trouble, that also in Turin there are beautiful, splendid squares: Piazza Castello, Piazza San Carlo etc.. For [...]

Do you remember the beautiful scenes of the Gladiator, when he imagines the Elysian Fields? It is the Orcia Valley, Tuscany, Italy. The Orcia Valley is always wonderful and continuously changing: you find it like in the movie, with golden cornfields, normally in june, when the grain is ripe in the fields but not yet [...]