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Nov 10, 2023 · Large detailed travel map of Tuscany with cities and towns. Click to see large. Description: This map shows cities, towns, main roads, secondary roads, railroads, points of interest, tourist attractions and sightseeings in Tuscany.
- La Lunigiana
- Garfagnana
- Chianti Classico
- Crete Senese
- The Maremma
The Lunigiana is perhaps the wildest of Tuscany's historic territories. Set in three isolated valleys amongst the Apennines (Appennino settentrionaleto be exact), traditions haven't died; people still make their own food, from salami to wine to honey and cheeses. Over 160 small castles and castle ruins dot the rugged landscape. Probably named after...
Perhaps even more than the Lunigiana, the Garfagnana is a place where food traditions thrive, perhaps because of the demand for larger productions; the area is more populated has some larger cities like Lucca as well as spa towns like Bagni di Lucca and artisan marble working towns like Pietrasanta. It's one of the rainiest territories, known for f...
The territory of Chianti Classico lies between Florence and Siena along the state road 222, known as la Chiantigiana. It's black rooster country, a symbol you'll see on bottles of the recently revived wines of the region, as well as on the wine road signs. It's also the home to one of the most famous butcher shops in the universe, Dario Cecchini's ...
Just south of Siena lies the Crete Senese, an arid zone of rolling, gray clay hills, way more picturesque than it sounds. The main crops are cereals, aided by irrigation, and the area is notable for its white truffles, particularly around San Giovanni d'Asso; inside its castle is a White Truffle museum and there's a truffle fair the second and thir...
Cowboys? Like the Camargue of France, the unexpected cognitive dissonance for the foreign tourist used to thinking the icons of the wild west were only found in the US. The cowboys are called Butteri here, and operate in a once marshy land drained by the fascists. Like the Lunigiana, the territory spreads outside the region of Tuscany--and, in this...
An interactive map to see the main attractions and points of interest in Tuscany at a glance: very useful for planning your holiday!
Apr 15, 2022 · Tuscany is one of the twenty regions of Italy and is located in the middle of the peninsula. At the moment, it has ten provinces. Starting from the north you find Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pistoia, Prato, Florence, Pisa, Livorno, Siena, Arezzo, and Grosseto.
Tuscany. Type: State with 3,750,000 residents. Description: region in central Italy. Neighbors: Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Marche and Umbria. Categories: region of Italy and locality. Location: Central Italy, Italy, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude of center. 43.4587° or 43° 27' 31" north.
Nov 29, 2023 · Area: 8,876 sq mi (22,990 sq km). Population: ~ 3,730,000. Provinces: Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa and Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena.
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Tuscany ( / ˈtʌskəni / TUSK-ə-nee, Italian: Toscana, Italian: [tos'kaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ( Firenze ).
