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Amazing Cake with Amaretti Biscuits
This cake with amaretti biscuits is incredibly and surprisingly delicious!!! When I prepared it for the first time, my guests and I were more than enthusiastic, a real surprise, that’s one of my favorite cakes If you have guests for … Continue reading
Top 5 Romantic Hideaways in Tuscany
Looking for a very romantic hideaway in a unique and special place in Tuscany? Well, Tuscany is an incredible region, so full of beautiful places, amazing locations, and dreamlike sceneries, that you’ll be really spoilt for choices! Based on my … Continue reading
Delicious Torta Mantovana
It’s a rainy Sunday! Why not preparing a simple yet incredibly tasty Tuscan cake from my grandmother Nonna Nada’s recipe book? The Torta Mantovana! This wonderful cake is typical from the city of Prato, near Florence; probably its origins date … Continue reading
A Guide to Siena’s Top Attractions
Siena is so beautiful and particular to make it not like anywhere else. It’s so special a place that anyone coming to Tuscany shouldn’t miss visiting it. The city has a very characteristic and appealing historical center, enclosed within its … Continue reading
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Chic Accommodations in Cortona
The beautiful and scenic medieval village of Cortona, set in the province of Arezzo, can be an ideal destination to pass a great holiday in Tuscany. The village itself offers a lot to the traveler; museums, churches, historical monuments and … Continue reading
Visiting the Charming Hill-Town of Cortona
If you travel south from Arezzo, one of Tuscany’s most charming art towns, you enter the Valdichiana, wonderful and prosperous area of Tuscany, home to the famous Chianina cattle, source of the most delicious bistecca Fiorentina, incredibly tasty and genuine … Continue reading
Montalcino, home to the Brunello Wine
Magically set in the beautiful landscape known as the Val d’Orcia, southwest of Siena; Montalcino is another spectacular and perfect Tuscan hill-town, where time seems to have stopped leaving everything as it was hundreds of years ago. For all wine … Continue reading
Chic Accommodations in Lucca
History, culture, great sights and delicious food, plus lots of activities to do! Lucca has so much to offer to make it a great holiday destination in Tuscany, with the advantage of being less chaotic and touristic than many other … Continue reading
Siena’s Duomo and its hidden treasures
September is approaching and we hope the hot temperatures of this long and ever sunny summer will finally decrease. The famous Palio in Siena, amazing and spectacular horse race taking place right in Piazza del Campo, has just passed off … Continue reading
Passing a Week in Tuscany
If you are fortunate enough to spend a whole week in the wonderful region of Tuscany, then you are probably wondering what are the top destinations and attractions to visit! Which are the best and most scenic art towns and … Continue reading
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