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Tuscany Travel: Tuscan Characters

Andrea Bocelli, a DOC Tuscan! (Aug 2009)

There are plenty of DOC, well-known Tuscans, in the world, and I don’t just mean wines like the Classic Chianti, which delights top oenology lovers, but also all those very important people that hail from Tuscany. Among them, one in particular satisfies all music-lovers thanks to his enchanting voic ...

Pia de' Tolomei (Sept 2006)

Pia: a name which still echoes amongst the words sung by folksingers (which are still around today) from the Tuscan Maremma, a land of legends and secrets whispered around the fireplace. Among such tales there are many which tell of the dramatic and moving story of Pia de' Tolomei: a ancient unsolve ...

Antonio Meucci (Jul 2006)

Antonio Meucci was born in Florence, in 1808, to a working class family. A situation which, obviously, did not give him much of an opportunity to advance very much in his studies. Consequently, he was forced to go and work many jobs, demonstrating a particular preference for the car and electricity ...

Mona Lisa (Jul 2006)

Her smile is the most famous and profound smile in the world. So mysterious that she has been the cause of literally rivers of spilled ink, in a quest to prove the more risky theories which have tried to identify this famous model. Obviously, we are talking about the acclaimed portrait of the Monna ...

Isabella de' Medici (Jul 2006)

For many years, the presence of the beautiful Isabella has been almost non-existent. Moreover, many say that her ghost, no longer appears in the vast hallways of the Medici mansion, which now belongs to Cerreto Guidi in the province of Florence. The last time she appeared was quite possibly many yea ...

Filippo Lippi (Jul 2006)

A painter. A brilliant artist. A story of Filippo Lippi (1406 – 1469). It's too much to be one of the first to understand the revolutionary capacity of Masaccio, who died young and single at just 27 years old. ...

Dances with wolves (Jul 2006)

This is the tale of a holy man who led a life locked away in a bitter solitude whilst performing miracles, like the taming of a ferocious wolf which up until then had regularly devoured the poor inhabitants of the local village. ...

Ilaria del Carretto in Lucca (Apr 2006)

The San Martino Church in Lucca is a true Romanesque masterpiece, with its beautifully carved grey and marble front facade, which is actually a great porch and its ample bell tower which leans ever so gently against the church. This stunning facade, made up of a series of columns, is perforated like ...

Francesco I: A Doomed King (Apr 2006)

Francesco I (1541-1587) is one of the most well-known members of the famous Medici family. Yet, this man, who became the grand duke of Tuscany in 1574, was never very popular with his subjects, the citizens of Florence. In fact, it seems that they actually celebrated the news of his death. However, ...

Da Verrazzano and the Discovery of New York (Jul 2004)

Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in 1485 in the castle of Da Verrazzano's family, on the Chianti hills 19 km away from Florence. Raised in Florence, Giovanni later moved to Dieppe in France and entered the French naval service. In the early 1520s the east coast of what is now the United States of ...

Casciana Terme 2492 Weekly Price: Min. € 460,00 Max. € 1.200,00 Number of Beds: 14

Chianni 1193 Weekly Price: Min. € 450,00 Max. € 1.090,00 Number of Beds: 18

Ponte Vecchio 1184 Residence Daily Price: Min. € 35 Max. € 120 Number of Beds: 24

Greve in Chianti 1641 Weekly Price: Min. € 830,00 Max. € 1.400,00 Number of Beds: 10