Tuscany Hotels
Hotels in the Tuscany region are often needed by people who need short term accommodation in the region. Some may be on holiday some may be on a work or study visit. Some may go to see a sports, entertainment, or historical, or cultural, visit to the region. Some may want luxury or cheap hotel. Some may want hotel with great views either in a rural are or in one the great town or cities.
Tuscany (Italian: Toscana) is a region in Italy.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy. Six Tuscan localities have been UNESCO protected sites: the historical center of Florence (1982), the historical center of Siena (1995), the square of the Cathedral of Pisa (1987), the historical center of San Gimignano (1990), the historical center of Pienza (1996) and the Val d'Orcia (2004).
Tuscany is a region of Central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna to the north, Liguria to the north-west, Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, Umbria and Marche to the east, Lazio to the south-east. The territory is two thirds hilly and one fourth mountainous. The remainder is constituted of the plains that form the valley of the Arno River.
Tuscany is divided into ten provinces: Arezzo (AR), Florence (Firenze) (FI), Grosseto (GR), Province of Livorno (LI), Lucca (LU), Massa-Carrara (MS), Pisa (PI), Pistoia (PT), Prato (PO), Siena (SI)
Tuscany is known for its wines (most famous of which are Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano), and has 120 protected nature reserves. Other agricultural products include Chianina cattle (origin of the famous "Fiorentina" steak) and the production of olive oil, principally in Lucca and the surrounding hills. The industry comprises factories producing Piaggio cars, motorcycles, scooters and aeroplanes, the texile industrial district of Prato, the petrochemical plants of Leghorn and the steel factories of Piombino.
Tourism is the economic backbone of the so-called "Cities of Art" (Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Cortona, Pienza), as well as on the coast and in the isles (Elba). Marble is quarried in the Alpi Apuane (Carrara, Versilia and Massa), in Garfagnana and in Lunigiana.
In the 1400s, the rulers of Florence, the Medicis, annexed surrounding lands to create modern-day Tuscany. The War of Polish Succession in the 1730s, however, ended in the transfer of Tuscany from the Medicis to Francis, the Duke of Lorraine, who would become Holy Roman Emperor. With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire by Napoleon, Tuscany was inherited by the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, namely, the Austrian Empire. With the Italian Wars of Independence in the 1850s, Tuscany was transferred from Austria to the newly unified nation of Italy
Cities
and towns in Tuscany ;
Abbadia
San Salvatore,
Abetone, Agliana, Altopascio, Anghiari, Arcidosso, Arezzo,
Asciano, Aulla, Badia Tedalda, Bagni di Lucca, Bagno a Ripoli, Bagnone, Barberino
Val d'Elsa, Barberino di Mugello, Barga, Bettolle, Bibbiena, Bibbona, Bientina,
Borgo San Lorenzo, Borgo a Mozzano, Bucine, Buggiano, Buonconvento, Buti, Calci,
Calcinaia, Calenzano, Camaiore, Camaldoli, Campagnatico, Campi Bisenzio, Campiglia
Marittima, Campo nell'Elba, Camporgiano, Camucia, Cantagallo, Italy, Capalbio,
Capannoli, Capannori, Capoliveri, Capolona, Capraia, Capraia e Limite, Caprese
Michelangelo, Careggine, Carmignano, Carrara, Casale Marittimo, Casciana Terme,
Cascina, Casola in Lunigiana, Casole d'Elsa, Castagneto Carducci, Castagno d'Andrea,
Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Castel del Piano, Castelfiorentino,
Castelfranco di Sopra, Castelfranco di Sotto, Castell'Azzara, Castellina Marittima,
Castellina in Chianti, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Castelnuovo
di Val di Cecina, Castiglion Fibocchi, Castiglion Fiorentino, Castiglioncello,
Castiglione d'Orcia, Castiglione della Pescaia, Castiglione di Garfagnana, Cavriglia,
Cecina (LI), Cerreto Guidi, Certaldo, Cetona, Chianciano Terme, Chianni, Chiesina
Uzzanese, Chitignano, Chiusdino, Chiusi,
Chiusi della Verna, Cinigiano, Civitella
Paganico, Civitella in Val di Chiana, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Collesalvetti, Comano
(Massa-Carrara), Coreglia Antelminelli, Cortona, Crespina, Cutigliano, ,
Dicomano, , Empoli, , Fabbriche di Vallico, Fauglia, Fiesole,
Figline Valdarno, Filattiera, Firenzuola, Fivizzano, Foiano della Chiana, Follonica,
Forte dei Marmi, Fosciandora, Fosdinovo, Fucecchio, Gaiole in Chianti, Gallicano,
Gambassi Terme, Gavorrano, Giglio Island, Giuncugnano, Greve in Chianti, Grosseto,
Guardistallo, , Impruneta, Incisa in Val d'Arno, , Lajatico,
Lamporecchio, Larciano, Lari (PI), Lastra a Signa, Laterina, Licciana Nardi, Livorno,
Londa
(FI), Lorenzana, Loro Ciuffenna, Lucca, Lucignano, Magliano in Toscana,
Maiano, Manciano (GR), Marciana, Marciana Marina, Marciano della Chiana, Marina
di Pisa, Marliana, Marradi, Massa, Massa Marittima, Massa e Cozzile, Massarosa,
Minucciano, Molazzana, Monsummano Terme, Montaione, Montalcino, Montale, Monte
Argentario, Monte San Savino, Montecarlo, Montecatini Terme, Montecatini
Val di Cecina, Montefioralle, Montelupo Fiorentino, Montemagno, Calci, Montemignaio,
Montemurlo, Montepulciano, Monterchi, Monteriggioni, Monteroni d'Arbia, Monterotondo
Marittimo, Montescudaio, Montespertoli, Montevarchi, Monteverdi Marittimo, Monticiano,
Montieri, Montignoso, Montopoli in Val d'Arno, Mulazzo, Murlo, Orbetello, Orciano
Pisano, Ortignano Raggiolo, Palaia, Palazzuolo sul Senio, Peccioli, Pelago, Pergine
Valdarno, Pescaglia, Pescia, Pian di Scò, Piancastagnaio, Piazza al
Serchio, Pienza, Pietrasanta, Pieve Fosciana, Pieve Santo Stefano, Pieve a Nievole,
Piombino, Pisa, Pistoia, Piteglio, Pitigliano, Podenzana, Poggibonsi, Poggio a
Caiano, Pomarance, Ponsacco, Pontassieve, Ponte Buggianese, Pontedera, Pontremoli,
Poppi, Porcari, Porto Azzurro, Portoferraio, Prato, Pratovecchio, Quarrata, Radda
in Chianti, Radicofani, Radicondoli, Rapolano Terme, Reggello, Rignano sull'Arno,
Rio Marina, Rio nell'Elba, Riparbella, Roccalbegna, Roccastrada, Rosignano Marittimo,
Rufina, Sambuca Pistoiese, San Casciano dei Bagni, San Casciano in Val di Pesa,
San Gimignano, San Giovanni Valdarno, San Giovanni d'Asso, San Giuliano Terme,
San Godenzo, San Marcello Pistoiese, San Miniato, San Piero a Sieve, San Quirico
d'Orcia, San Romano in Garfagnana, San Vincenzo (LI), Sansepolcro, Sant'Andrea
in Percussina, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Santa Croce sull'Arno, Santa Fiora, Santa
Luce, Santa Maria a Monte, Sarteano, Sassetta (LI), Scandicci, Scansano, Scarlino,
Scarperia, Seggiano, Selvena, Semproniano, Seravezza, Serravalle Pistoiese, Sestino,
Sesto Fiorentino, Siena, Signa, Sillano, Sinalunga, Sorano, Sovana, Sovicille,
Stazzema, Stia, Subbiano, Suvereto, Talla, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Terranuova
Bracciolini, Terricciola, Tirrenia, Torrita di Siena, Trequanda, Tresana, Uzzano,
Vagli Sotto, Vaglia, Vaiano, Vecchiano, Vergemoli, Vernio, Vetulonia, Viareggio,
Vicchio, Vicopisano, Villa Basilica, Villa Collemandina, Villafranca in Lunigiana,
Vinci, Italy, Volterra, ,Zeri
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