Volterra and San Gimignano make a good escape from big, museum-packed Florence, offering travelers a mix of beauty, history ...

Although you could easily fill your days in the cities of Florence and Pisa, or exploring the narrow streets and central piazza of Siena, perhaps one of the greatest experiences in Tuscany is ...

Take the traditional pictures with the tower and consider going up (kids ... Just stick with GPS. Also, most towns in Tuscany don’t allow tourists to drive in the historic areas, but you can find ...

The Italian town of Barga has a long-standing links with Scotland A small town in Tuscany has been celebrating its long-standing links with Scotland. Many people from Barga and the towns and ...

I’m in Volterra, my favourite hill town in Tuscany, sitting under rustic, noble stones at the base of a palace that made commoners feel small six centuries ago. Bats burst through the ...

Volterra and San Gimignano are two stony villages dotting the hills of northern Tuscany. Within a couple of hours of Tuscan mainstays Florence and Siena, these towns provide an emblematic but ...