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Toscana
Tuscany
A perfect
land, and certainly the most privileged. Every town and city has spendid
monuments of art, but Florence
stands head and shoulders above all. The visitor has the whole of Italian
art at his fingertips from the 13th to the 16th centuries in Florence,
Siena, Pistoia, Lucca and Pisa. Artists include Cimabue, Giotto, Piero
della Francesca, Simone Martini, Leonardo and Michelangelo. Literature
boasts Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Mountain resorts in summer and winter
are Abetone, Vallombrosa and the towns on Monte Amiata. Seaside resorts
include Forte dei Marmi, Marina di Pietrasanta, Viareggio, Castiglioncello,
Punta Ala, the Argentario with Porto Santo Stefano, the Isle of Elba,
the Isle of Giglio, and Giannutri. The most importants spas are at Montecatini
and Chianciano. The folk festivals are the Siena Palio, the Jousting tournament
(Giostra del Saracino) at Arezzo and the Gioco del Ponte in Pisa. For
handicrafts: ceramics, wrought iron, leather goods, and raffia work. The
typical dishes include the T-bone steak (alla Fiorentina), while Chianti
and Elbani wines are known the world over.
Tuscany
(Toscana) is a region located in the centre of Italy. The territory of
this region is mostly characterized by hills and it confines with two
seas, the Ligurian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea. The region of Tuscany is 22.997
Km² long, there are 3.516.000 inhabitants with a living density of
153 per. per Km².
The province capital cities are: Arezzo , Carrara , Grosseto , Livorno
, Lucca , Massa , Pisa , Pistoia , Prato , Siena. Other towns in Tuscany
are: Viareggio , Scandicci , Sesto Fiorentino , Empoli , Capannori , Cascina
, Campi Bisenzio , Piombino , Rosignano Marittimo , San Giuliano Terme
, Camaiore , Poggibonsi , Cecina , San Miniato , Pontedera and Bagno a
Ripoli.
There are also many islands in the territory of Tuscany the largest being
the Elba island, which is an important tourist resort. The capital city
of the region is Florence,
famous for its history and artistic beauties which attract visitors from
all over the world.
Tourism
in Tuscany:
The territory of Tuscany is various, going from the sea to hills and mountains,
offering many possibilities to those tourists who visit its artistic cities,
islands and beaches. Tuscany's main tourist resorts offer Hotels of every
category (from one-two-stars to five stars) which provide a great hospitality
for every need; the farm holiday resorts are the main income of this region,
they are located throughout the whole territory and are situated along
the Maremma coast and on the hills - the ones in the Siena, Chianti and
Florence areas being the most famous.
The assortment of this region's hospitality is completed by beautiful
residential homes and tourist villages right for both families' and youngster's
holidays. The main tourist resorts located on the coast of Tuscany and
on its islands are: Capraia, Castiglione della Pescaia, Capalbio, Cecina,
Follonica, Forte dei Marmi, Giannutri, Gorgona, Montecristo, Pianosa,
Il Giglio, Isola d'Elba, Lido di Camaiore, Marina di Massa, Marina di
Pietrasanta, Marina di Grosseto, Orbetello, Piombino, Viareggio. The Tuscany
region confines with the following regions: Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Marche,
l'Umbria and Lazio. The provinces of Tuscany are: Arezzo -
Firenze - Grosseto - Livorno - Lucca - Massa - Pisa - Pistoia - Prato
- Siena.
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