Tuscany is a one of the most famous region in Italy, which attracts millions of visitors every year. It is a hills city and surrounded by spectacular vistas. The places of interests in Tuscany are including historical cities, arts, grapes, dining places, hill city from the mid-century, beaches and beautiful villages.
Here I give in detail some famous places in Tuscany, don’t miss to go there once you are in there:
Florence, Tuscany
Florence is the capital of Tuscany and also central of Renaissance of Architecture and the place of most essential arts like Duomo and Baptistery that always loaded with many tourists. Florence also has a museum that houses many famous paintings and statues.
Siena
It is a classic city located on the hill from the mid-century era. Siena is famous for the big piazza that formed like a hand fans-shaped, Piazza del Campo. Siena is also popular for horse-racing that called Il Palio.
Leaning Pisa
One of the iconic buildings in north Tuscany is Leaning tower of Pisa that located on Pisa. Besides the leaning tower, Pisa also has some beautiful parks, House of Lord Byron and Shelley as well as enjoying the surrounded while walking beside the river.
Lucca
Lucca is walled-city. The wall is one the best walls that ever built. On the top of the wall, people can walk or cycling around.
Lucca has some well-maintained towers where we can see the panorama of the town from the top of the tower. Lucca is also the best place for dining and shopping.
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Cortona
Cortona is a town that situated on the hill. Cortona is surrounded by the Etruscan wall that has been there since 3,000 years ago. Cortona has many luxurious buildings with mid-century architectural designs.
Gimignano
It is a classic town that popular for its beautiful towers. It has 14 towers that built on the mid-century era.
Chianti, Tuscany
It is the place of vineyard that located between Florence and Siena. Chianti has a wonderful village that worth to be visited.
Other than those places, Tuscany has other places that usually visited by many tourists like Montepulciano for its vineyards, Pienza that famous for its cheese, and Montecatini that famous for the hot water and it is one of the spa cities in Italy.
Finally, we have thousands reasons why we have to visit Tuscany, you just need to plan your trip for extended time period and enjoy one of the nature rich region of Italy.