Regione
Toscana
Cypress-lined roads, hilltop wine towns, and golden light over the Val d'Orcia.
Toscana is the shorthand for the Italian countryside — cypress-lined roads, hilltop towns, and the golden light Renaissance painters spent their lives chasing. It's also one of the world's great wine regions, from Chianti Classico to Brunello di Montalcino and the Super Tuscan coast around Bolgheri. Townlet Italia curates the family wineries and agriturismi that welcome visitors without a tour bus, the artisan leather workshops in Florence's Oltrarno, the sagre of the Val d'Orcia and Chianti hills, and the truffle hunts in San Miniato. If you're looking for things to do in Tuscany beyond the Duomo and the Uffizi — a pasta class in a Chianti farmhouse, a Vespa tour through the vines, a village porcini festival in autumn — Townlet Italia curates authentic local places and experiences. Business owners can claim their listing and keep the information updated. Slow, seasonal, and away from the crowds.
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Places to discover
Pasqualetti Viticoltori
A small family winery in Peccioli, in the Pisan hills, offering vineyard walks, a cellar visit and a tasting of three wines with bread and their own extra virgin olive oil.
Peccioli
Barone Ricasoli – Castello di Brolio
Historic Tuscan wine estate around Castello di Brolio with castle grounds, vineyards and Chianti Classico tastings.
Gaiole in Chianti
Antinori nel Chianti Classico
Striking contemporary winery built into a Tuscan hillside with production tours, barrel cellars, restaurant and wine shop.
San Casciano in Val di Pesa
Castello Banfi
Large medieval wine estate outside Montalcino producing Brunello, with wine shop, glass museum and estate restaurants.
Montalcino
Cordon Bleu School of Culinary Art
Firenze
Grandma's Cooking Class
Firenze
Boboli Gardens
The vast Medici garden behind Palazzo Pitti, a blueprint for formal gardens across Europe.
Firenze
Carrara Marble Quarries
The white marble basins above Carrara, worked continuously since Roman times and quarried by Michelangelo.
Carrara
Pitti Palace
The Medici grand-ducal residence across the Arno, holding five museums under one roof.
Firenze
Brunello di Montalcino Wine Country
Tuscan wine region famous for Brunello.
Montalcino
Orbetello Lagoon WWF Oasis
A shallow coastal lagoon on the Tuscan Maremma, one of Italy's most important bird sanctuaries.
Orbetello