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The picturesque southern province of Grosseto in Tuscany is home to a wide range of stunning natural attractions, pretty little Orange Flag towns and a huge range of interesting museums. Choose from a lovely range of villas with swimming pools in Grosseto and relax here after your days of exploration and adventure!

Stop off in the popular tourist resorts of Porto Santo Stefano and Porto Ercole in the Monte Argentario area of Grosseto, which is a beautiful peninsula jutting out to sea.

Sail out to the Tuscan archipelago from here and go snorkelling or canoeing around Elba Island or Giglio Island for example. Sunbathe along the stunning Blue Flag beaches of Southern Tuscany that lie within Grosseto province and dive into lots of water sports available here. Visit Lake Burano in Grosseto and see the wonderful activities to get involved with around its shores.     Read More

The beautiful town of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is situated at the meeting of the River Serchio and River Turrite Secca within the Appennine Mountains.

The scenery surrounding Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is spectacular and would be an excellent stop off during a day trip of Lucca province in Tuscany.

Book a holiday villa in Garfagnana where you can explore all this mesmerising part of Tuscany has to offer!     Read More

If you are an appreciator of great beauty and architecture then a visit to the spectacular cathedral in Lucca would be a wonderful sight to behold! The building of the San Martino cathedral began in 1063.

Ornate additions were made over the next few hundred years which turned Lucca cathedral into one of the most beautiful religious buildings in all of Tuscany.

Choose from a lovely range of villas in Lucca to relax in after several days of exploring all the treasures this city and province have to offer!

The tomb of Ilaria del Carretto lies within the duomo which was sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia and the painting titled Madonna and Child with Saints Peter, Clement, Paul and Sebastian by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Gaze upon the beautifully sculpted wooden crucifix called the ‘Volto Santo’ which is housed within an orthogonally shaped marble chapel within the duomo.     Read More

If you’re in Florence on vacation and love to visit attractions with an element of weirdness then be sure to visit La Specola, a fascinating zoology and natural history museum beside Pitti Palace.

This houses many fossils, stuffed animals and wax replicas of human anatomy; a lot of which was originally sponsored and collected by the Medici family.

Choose from a range of villa rentals in Florence and the surrounding area where you can relax and soak up the scenery after a few days of culture in the city.

Tour around 34 intriguing display rooms in La Specola. 24 of which are related to zoology and ten to wax displays of human anatomy.     Read More