Women's Day in Tuscany

SPAS
The Terme di Chianciano is offering relaxation and wellbeing packages for all women at their Sensory Spa, with a special offer of 3 for the price of 2, only for women. www.termesensoriali.it

The Terme Antica Querciolaia di Rapolano is offering special packages, which include entry to the swimming pool as well as relaxing massages and use of the steam room. www.termeaq.it



Montecatini is offering specialized packages on March 8 with therapeutic and aesthetic treatments as well as toning and relaxing treatments. www.termemontecatini.it



Centro Termale Villa Undulna - Terme di Versilia is offering a one day special called Day SPA Mimosa: a great way to spend the day with girlfriends and get a scrub or massage at the same time. www.termedellaversilia.com


In Montecatini, the  Excelsior Wellbeing Center is offering two special packages for women: Pink March 8 and Break Time March 8 which include massages, face masques, sauna and steam room, a sensory shower and hydro massage. Located at the Piscina Termale Redi, March 8 will also include Aperirosa, with a swim in the pool and an aperitif.  www.termemontecatini.it


Saturnia has packages that include the pool, hydro massage, sauna and steam room as well as treatments for your partner, including overnight packages for couples. www.termedisaturnia.it


 

For those who choose to celebrate Women’s Day in the city with a cultural event, Florence is offering several new exhibits that are part of the “Un anno ad arte” event. You can see tapestries, Japanese art, Gothic art, Modern and contemporary art, paintings from the Renaissance and native American work – six major exhibitions are on show at the most important museums of the Florentine Museum network.

Moreover, the Uffizi Gallery, the Museum of Palazzo Vecchio, the Medici Chapels and the Accademia Gallery, the Brancacci Chapel, the Civic Museums in Sarteano, Cetona, Montepulciano, and many other museums, palazzos, monuments, archaeological sites, archives and state libraries throughout Tuscany are offering free admission to all women. The full list of places can be found on www.beniculturali.it and on the smartphone application called "iMiBAC."

 

Pistoia is hosting “Le donne reggono il mondo,” which includes eleven events between March 1 and March 30. There will be discussions, book presentations, poetry readings, musical performance and projection, all of which will shed light on the contribution of women to contemporary society.

 

In Versilia, in Forte dei Marmi and Pietrasanta on March 5, 9 and 18 there will be “Events for Women,” a cycle of free events dedicated to women. On March 5 there will be “Woman Musician” in Forte dei Marmi - a concert for soprano and piano at Villa Bertelli at 5:30pm. On March 9 in Pietrasanta there will be “Woman Journalist” -  a meeting with Rossella Martina (journalist for the Nazione) at 10am at Chiostro di Sant’Agostino. On March 18 it’s back to Forte dei Marmi with “Woman Lawyer” and a chance to talk with Cecilia d’Elia who will be presenting her book on “The Rights of Women” at 5pm at Villa Bertelli. www.aptversilia.it

Be sure not to miss the exhibit in Pietrasanta “Woman Sculptor,” a hands-on meeting with women sculptors where everyone will be able to show off their creativity. To celebrate the tenth edition of this event, the work of forty artists from around the world who have a connection to Pietrasanta, will be on show. 

 

In Massa, Women’s Day will be celebrated a few days early with respect to the official calendar. On March 3, the Cultural Center “Vostok” will organize a Russian dinner at the Osteria "Angolo Nascosto." The menu will include borscht, saslik, nalistniki and other traditional Russian delicacies. During the course of the evening guests will be allowed to read short compositions pertinent to the theme of Women’s Day. By reservation, www.aptmassacarrara.it



In Lucca, Women’s Day will be celebrated at Palazzo Ducale with the “First Women’s Literature Festival: women who write, women who read – writing and women’s memoires”. This will include four days of events dedicated to women’s writing. On March 8 the day will host a major literary critic of women’s writing and president of the Association for International Literary Critics, Neria de Giovanni. There will also be a tribute to Elisa Baciocchi, first with a conference and then with a play by Ernesto Ferrero. On Friday March 9 the festival will shift locale to the Real Collegio where various aspects of “Women’s Literature” will be debated. On Saturday March 10 at 4:30pm, again at the Real Collegio, there will be a roundtable devoted to women in the Risorgimento period in Lucca entitled, "Donne unite nel Risorgimento; Cleobulina Cotenna e Luisa Amalia Paladini". Bookstores in the city will also be involved with book presentations, music and thematic events. 

 

SPORTS

For athletic women, or those who want to learn about sailing and spend a wonderful day in company or just to relax with friends, the sailing association in Versilia, Mure a Dritte, is organizing an introduction to sailing, from March 8 to the end of the month. We’ll sail pass enchanting towns all the way to Lerici, where we will stop for lunch on board, to relax, chat and learn about the sea and sailing from the skipper. From Lerici we will sail across the Gulf to Porto Venere and Palamaria, which offer beautiful vistas of rare beauty. From the Channel of Porto Venere we will sail on to Marina di Carrara, where we might even run into a school of dolphins playing around the boat. For information, contact: www.mureadritta.net


And that’s not all. For those people interested in a longer vacation you can take advantage of B&B Day on March 3. Now in its second year, this event returns to Italy and Tuscany to celebrate Bed and Breakfasts, offering the night of March 3 for free to those who are interested in spending a weekend in cozy, homey surroundings.