Tuscany

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Tuscany (Italian: Toscana) [1] is a region on Italy's west coast, on the Tyrrhenian sea.

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The Tuscan islands:

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Tuscany has two very diverse faces - the art cities such as Florence, Siena, Lucca and Pisa on one hand, and the countryside on the other. The small towns, villages, castles, villas and vineyards of Tuscany make a welcome change from the traffic and noise of some of the larger Tuscan cities.

[edit] Get in

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International flights commonly come in to Milan or Rome, where one can rent a car and do the three-hour drive to Tuscany.

Florence and Pisa have important airports. Every major city has a railway station.

  • Pisa International Airport Galileo Galilei [2], located 1.5km (1 mile) north of Pisa city centre.
  • Florence Airport Amerigo Vespucci [3], Located four kilometers from the center of Florence.

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Florence, Pisa and Grosseto are important rail destinations. Florence (Firenze) has two major rail stations, San Maria Novella (SMN) and Campo di Marte (CdM).

Connections from Florence to the rest of Italy by train are generally fast and frequent and EuroStar Italia services are available. Easy connections can be found to:

Night train services are available from Florence to:

and others.

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[edit] By car

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[edit] Travel Info & News

Tuscany offers a variety of suggestions, itineraries and many possibilities for travelers to discover the region. You can easily find information about tourism services, events, and updated travel news about art cities and fascinating small towns of Tuscany and Chianti area.

  • Toscana & Chianti News [4] Phone +39 848 808868 mail: [5] 15 years old Official Guide to Tuscany and Chianti.

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Tuscany offers some of the most beautiful colonic houses, with all the modern services, recently restructured with great care preserving the original architecture and the materials.

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Tuscany offers several solutions. You can choose from the wine and gastronomic itineraries, to trekking itineraries, cultural itineraries up to relax and comfort itineraries with treatments at the Thermal baths and to golfing.

  • 2Be In Siena [6] Phone +39 334 9363253 mail: info@2beinsiena.com Travel Designers, offers customized wine tours and sightseeing tours for Siena and Florence. Transfers, ballooning, horseback riding, Vespa rental, trekking and mountain bike.
  • La Mia Toscana [7] Phone: +39 340 7844938 mail: info@lamiatoscana.info Offers wine & food trips, trekking excursions, relax and golf programmes.
  • Arianna & Friends [8] Phone: +39 348 335 2039 - +39 347 938 1292 mail: info@ariannandfriends.com Tourist incoming project that offers both accommodation, and tourist services such as wine and food tours, cooking classes, cultural tours, arts classes, outdoor activities.
  • Organic Tuscany [9] Phone: +39 347 328 9333 mail: info@organictuscany.org Offers week-long "farm to table" organic cooking courses in the Tuscan hills. The program includes visits to local organic farms, cooking classes using organic ingredients, wine tastings and tours of Siena and Florence.
  • Mandala Trek [10] Phone: +39 340 224 7436 mail: foren83@hotmail.com Offers walks through the villages of Chianti region, Florence and Siena. The program includes visits of the “Via Francigena”, an historical itinerary leading to Rome from Canterbury.
  • Bike tours in Tuscany [11] Guided hiking, cooking, and biking tours throughout Tuscany and Umbria, with dinners at wonderful local restaurants, and nights in romantic country inns.
  • Around Pisa Airport [12] Give some ideas and suggestions about how spending the time while staying in Tuscany.

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The region of Tuscany boasts 35 wines with a "Denominazione di Origine Controllata" DOC certificate, five of which have also obtained the "Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita" DOCG certificate. The DOC and DOCG denominations witness to the strong dedication of the people of this land to vine-growing, and their deep knowledge of wine-making techniques.

Tuscany is famed for its wines, most notably Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino.

Other DOC wines: Carmignano, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Ansonica Costa dell'Argentario, Barco Reale, Bianco dell'Empolese, Bianco della Valdinievole, Bianco di Pitigliano, Bianco Pisano di San Torpè, Bianco Vergine Valdichiana, Bolgheri e Sassicaia, Candia dei Colli Apuani, Colli dell'Etruria Centrale, Colli di Luni, Colline Lucchesi, Elba, Montecarlo, Montecucco, Monteregio di Massa Marittima, Montescudaio, Moscadetello di Montalcino, Parrina, Pomino, Rosso di Montalcino, San Gimignano, Sant'Antimo, Val d'Arbia, Val di Cornia, Vin Santo del Chianti, Vin Santo del Chianti Classico, Vin Santo di Montepulciano.

[edit] Get out

From the central station of Florence you can easily reach most places in Tuscany, including:

  • Siena (by train, 1.5 to 2 hours)
  • Pisa (by train, 1 to 1.5 hours)
  • San Gimignano (by train to Poggibonsi, 1 hour ride, and then a bus that runs every 30-40 minutes, 25 minute ride)
  • Volterra (also reachable by bus from Poggibonsi)
  • Pienza (reachable by bus from Siena, a little more than an hour, but connections are not frequent)
  • Lucca (by train)
  • Arezzo

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