Category: Destinations
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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.
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If Florence is Tuscany’s Renaissance showcase, Siena is its medieval one, and the two cities have spent the better part of eight centuries defining themselves in opposition to each other.
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Of all the towns that get lumped together under the broad label of “day trip from Florence,” Lucca is the one that most deserves an overnight instead.
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Ask most travelers what they know about Pisa and you’ll get the same answer, almost word for word: it’s the place with the leaning tower, the one everyone photographs pretending…
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Most people planning a trip to Tuscany start with a single image in mind: a cypress-lined road, a glass of red wine, a stone farmhouse on a hill somewhere between Florence and Siena. That image isn’t wrong, but it’s incomplete.
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Sicily’s coastline runs for over 1,000 kilometres, and almost none of it looks the same twice.
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June 2026 · Charlotte Hill Why Taormina is the most compelling town in Sicily – and why the most discerning travellers, wine lovers, yacht crews, and property investors keep coming back.
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June 2026 · Charlotte Hill From Taormina’s Greek theatre and the temples of Agrigento to the street markets of Palermo and the volcanic vineyards of Etna – why Sicily is…