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Spring Cup: news and live blogging

There is a new way to follow your favorite sport events: via social media. Now you are able to have real time information thanks to twitter, facebook fan pages, blogs, videos, pictures and as you are probably...

Pros on Cycling in Tuscany

A couple of friends, Paul and Caroline Younan, are guest posting on what it is like to cycle aroundTuscany! They are almost pros so, their advice has technical value! I met them last year while they travelled around...

Elba Island nightlife

Elba is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, and the third largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia. The island is located at about 20 km away from the tuscan coast, and located between the Tyrrhenian Sea and...

Summer nights in the Tuscan Coast

well, it’s true, when we think about Tuscany we normally don’t think about crazy nights out and the coolest clubs around to party! But believe me: Tuscany is also made out of this especially during summer! Some...

Events in Florence and Tuscany in May 2010

ok, first step: imagine the best you can get out of spring: an explosion of colours and of nature, the sweet smell of flowers and trees blooming, the warm long evenings, the feel of light...

Lucca Summer Festival 2010

This Festival has taken place in Lucca since 1998 and normally starts the first week end of July and lasts until the third week end of July. This is the 2010 programme and this are the artists confirmed so...

Nina’s Giro d’Italia experience – not to be missed!

We asked our friend Nina Peci just a few questions about going to see the Giro (she goes every year) and her response is so enthusiastic that it deserves its own post! Cycling, after...

Giro d’Italia 2010 in Tuscany – The Route Map

It’s almost time for the 2010 Giro D’Italia, the world-famous bicycle race that this year will take place from May 8th to 30th. The racers will be whizzing through Tuscany on the weekend of...

Top 5 Summer Music Festivals in Tuscany

As a music lover and an active traveller, I always dreamed to have an easy-to-use map with a selection (made by locals) of the best events I could take part in while visiting a new country....

Italia Wave Love Festival 2010 in Livorno

The Italia Wave Love Festival is and has been the flagship of music in Italy and in Europe for over 20 years. The Festival mainly presents rock music, although in recent years it has also featured...

Pistoia Blues 2010

The Pistoia Blues Festival is one of the oldest music Festivals taking place in Tuscany in Italy. The first edition of the festival took place in 1980. Since then the greatest music artists have been staging in Pistoia: Muddy Waters,...

Val d’Orcia in Tuscany

The first image that comes to our mind when we think about Tuscany is its unique landscape. The countryside with its green smooth hills and the soft curves lining the horizon with its isolated cypress trees. Well, believe me...