Category Archives: Siena and surroundings
Tuscan sweets Ricciarelli e Panforte: my recommendations in Siena

Ricciarelli and Panforte are two typical sweets produced in Siena, whose origins trace back to the Middle Age. In many Italian families these specialities are consumed during the whole Christmas season, but in Siena can be found and bought all the year round, as they belongs to the town’s tradition…
Good Friday Processions between Arezzo and Siena
Spring exhibitions in Tuscany

Spring has officially started, and is one of the best periods of the year to visit Tuscany: colourful flowers, intense green hills, daylight getting longer, pleasant temperatures make this season the perfect choice for visiting the towns and the central areas of Tuscany, that in Summer can get too hot…