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The picturesque southern province of Grosseto in Tuscany is home to a wide range of stunning natural attractions, pretty little Orange Flag towns and a huge range of interesting museums. Choose from a lovely range of villas with swimming pools in Grosseto and relax here after your days of exploration and adventure!

Stop off in the popular tourist resorts of Porto Santo Stefano and Porto Ercole in the Monte Argentario area of Grosseto, which is a beautiful peninsula jutting out to sea.

Sail out to the Tuscan archipelago from here and go snorkelling or canoeing around Elba Island or Giglio Island for example. Sunbathe along the stunning Blue Flag beaches of Southern Tuscany that lie within Grosseto province and dive into lots of water sports available here. Visit Lake Burano in Grosseto and see the wonderful activities to get involved with around its shores.

If you are an appreciator of great beauty and architecture then a visit to the spectacular cathedral in Lucca would be a wonderful sight to behold! The building of the San Martino cathedral began in 1063.

Ornate additions were made over the next few hundred years which turned Lucca cathedral into one of the most beautiful religious buildings in all of Tuscany.

Choose from a lovely range of villas in Lucca to relax in after several days of exploring all the treasures this city and province have to offer!

The tomb of Ilaria del Carretto lies within the duomo which was sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia and the painting titled Madonna and Child with Saints Peter, Clement, Paul and Sebastian by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Gaze upon the beautifully sculpted wooden crucifix called the ‘Volto Santo’ which is housed within an orthogonally shaped marble chapel within the duomo.

If you’re in Florence on vacation and love to visit attractions with an element of weirdness then be sure to visit La Specola, a fascinating zoology and natural history museum beside Pitti Palace.

This houses many fossils, stuffed animals and wax replicas of human anatomy; a lot of which was originally sponsored and collected by the Medici family.

Choose from a range of villa rentals in Florence and the surrounding area where you can relax and soak up the scenery after a few days of culture in the city.

Tour around 34 intriguing display rooms in La Specola. 24 of which are related to zoology and ten to wax displays of human anatomy.

Go deep into the Maremma area of Tuscany to discover the beautiful medieval village of Magliano!

Close to the towns of Manciano, Orbetello and Scansano, the ancient walls of Magliano are probably its most striking feature and were built during the Renaissance period.

Choose from a wonderful range of holiday villas in Magliano in Toscana where you can sit back and unwind after a fun few days of exploring this exquisite part of the region.

Pistoia in Tuscany offers tourists a wealth of interesting things to see and do but did you know it also has an underground tour attraction? There is a long underground passageway here which connects Pistoia with the Porta al Borgo and the Santa Barbara castle.

Book a villa in the Pistoia area and explore all this scenic part of Tuscany has to offer!

The lit up underground pathway is open all year and the tunnel itself runs for a length of 700 metres. Descend down here via the Ceppo hospital of Pistoia.