From the western approaches to Anghiari, there is a point in the road where many first time visitors are awestruck as the entire town suddenly pops into view as the car rounds a hairpin bend.
A destination wedding abroad used to be something reserved for royalty, the rich and the famous,
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Sep 29, 2011 • Grape Festival at Capoliveri (Elba Island) When From friday September 30th until Sunday October the 2nd 2011 Where Capoliveri at Elba Island This event, dedicated to the celebration of the God Bacchus, has reached it’s sixteenth edition, it is however deeply rooted in the past. Since antiquity wine has been a fundamental part of Elba‘s...
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Sep 26, 2011 • “Lucca Comics and Games″ is the most important Festival dedicated to comics and game in Europe. Its first edition was in 1966 and last year’s edition attracted more than 140,000 visitors. When This year, Lucca Comics and Games, will be last one day longer, beginning on the 28th October and end the 1st November...
The modern version of perfume is widely thought to have originated in France. However, the man who took perfume to Paris was originally from Florence.
The Italian language, we are told, is simple and relatively easy to learn. It is phonetic, so should be easy to pronounce. It has regular sentence structure and far fewer ‘exceptions to the rule’ than English. Plus it has only 22 letters in the alphabet. There are only around 250,000 words in use in the...
Tuscany for free: forget that travelling is expensive and enjoy Tuscany like a local
What to do in Tuscany: Have you ever practiced any extreme sport?
From such humble origins was born perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived - little Leonardo was destined to become a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer.
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Sep 8, 2011 • When? From Friday 9th until Sunday 11th September 2011 Open to the public Saturday September 10 from 10 am to 6 pm – entrance tickets Euro 10,00. (Sep 9th and 11th only exhibitors) Friday – Sunday 10am – 6pm
How Italy’s most famous race horse paved the way for the ‘Super Tuscan’ breed of wines.
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Aug 31, 2011 • Starting from August 30th until September 11th in Elba Island you will be able to enjoy the 15th edition of “Isola musicale d’Europe” (Europe’s Musical Island) with a very rich program, starring some of the greatest musicians of the international scene. The whole festival is directed by Yuri Bashmet and George Edelman that have featured...
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