An atypical Moorish-style castle in Italy is strikingly beautiful. And all the more surprising is that few people know about it even among the Italians themselves. It’s hard to get into Sammezzano’s castle, but the experience will be worth all the effort. Castello di Sammezzano is located in the vicinity of the Italian town of Leccio, 30 km from Florence.
Category: Tuscany
Forte dei Marmi is a prestigious Italian resort town in the Toscana region on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea (mare Tirreno). Once it was a simple port where they shipped marble mined in the Apuan Mountains (Alpi Apuane), but in the middle of the twentieth century the town was chosen by the Italian aristocracy.
Grosseto is the central city of the province of the same name in the south of the Toscana region, bordering the Lazio region and including the rolling hills of Metallifere, pine-framed bays and the famous beaches on the Tyrrhenian Sea in Europe (Mar tirreno) . Here are several specially protected natural areas: Maremma National Park, located north of the resort of Talamone (Talamone); Biancane Lagoon Orbetello (Orbetello), etc.
If the villas of the provinces of Montalcino and Prato had to be suddenly deleted from the list of the best European wineries, today no sommelier would mention Italian wine in the map of his restaurant. The beauties of Florence impress fans of Italy, but the taste of Tuscan wine will remain in their memory forever.
An atypical Moorish-style castle in Italy is strikingly beautiful. And all the more surprising is that few people know about it even among the Italians themselves. It’s hard to get into Sammezzano’s castle, but the experience will be worth all the effort. Castello di Sammezzano is located in the vicinity of the Italian town of Leccio, 30 km from Florence.
Livorno (Livorno) - the center of the province in the Tuscany region, located on the coast of the Ligurian Sea; port and industrial center of Italy. Tourism is not the main field of activity of its residents; a business, working atmosphere reigns here. Recently, the city began to restore its sights, thoroughly destroyed by the war, and it becomes interesting to visit.
Elba is the third largest island after Sicily (Sicilia) and Sardinia (Sardegna) in Italy and the largest in the Tuscan archipelago. It belongs to the Toscana region, Livorno County, and is located 10 kilometers from the city of Piombino, separated from it by a strait of the same name.
Montecatini Terme is a city in the east of the plains of Lucca in the Toscana region of Italy, known for its resorts, medical centers, and hydropathic centers. On the map of Italy, the closest to this city are Pistoia and Lucca, a little farther towards the sea - Pisa and Viareggio, and inland - Firenze.