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Within the last twenty years the Chinese population of Prato has greatly increased to reach estimates of up to 20 thousand residents, although unofficial estimates are much higher. In 1988 there were 31 Chinese residents in Prato, 20 years later things have changed dramatically. This is the largest Chinese community in Italy. The Prato Chinatown [...]
Florence offers many Japanese restaurants in its city center, but there is one restaurant that sits on the outskirts of Florence, more precisely at Osmannoro, where you will also find Ikea, the factory store of Cavalli and much more. Tomo Sushi is along via Pratese that connects Florence to Prato. A wonderful magnolia tree salutes [...]
Cinestrata is a very old Tuscan recipe. The tradition reports its origins back during the Renaissance period. This recipe is actually most typical of the Chianti region, and is has been almost completely forgotten even by Tuscan people, which over time have neglected this quite particular but excellent soup. During the Renaissance it was used [...]
“Underwater in Tuscany” is a scuba diving contest that will bring you to the discovery of the fantastic sea bottom in front of the Tuscan coast. The uncontaminated waters of Tuscany each year gain the highest recognitions from Italian national environmentalist associations. There are few other places with such clear and pure waters where thousands [...]
Tuscany apartments Il Vigno rises among the uncontaminated hills of Tuscany. This organic farm includes 4 lovely and fully furnished apartments that can accommodate two, four or six people at a pinch. They all get their names from local plants that grow in the wild and are typical of these lands. Like the apartment Ulivo, [...]
Great news for those that wish to travel in winter to Tuscany to ski and enjoy the wonderful Tuscany mountains in the Pistoia province. There is a touristic agency that offers great discounts on transportation and monetary incentives on mountain lifts for groups of people that are of at least 15 people. More info here. [...]
Unusual. This is probably the mildest adjective you may think of. Crazy but brilliant surely follow the train of thoughts of anyone that for the first time hears about and sees the Ponte Vecchio Challenge. It’s been ten years now that every year in December from the 18th to the 20th golfers from all over [...]
A very unusual way of discovering Tuscany, a new experience to rediscover an ancient relationship between man and nature. This and more is the Donkey Trekking program that Gli Amici dell’Asino have developed in Tuscany dedicated to adults and children in particular. This association was born near the city of Arezzo on the Casentino mountains [...]
With Ashes Wednesday Carnival is over and Lent starts, the forty-day period that precedes Easter Sunday five weeks from tomorrow. There is a very Florentine biscuit that is prepared only during this period of the year, the Biscotti Quaresimali, or Lenten Biscuits. They are without doubt one of the most typical sweets in Florence during [...]
The flags of Palio of Siena are the protagonist of the La Città del Si, City of Yes, to celebrate the seven hundred years of Costituto Senese. The exhibit was inaugurated on September 26th 2009 at the Santa Maria della Scala in Siena with the title “The Dream of the Middle Ages”. To create the [...]
