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No detour from Modena is more essential for car enthusiasts than the short run down to Maranello, the small town where Enzo Ferrari built his company and where it remains headquartered to this day.
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Modena rarely appears on a first-time visitor’s Italy itinerary, and that’s precisely what makes it such a rewarding detour for anyone who actually makes the trip.
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Lucca rewards a longer stay, as our full guide to Lucca’s history and landmarks makes clear, but a single well-planned day is enough to leave with a genuine feel for…
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Livorno rarely gets the postcard treatment other Tuscan coastal towns receive, and that’s mostly because it never tried to be one.
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Viareggio sits at the northern end of the Tuscan coast, and it plays a genuinely different role than the harbor towns further south.
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Porto Santo Stefano is the livelier of the two harbor towns on Monte Argentario, the rugged, once-island promontory that anchors the southern end of the Tuscan coast, and it wears that reputation well.
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For most visitors arriving from the mainland, whether by ferry from Piombino or by boat from a marina like Scarlino, Portoferraio is the first proper look at Elba, and it makes a strong first impression.
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Of all the marinas strung along the Tuscan coast, Marina di Scarlino tends to get mentioned as a practical waypoint rather than a destination in its own right, a useful stop on the way to somewhere else. That reputation undersells it.
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Most visitors build a Tuscany itinerary entirely inland, moving between Florence, the Chianti hills, and a handful of walled medieval towns without ever glancing toward the coast.
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Ask most travelers to name Italy’s food capital and they’ll usually reach for Tuscany or Campania, picturing a plate of pasta somewhere with a view.