Bagno Vignoni: A Square of Hot Water Nobody Swims In
Bagno Vignoni Tuscany: a square built around a hot pool, mills that ground all summer, and the rules on bathing. Read before you visit.
Meet the Farro Growers of the Garfagnana: Italy’s First Protected Grain
Farro della Garfagnana became Italy’s first protected cereal in 1996. Meet the 50+ mountain growers behind it and learn how to cook it at home.
Meet Birrificio La Petrognola: The Brewery That Brews with Farro
La Petrognola brewery in the Garfagnana makes beer with local farro and chestnuts. Meet founder Roberto Giannarelli and plan a visit.
Meet the Fishermen of Orbetello: Bottarga Makers of a Fragile Lagoon
Orbetello bottarga, eel, and Spanish-era lagoon recipes: meet the fishermen’s cooperative founded in 1946, and learn where to taste their catch.
Saturnia: Free Water, Paid Parking and a Roman Gate
Saturnia Tuscany, honestly: free bathing at the Cascate del Mulino, the paid car park, the Roman gate and the myth. Check the rules before you go.
Grosseto: A Medici Hexagon on a Reclaimed Plain
Grosseto, Tuscany: Medici walls you can walk, Etruscan Roselle, and a 1943 story told truthfully. Plan your visit to the Maremma’s capital.
Borgo a Mozzano and Coreglia: The Devil’s Bridge and the Figurine Makers
Borgo a Mozzano Tuscany: the Devil’s Bridge, Gothic Line bunkers, a huge free Halloween party, and Coreglia’s plaster-figurine emigrants. Visit.
Fabbriche di Vergemoli and Gallicano: A Cave That Breathes, a Cliff Hermitage
Grotta del Vento Tuscany: a show cave with three guided routes, plus the Calomini hermitage built into a cliff. Tips to plan your visit.
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana: The Capital a Poet Couldn’t Govern
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana Tuscany: the fortress where Ariosto fought bandits, a September fair held since 1430, and the valley’s best base.
Foiano della Chiana: 487 Years of Giant Puppets and Garlic
Foiano della Chiana hosts Italy’s oldest documented Carnival since 1539, and hides one of Tuscany’s greatest concentrations of Della Robbia terracottas.