An unusual Sunday walking through the history of human atrocities. We visited the Torture Museum in Lucca. At the entrance we met the executioner who creates a very particular atmosphere. In this Museum we...
Sumer is going to end and in these evenings to walk in Lucca is such a pleasure for mind and soul. Thanks to our friends Marcella and Pierluigi because they made us discover a...
In these so hot days there’ nothing better than a trip up to the mountain! In the region of Lucca (between Bagni di Lucca and Piteglio) there’s a village they say it’s the most...
Pisa June 16th 2017: Luminara, the beautiful event, takes place along the Arno river. It is on the day that celebrates the Saint of Pisa. About 110.000 small candles will light 133 buildings and...
The Carthusian Monastery of Calci (Certosa of Calci) is a beautiful place near Pisa (in Calci district) in a level ground area called Valgraziosa, just in front of Monti Pisani. The present aspect...
During my trip to Grarfagnana I visited the suspension bridge in Vagli, on the same lake. It was inaugurated in June 16th 2016. It’s a bridge holded by steel ropes over the lake. And it’s...
Autumn… time for chestnuts! In Tuscany there are so many woods where you can pick up chestnuts. They can be cooked in boiled water, can be roasted or can be added to other food....
Here we have another typical tuscan dish: it as a poor dish people used to eat very often. Today it is very appreciated and it can be prepared very quickly. Put garlic in oil...
Not far from Lucca, near Borgo a Mozzano, on Serchio river there’ s the bridge of Maddalena, a fascinating bridge with a particular structure like the back of a donkey. The central part of...
