Tuscany
Puccini in Lucca and Viareggio. Discover a fantastic journey through Puccini history
06/07/2024 .
Insider guide to Florence
09/05/2023 .
Home to Renaissance art, amazing architecture, fine food and wine and some very eccentric shops and experiences, Judith Baker’s insider guide to Florence never fails to delight.
Read the full story hereThe Food and Wine of Siena, Tuscany
10/06/2020 .
Around 100km due south of Florence, Siena is one of Italy’s best-preserved medieval cities and sits on three hills with the central piazza, known as Il Campo, at its heart.
Read the full story hereTuscany’s Island of Elba, Italy
04/06/2020 .
Thie small Island of Elba is just 28km long and 19km wide, is famous as the place where Napoleon spent one year in exile and you’re reminded of that at every turn.
Read the full story hereRenting a villa in Pietrasanta
10/09/2014 .
In a town where British accents are practically non existent, the odds of finding an Italian taxi driver speaking broad Scottish were lower than winning the lottery. But, when Roberto picked us up outside our villa it seemed Rob Roy had crossed over to Italy. We were renting a villa in Pietrasanta, courtesy of Bridgewater Travel, a family-run Tuscan luxury rentals specialist and we were taking a cab in for a wander around Pietrasanta, the beautiful city of marble, the legendary coastal retreat of artists and sculptors and the Florentine well-to-do.
Read the full story hereIl Salviatino. Florence.
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Standing on the terrace of Il Salviatino, a stunning 16th century palazzo in the hills above Florence, you might be forgiven you’ve died and gone to heaven.
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