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Bike & fun in Tuscany: what are you waiting for?
Looking fora special, unforgettable vacation? Crazy for cycling vacations? Go for one in Tuscany! Itâs easy to rent a bike here in Montecatini Alto, and then explore bike-routes beyond your expectations.
Beautiful landscapes, art & culture, nature and perfect weather: from Pinocchio to Leonardo da Vinci, a journey of senses.
What are you waiting for?!
Bent u opzoek naar een bijzondere,âŠ
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La Campagna dentro Le Mura: incredible private gardens open to public!
La Campagna dentro Le Mura: incredible private gardens open to public!
Sunday 26th April and Sunday 3rd May 2015 â The eight edition of âScents of gardens within thick wallsâ will take place very close to La Torre, Montecatini Alto.
This will happen in Buggiano, the hill located right next door to Montecatini Altoâs Hill: a lovely old medieval village, where once a year private owners of incredible secret gardens allow visitors to admire them, litterally insideâŠ
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Easter Special - Speciale Pasqua 2015
Special #Easter at La Torre Apartment: book two nights with us and youâll get #onenightfree : contact us before 29 March and take advantage of this #Easter surprise!
Speciale #Pasqua a La Torre: prenota due notti con noi e ti regaliamo #laterzanottefree: contattaci entro il 29 Marzo e prendi al volo questa occasione, la nostra sorpresa nel tuo #UovodiPasqua!
#Tuscany #Toscana #Easter #presentâŠ
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Vie Cave: another mistery in Tuscany
Where are we? South of Tuscany, Grosseto county. Weâre close to Sorano.
What could we see, then? âVie Caveâ, a net of old narrow roads digged into high stone walls dating back to over 1000 years before Christ.
Where could we walk, then? Go to Sovana necropolis and walk along the Via Cava âcavoneâ, over 1 mile of suggestions, fears and emotions; or go to Sopraripa and walk down the San SebastianâŠ
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Paradise, Limbo and Hell: here's the Grotto SPA in Tuscany
Paradise, Limbo and Hell: hereâs the Grotto SPA in Tuscany
 âThe Eighth Wonder of the Worldâ â Giuseppe VerdiÂ
Starting from the entrance through to the deepest part of the Grotta, three different zones are crossed, each one increasing in heat, which tradition has named Paradise, Purgatory and Hell. Limbo has a picturesque lake, the waters of which maintain a constant temperature, both in winter and summer, of 36°C. Even the temperature of the airâŠ
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Flowered garden of the greatest Villas of Lucchesia: an itinerant scenery for this annual happening, taking place on the hills over Lucca (Capannori), between Pieve and Colle di Compito, where over 750 species of Camellia, the colorful flower, take the stage of Tuscany, and tell us a long story.
âBorgo delle Camelieâ (i,e The Village of Camellias) is the name given to the itinerary between the two small villages of Pieve and SantâAndrea di Compito, developed hundreds of year ago around a âCompitoâ, that is the old solitary little church that used to be built for remote communities to go on well with their religion, during the Medieval age.
During the weekends of March, 14 â 15 / 21 â 22 and 28 â 29, it is possible to visit the secret gardens of Villa Borrrini, Villa Giovannetti, Villa Orsi and Villa Torregrossa, where small and precious concerts will also take place, or curious little events like âDine with Camelliasâ, with most of the traditional (and delicious) recipees of Lucca region, from Garfagnanan to Montecarlo, that is from doc beans to special olive oil.
CAPANNORI is just 3 highway exit from our apartment, that is Capannori is even closer than Lucca, and we would be happy to organize guided walks through the exibition, using specialized guides, natur-life oriented and gardening âstarsâ.
TAKE A BREAK _ VISIT US ON A MARCH WEEKEND _ @askus (send us an email to [email protected] or call +39 393 4813231, for an immediate response _ or check us online on booking.com or AirB&B)
There is indeed a dedicated website, unfortunately all in Italian  www.camelielucchesia.it : spend some time to check the incredible colours of camellia!
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where camellias are grown up
Compito
Road through Camellias
MARCH 2015 - Camellia, the queen of flowers in Lucca! Flowered garden of the greatest Villas of Lucchesia: an itinerant scenery for this annual happening, taking place on the hills over Lucca (Capannori), between Pieve and Colle di Compito, where over 750 species of Camellia, the colorful flower, take the stage of Tuscany, and tell us a long story.
Since July 2014, every first Sunday of any month in Tuscany all the most relevant museums are open, and many people chose to take advantage of this opportunity spending a couple of days in our region.
For the next date, March 1st, weâve chosen AREZZO, and his master Piero della Francesca
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Piero della Francesca has many links to Arezzo and the surrounding area. SANSEPOLCRO Piero della Francesca was born in Sansepolcro around 1412. The Museo Civico houses four works by the artist. The Polyptych of the Misericordia, was commissioned from Piero by the Sansepolcro Compagnia in 1445. The central panel of the painting shows the Madonna of Mercy, protecting and sheltering the faithful beneath her mantle.
The Resurrection is a large fresco painted by Piero della Francesca on the central wall of the Council Chamber. This work, which is considered to be among the most representative of the artist, reflects the human and spiritual rebirth of Christ. Strong and solemn, the figure of the Saviour dominates the scene. In the background the artist has chosen to represent the dawn, the beginning of a new day, to represent the dawn of life.
The fresco portraying St. Julian was discovered in 1954 in the old church of SantâAgostino, later dedicated to Santa Chiara. The saint, portrayed with a youthful appearance, is wrapped in an elegant red cloak which stands out against the background of antique green imitation marble.
The detached fresco showing St. Louis, originating from the Palazzo Pretorio, shows the saint dressed in a Franciscan habit with a richly decorated bishopâs cope; in the background is a fake niche of precious red and green marble.
AREZZO The Bacci chapel in the Basilica of San Francesco houses the fresco cycle of the Legend of the True Cross, the masterpiece which the artist painted for the Franciscan church between around 1452 and 1466. The subject of the cycle is taken from the Legenda Aurea written by Jacopo da Varazze in the thirteenth century.
In the Cathedral of Arezzo, at the top of the north aisle, is the fresco showing St. Mary Magdalene. The light enhances the colours, the white and red of the mantle, the green of the dress and the rosy cheeks. Mary Magdalene, one of the artistâs most beautiful figures, is striking for her facial expressiveness and the penetration of her lowered gaze.
The Basilica of San Francesco (Bacci Chapel) is one of the free admittance spot next Sunday 1st March (www.pierodellafrancesca.it)
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Every first Sunday of any month, in any city. In Tuscany. Since July 2014, every first Sunday of any month in Tuscany all the most relevant museums are open, and many people chose to take advantage of this opportunity spending a couple of days in our region.
Francigena Melody Road 2015 - Sondtrack for a walk.
If you are planning to come to La Torre, there is a melodic reason more to come within Easter: the Francigena Melody Road festival, to be held in all the pilgrimage stations of your walk in the Region.
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The Via Francigena is much more than a pilgrimsâ road: itâs a big project of cultural tourism . In 2015, in fact, Tuscany chooses musicas a universal language that binds and unitesâŠ
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One of the easiest ways to recognize ancients tracks of Via Francigena, even if not the main ones, is to find out the most popular themes along that road. That was a long, a very long journey from North Europe, even from overseas, from places like Canterbury or further, ending in Rome. But talking about long journeys to an average man of those days, right on the 1000th year after Christ, meant to talk by examples: what would be the clearest example of the first pilgrimage ever told in the story of Salvation? That was the story of The Three Wise Man (I Re Magi), so whenever that story was represented either in a sculpture, or in a paintings, or in any other form of art, pilgrimage was the issue there.
PISTOIA, very close to La Torre apartment (less than 15 minutes drive) has got one of the greatest example of Medieval sculpture of The Three Wise Man, and the church of SantâAndrea della Fratte is then told to have been on the road to Francigena, once.
The sculptor, GRUAMONTE, has left three greatest examples of his fine art, one of these is the Three Wise Men we mentioned above, another one is The Last Supper in San Giovanni Forcivitas, and then The Twelve, in San Bartolomeo in Pantano.
Find out the magic of a story told over 1000 years ago.
Find out the magic of Tuscany: stay with us in @LaTorre, and weâll get you there!
email to: [email protected] ph +39 393 4813231
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The Three Wise Men â Gruamonte
The Last Supper â Gruamonte
The Twelve â Gruamonte
the first pilgrimage
The Three Wise Men, where there used to be a long journey One of the easiest ways to recognize ancients tracks of Via Francigena, even if not the main ones, is to find out the most popular themes along that road.
Valentine's day: come & dine @ La Torre with your Valentine
It may be old-fashioned.
It may be not in fashion anymore.
It may sound strange.
But taking care of oneâs Valentine in Valentineâs day is just something we all should do: too many times we just wait for the other to take care of us. Isnât it better to start first?
@La Torre we would like to help you taking care of your beloved one: book with us a  minimum two â nights stay in Valentineâs day andâŠ
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Few men have have equaled Modigliani as the embodiment of the romantic myth of the artist as a transgressive genius. âModĂŹâ: accursed and licentious, the handsome dandy with so many lovers, the misunderstood genius who sought solace in wine and absinthe and lived a brief but intense, drammatic, and memorable life.
On display in the atmospheric rooms of Palazzo Blu in Pisa, a large number of carefully selected works â from the Centre Pompidou and the MusĂ©e de lâOrangerie in Paris, together with superb masterpieces from the most important private collections â will recreate the cultural climate in which Modiglianiâs extraordinary artistic adventure unfolded: from his formative years in Livorno to his move to Paris in 1906, in a constant and restless quest for novelty.
It was in the Paris of avant-garde culture and the fauves, among friends such as Chagall, Jacob, Braque, and Jean Cocteau and heavily influenced by Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, and CĂ©zanne, that the licentious artist and tombeur de femmes developed his mature poetics.
In addition to ModĂŹâs works, the exhibition will also display great masterpieces by artists who were his contemporaries and fellow adventurers in Montparnesse, including Soutine, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Fernand LĂ©ger, as well as Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon, AndrĂ© Derain, Dufy, Juan Gris, and Gino Severini. Completing the exhibition are a selection of sculptures by Modigliani and other great sculptors of his time, like the famous Constantin Brancusi, as well as an exceptional series of photographs taken by Brancusi himself.
The exhibition is curated by Jean Michel Bouhours, a prominent Modigliani scholar and curator of the department of modern collections at the Centre Pompidou.
Come to LA TORRE Apartment and enjoy this exhibition, too! Hurry up and check out the exhibition official website:Â http://www.modiglianipisa.it/mostra-modigliani-english-version.html
EMAIL : [email protected] PH: +39 393 4813231
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Modigliani & ses Amis
Modigliani & Ses Amis
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âModĂŹâ & Ses Amis â An incredible exhibition in Pisa Few men have have equaled Modigliani as the embodiment of the romantic myth of the artist as a transgressive genius.
4th February, Arbor Day, when trees have their own New Year's Eve.
4th February, Arbor Day, when trees have their own New Yearâs Eve.
Happy Arbor Day, 4th February to all our Jewish friends, celebrating the TuâB Shevat. This is the 15th day of the Shevat month, a day to celebrate the âNew Year of Treesâ, their growth and their fruits. This is a Happy day for them, and it is forbidden to be sad or to mourne.
Many Jewish communities in the UK observe Tu BâShevat by eating fruit or planting trees. The Torah praises seven âfruitsâ,âŠ
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Snow Alert - Amusement Signal
All the webcams in Abetone, centenary mountains between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna, triumphantly show off the snow, falling down on the roads, the slopes, the villages.
They call it SNOW ALERT up there.
We call it AMUSEMENG SIGN down here: âput the skis on the car, call for our friends, start the engine, weâre off to ski tomorrow morning!â
It is said here in Pistoia that if you learn skiing inâŠ
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February in Tuscany: Carnival in Viareggio!
Viareggio, the Carnival capital, reached the milestone of 142 years of its manifestation, and it does it in style with five extraordinary Masked Courses on the Sea Avenues. In February, the city becomes the factory of fun, featuring marvellous parades of giant papier-night parties, fireworks, masked balls, theater, culinary events and big events.
Three cannon shoots are the unmistakable signal ofâŠ
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Few are the chances to see the marvellous pavements of The Dome of Siena without their protective glasses: once every year they are shown in all their beauty, but 2015 will let the world see them twice.
Celebrating EXPO 2015, taking place in Italy, Milan, from May to October 2015, The Pavements will be open to public during the whole month of July, and then again between 18th of August and 27th October
21st June 2015 â The Solstice of Summer: âLux in Nocte 2015âČ, a night when all the Dome opera will be open and visible when everything is dark outside. A magical night one canât miss.
Come to TOWER â La Torre next Summer, youâll be in Siena in less than one hour. Youâll be in the gentle arms of our millenary culture, as soon as you get here.
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âMoses and the water from the rockâ
The dome
Romanic & Gothic
Green and White, signature of Tuscany
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Divine Beauty _ The Dome of Siena shows its magnificence during EXPO 2015 Few are the chances to see the marvellous pavements of The Dome of Siena without their protective glasses: once every year they are shown in all their beauty, but 2015 will let the world see them twice.
While in Tuscany, donât miss the chance to view four exciting places that Unesco has declared Heritage for Humanity sites. The city of the Palio, Siena is famous for its historical center, which Unesco declared an extraordinary medieval center in 1995. The city is an inventive masterpiece and its buildings were designed as part of a masterful urban plan that is in perfect harmony with its surrounding cultural landscape.
Another must-see site is Piazza Il Pienza in Pienza. This ideal city commissioned by Pius II, was added to the Unesco hall of fame in 1996. It is considered a universal city that reflects Humanistic principles in its urban plan, representing the concept of the ideal city. Pienza played a fundamental role in successively influencing urban development in Italy.San Gimignano is known as the âCity of the 100 Towersâ and itâs a true masterpiece of urban art. Part of the Unesco family since 1990, it represents a prime example of creative genius and civic culture. This charming town reflects the technical, architectural and landscape-linked values of one of humanityâs most significant cultural epochs.
Val dâOrcia is an example of universal, rural values. In 2004, the Committee decided to add the entire Val dâOrcia area to its list of World Heritage Sites, as it reflects how natural landscape was redesigned during the Renaissance to showcase the ideals of good government and upholdwell-developed esthetic principles. Landscape paintings of the Val dâOrcia area were popular in the Renaissance and they profoundly influenced the genre in Tuscany throughout the centuries that followed. These four cardinal points of interest are nestled in pristine landscape. While in the area, make sure to appreciate the lush Amiata forests, the lovely Val di Merse, the elegance of the Chianti territory, the harmony of the Val di Chiana, the power of the Crete and the magic of the Val dâElsa.
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Siena Piazza del Campo
Palio di Siena
San Gimignano
Val dâOrcia
Val dâOrcia
UNESCO World Heritage in SIENA While in Tuscany, donât miss the chance to view four exciting places that Unesco has declaredâŠ
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