I have recently received news of the Happy New Tuscany contest from the Regione Toscana.
You can WIN a super duper luxury week in Tuscany between Christmas and New Years (flight included), or New Years’ Eve …

This news just in via press release from the Regione Toscana:
The city of Florence and council for the Church of San Lorenzo announced today the ambitious project to finish the facade of the Basilica of …

This winning entry from Pamela Marasco is a mouth-watering and inspiring account of travel in Tuscany. I awarded her a beautiful photo album from Abacus, an artisanal bookbinder in Florence. This is a timely article …

The association of tourist trains – Ferrovie Turistiche – offers organized day trips that give you a special opportunity to view the Tuscan Countryside by train. This is great if you want to experience some …

October 31st 2009 is not Halloween in Siena, but it is Urban Trekking day. How’s that for weird. There will be hiking around the streets of Siena on the theme of “The joy of trekking: …

This weekend I went to the show “Lo Stile delle Zar” – the fashion of the Tsars, on the relationship between art and fashion and between Russia and Italy from the 15th to 18th centuries. …

This weekend Prato is host to an economics conference (Economia3) and numerous related events. Before you say “economics??” let me tell you that there will be a lot of really interesting “artistic” things to do around …

Friends of mine put me in touch with this talented young artist whose work is featured right now in the famous piazza dell’ampiteatro in Lucca at Cartasia 2010. Thus I had the privilege of asking …

The Province of Florence is offering guided visits of some of Fiesole’s private gardens on Thursdays in September and October 2009. The cost is 5 euros per person, 3 euros for kids, kids under 6 free.
Reservations have …

Image borrowed from Princeton University Library: “double portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius” 1636

For anyone planning a trip to Tuscany this Fall, there are a lot of interesting events going on… I know of some …

Certaldo is a town in Tuscany best known for two things: they grow wonderfully sweet purple onions (cipolle di Certaldo); and, of no lesser importance, Certaldo is where Giovanni Boccaccio spent the final thirteen years …

This August 15th I was privilege to the display of one of the most sacred relics in Catholic tradition, the sacred belt (Sacra Cintola) of the Virgin Mary in Prato. This display or “ostensione” takes place …