Bagni di Lucca: Where the Romantics Came to Heal in the River
Thermal springs on the Lima river in the Garfagnana, once frequented by Byron and Shelley: the grand spa is shuttered, but the wild pools in the woods remain free.
Jul 5, 2026131 guides · regione
Thermal springs on the Lima river in the Garfagnana, once frequented by Byron and Shelley: the grand spa is shuttered, but the wild pools in the woods remain free.
Jul 5, 2026
350 inhabitants, a single port, no sandy beaches: Capraia is Tuscany's wildest island, poised between Corsica and Elba.
Jul 5, 2026
Medieval squares, Della Robbia ceramics and a cathedral with Giovanni Pisano's pulpit — all just twenty minutes from Florence, without the crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
The frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross, Piazza Grande and the antiques market: Arezzo is the Tuscany that doesn't stand in line.
Jul 5, 2026
Four kilometres of Renaissance ramparts turned into a park, a hundred churches, and a Roman amphitheatre reborn as a piazza. Tuscany at a human pace.
Jul 5, 2026
Between Radda, Gaiole and Castelnuovo Berardenga lie gentle gravel tracks where cycling returns to silence, white dust and endless Tuscan views.
Jul 5, 2026
A medieval village submerged beneath the artificial Lago di Vagli in Garfagnana: it re-emerges at each draining, the last one awaited for decades.
Jul 5, 2026
A few kilometres from Siena, the roofless abbey of San Galgano guards a real sword thrust into the rock: Tuscan history and legend.
Jul 1, 2026
Among the Balze cliffs of the Valdarno, the Orientalist castle of Sammezzano guards the most colourful rooms in Tuscany, today closed to the public.
Jul 1, 2026