Author: Lourdes Flores

An American living in Florence for over 10 years, Lourdes continues to explore and discover new places in Tuscany with the eyes of a tourist but with the experience of living in Italy. She shares her experiences on this blog and website, particularly offering lots of travel planning help on the Forum!

Enjoy living a day back in Medieval times

August 17, 2008

This Sunday August 17 and next Sunday August 24 in Volterra enjoy a recreation of a medieval town with craftsmen, musicians, jugglers, and people dressed in period clothing as either common people or noblemen. This year the festival takes place inside the city walls in the park by the fort that affords more space than…

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Fiorentina wins over Slavia Prague, 2-0

August 13, 2008

Last night we joined over 35,000 Fiorentina fans at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence to cheer the Viola team as they battled the Slavia Prague in the first leg of the Champion’s League qualifier. It was a good match, Fiorentina dominated the field throughout the entire game and won the match 2-0 which places…

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Monte Forato – a hole in the mountain

July 27, 2008

Today we got up early to head off into the Apuan Alps and do some hiking up to Monte Forato, an extraordinary natural arch formed at the top of a mountain that makes it seem like a hole was made at its peak. On clear days, the hole in the mountain can be seen from…

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Photographs at Forte Belvedere

July 23, 2008

The pop visionary David La Chapelle opened his photographic exhibit last week at the Forte Belvedere and the evening was unfortunately marked by a tragic event: Veronica Locatelli, 37 years old, suffered a fatal 8 meter fall from one of the bastions of the fortress. A tragic incident for which we wish to express condolences…

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A day in Medieval village in the Tuscan mountains

July 17, 2008

For anyone now in Tuscany interested in living for a day back in the Middle Ages, the small mountain village of Cutigliano in the province of Pistoia will be staging a Medieval festival this weekend, July 19 and 20. The festival will offer daily scenes of Medieval life in the small narrow streets with shops…

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Discover Tuscany has a blog!

July 13, 2008

Welcome to our Discover Tuscany blog! We’ve decided to use this blog to post our outings and share interesting news about Tuscany and Florence with our readers and anyone particularly interested in Tuscany because of an upcoming visit. We hope you’ll find what we post here useful. Please feel free to contribute with your comments…

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