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Tuscany

There is a lot to see and do in Tuscany and visitors to the region come for many reasons and return year after year.

Visitors arrive on mass to gaze in awe and climb to the top of world famous LEANING TOWER OF PISA just 25 minutes away from Vicopisano.

Art and history lovers flock to see the renaissance buildings and galleries of FLORENCE, just 45 minutes away from Casa Colomba and easily reached by a local train.

Many come to see the Piazza del Campo of SIENA, the rolling hills of CHIANTI and Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace all of which make an ideal excursion from Vicopisano.

Opera and music lovers head for Puccini’s beautiful walled city of Lucca for its annual open air opera concerts and popular music festival. Lucca is just a 40 minute drive away from Vicopisano.

Gourmets and wine buffs descend on Tuscany to dine al fresco and enjoy the simple yet wonderful cuisine and wine.

Culture vultures delight in the local traditions and medieval pageantry. Walkers enjoy the mountain paths, cyclists the rolling hills, and beach lovers head for the coast and islands, all of which are easily attainable and accessible from Vicopisano and Casa Colomba.

There is something for everyone in Tuscany, Golf courses, Paragliding, thermal spas, open air music festivals, Opera concerts and even a theme park devoted to the most famous Tuscan of all, Pinocchio!