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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Tuscany - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
It's well worth your while to go out of your way to visit this 12th-century Romanesque abbey, as it's a gem of pale stone in the silvery green...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesIf you have time for only one castle in Tuscany, this is it. At the end of the 12th century, when Florence conquered southern Chianti, Brolio...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesSiena's cathedral is beyond question one of the finest Gothic churches in Italy. The multicolor marbles and painted decoration are typical of...Read More
Legend holds that Galileo conducted an experiment on the nature of gravity by dropping metal balls from the top of the 187-foot-high Leaning...Read More
Designed by Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, and considered his masterpiece, this church sits on the hillside below the town walls and is a model...Read More
This lovely Gothic baptistery, which stands across from the Duomo's facade, is best known for the pulpit carved by Nicola Pisano (circa 1220...Read More
The blind arches on the cathedral's facade are a fine example of the rigorously ordered Pisan Romanesque style, in this case happily enlivened...Read More
Behind the textbook 13th-century Pisan–Romanesque facade is proof that Volterra counted for something during the Renaissance, when many important...Read More
Pisa's cathedral brilliantly utilizes the horizontal marble-stripe motif (borrowed from Moorish architecture) that became common to Tuscan cathedrals...Read More
This 15th-century cathedral was built by the architect Bernardo Rossellino (1409-64) under the influence of Leon Battista Alberti. The travertine...Read More
Sovana extends from the Rocca Aldobrandesca at the eastern end of town to the imposing cathedral, built between the 10th and 14th century, in...Read More
Near the Collegiata stands this splendid town palace, named after the family to whom the Medici bestowed San Quirico in 1667. Small art exhibitions...Read More
Tuscany's first town hall was built between 1208 and 1254, with a no-nonsense facade, fortress-like crenellations, and a five-sided tower. It...Read More
In 1459 Pius II commissioned Rossellino to design the perfect palazzo for his papal court. The architect took Florence's Palazzo Rucellai by...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesAncient even by Chianti standards, this hilltop church probably dates from the 10th century, but was completely rebuilt in the Romanesque style...Read More
The most attractive Art Nouveau structure in town, Terme Tettuccio, has lovely colonnades. Here fountains set up on marble counters dispense...Read More
The highest spot in Lucca is the top of this tower, which had its first mechanical clock in 1390. It's since contained several clocks over the...Read More
Dating from the time of Frederick II (1194–1250), the Torre di Federico II was destroyed during World War II. A point of civic pride for San...Read More
The tower of the medieval Palazzo Guinigi contains one of the city's most curious sights: a grove of ilex trees has grown at the top of the...Read More
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