Now that Mojito and Moscow Mule are all the rage as aperitifs, there are classic cocktails that have stood the test of time and moods. ...

'A glass bottle, round and thick, without a base, with a covering of swamp weed that surrounds the body and forms its base...’: even ...

Volterra is often referred to as a ‘gem of stone’. In fact, everything is built with this material: roads, buildings and tower...

Pistoia comfits are a real delicacy even if, when you see them, they look a bit funny! They are white and have a very particular shape:...

Carrara marble is a precious material known for its beauty all over the world. Even Michelangelo fell in love with it, not only because...

David Bowie, the charismatic Thin White Duke, has surely played the stages of Tuscany on many occasions during concerts and festivals. ...

Do you know where the smallest theater in the world is? According to the Guinness World Records Book you have to go to Vetriano, a smal...

Do you know which is the symbol of Tuscany is? It is Pegasus, the mythical winged horse depicted in silver and inserted, as usually hap...

The surname Ginori is known worldwide as a synonym of style, class and elegance. Do you know where the first factory producing this com...

It is a soft fabric, with excellent thermal insulation, waterproof and wear-resistant. Is this a state-of-the-art high-tech fiber desig...

Munch's 'The Scream' is probably one of the most famous and best-known paintings in the world. It was painted in 1893 and, as the artis...

Bernardo Buontalenti is one of the most interesting figures of the Renaissance in Florence: an eclectic person, he was an architect, pa...

Along with the Florentine steak, peposo is certainly one of the best known and most delicious traditional Tuscan dishes. It is a succul...

Do you know who Burlamacco is? If you've been to the Carnival of Viareggio you've certainly seen him, otherwise I'll tell you all about...

Have you ever seen Roberts talcum powder? It’s the one in the green box with Art Nouveau decorations and red words. Those of you born...

The Toscano cigar is one of the many extraordinary things of this wonderful region. A pleasure for true connoisseurs, an ambassador of ...

A bit like the Genova people, the Lucca inhabitants are also singled out as the stingiest in Tuscany. Since my father is from Lucca, I ...

Every year the Ministry of Food and Agriculture compiles a list containing elements that must be protected and safeguarded for their cu...

There are dishes that count as established institutions in the tradition and culture of some cities. Here, in Florence, this role is pl...

Elves, real elves, live in Pistoia. More precisely, you find them on the mountains that overlook the city. Don’t believe us? We're no...

In Tuscany, children call their father babbo - not just during childhood, but for their entire life. You might have already heard this ...

That local proverbs and sayings often contain precious 'pearls of popular wisdom' is a well-known fact. But sometimes they can go even ...

Many of you will know Montepulciano for the beauty of its historic center that has earned the town the nickname 'Pearl of the 1500s'. O...

Barga is a charming village in Garfagnana in the province of Lucca. There are no doubts about its beauty: it was already praised by Gio...

Many of you will know Caravaggio’s 'Bacchus', the wonderful painting depicting the God of wine and tipsiness, made between 1596 and 1...

If I say the word 'Pisa', what springs to mind? Let me guess ... the Tower of Pisa! Well, I’ll give you that: such a beautiful and hi...

As many of you will know, especially lovers of good wine, Galletto Nero (literal black small cockerel) is the symbol of wines produced ...

Some of you might have heard about the ‘Stendhal Syndrome', but it isn’t as well known that it is also called 'Florence Syndrome'.....

That modern tennis was born in Wimbledon is a fact everyone knows; however, it isn’t as known that the term 'tennis' was used for the...

In Florence, on the dome that rises above the Cathedral, stands the largest gnomon in Europe. If you are not lovers of astronomy, the i...