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Your Holiday In Tuscany



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region on the West coast        rural area it is recommended that 
of Italy, Tuscany is a          you utilise “agritourism” as your 
fantastic destination for a     accommodation. This is a nice     
truly unique vacation. Lying on       change from standard hotels as it 
the Tyrrhenian Sea Tuscany            involves staying on a farm or     
benefits from great beaches on        vineyard in a spare room,         
one side and yet is also              apartment or additional housing   
surrounded my magnificent             area which is rented out by       
countryside on the other. Major       farmers to supplement their       
towns and cities in the area          income. Many of these are well    
include Pisa, the location of the     established and offer the         
famous leaning tower and              additional facilities a hotel may 
Florence, two of Italy’s most         have, such as a swimming pool. If 
visited places.                       you are staying within the main   
                                      accommodation with the family,    
Tuscany is divided into regions,      your meals may well be included   
one of which is called the            and you can be sure of a          
Chianti Classico. For those of        fantastic home cooked Italian     
you who enjoy a glass of wine you     feast every day of your stay.     
may recognise the word Chianti as     Should you be in self-contained   
it is one of Italy’s finest           accommodation you will find that  
exports. For this reason, the         facilities to make your own meals 
area is dense with vineyards,         will be available.                
surrounded by small towns,                                              
castles and villas and makes a        Tuscany covers an area of 22,990  
lovely change from the hustle and     square kilometres, making it the  
bustle found in many of Italy’s       fifth largest region in Italy.    
other regions and large cities.       Included in this are the group of 
                                      islands called the Tuscan         
To really get a feel for the          Archipelago, the largest of which 



is called Elba. This is another       paintings, many of which are      
much visited destination in the       displayed in the many museums in  
region due to its natural beauty      the area, the most famous of      
and its artistic history, in          which is the Uffizi in Florence.  
common with much of Tuscany.          Other mediums to have benefited   
                                      from the Renaissance include      
Tuscany boasts an impressive          sculpture and architecture. Many  
artistic history, as it is            examples of these, particularly   
credited with being the               the architecture, can be stumbled 
birthplace of the Italian             upon in the streets, even in the  
Renaissance movement. This            small and remote villages which   
manifests itself in the               remain largely unexplored by      
traditional form of art, such as      tourists.                         




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