Vast fields of sunflowers, sprawling pine trees and slim cypresses, as well as vineyards as far as the eye can see – these are typical memories of Tuscany for all those who have been there. By ...

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Tuscany: A Place That Stays with You Few places in the world capture the imagination quite like Tuscany. Rolling hills striped with vineyards and cypress trees, medieval towns perched on ...

Thermal basin at Bagno Vignoni, Val d'Orcia Park of Art, Nature and Culture (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2004). Tuscany, Italy. Outside of glamorous wine regions like France’s Bordeaux and ...

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Three weekend departures bring slow travel romance to Italy's iconic cypress-lined hills.

When Luca Dalco visited Tuscany in the summer as a child, he found himself utterly terrified. Whisked away from the bustling city of Rome once a year, the ominously silent Tuscan hills filled him with ...

Some movies can get away with just being a scenery sandwich, a few fat slabs of gorgeous vistas with a sliver of plot slipped in between. Made in Italy is that kind of movie. Liam Neeson plays Robert, ...

From a barren wilderness, the valley was transformed by Origo and her husband into a thriving farm, crowned by one of Italy’s loveliest landscaped gardens, where now, some 80 years later, Origo’s ...

Couples are flocking to Tuscany for a dream wedding — followed, naturally, by a bucolic honeymoon in the magical landscapes. According to recent research from jewelry firm Mark Broumand, Italy ...