Luni Holidays

20.01.2019

La Pineta: a thank you letter

We had a wonderful week at La Pineta. The photos we received did not really do the house justice. In fairness the pool had only just been installed in the delightful garden and was not...

17.01.2019

Just a sample of the delicious bruschetta served up as antipasti at La Concia to our group guests in May. For more information go to http://www.laconcia.eu For more information on this event or any other aspect...

18.12.2018

Have you already planned your winter holidays?

Reprinted from http://visittuscany.com 3 tips to enjoy your Winter in Tuscany by Claudia D’Aliasi There are lots of sports and (cultural) activities to do in Tuscany during the cold and snowy season. This is the perfect region...

17.12.2018

Fosdinovo and its malaspina castle.

Thanks once again to http://visittuscany.com for this snippet on one of Lunigiana’s fascinating castles. A nice tour of the castles in Tuscany is what you need to feel like you’re in a fairy tale and smell the past aura....

8.12.2018

Museum of the Lungiana Stele Statues, Pontremoli

We are very happy to revisit Pontremoli’s Piagnaro Castle and its 4,000 year old statues, thanks once again to visittuscany.com. Museo Delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi The Piagnaro Castle is a medieval building that has been restructured several times over...

7.12.2018

Equi Terme – Ugliancaldo – Pieve di S. Lorenzo

Thanks once again to visittuscany.com, particularly as this is right on my patch, although I am more used to doing this walk in reverse, and catching the train back from Equi! 3 hours to get...

6.12.2018

Aulla’s Brunella Fortress, and more…

We thank visittuscany.com once again for today’s offering on the fortress at Aulla. The Lunigiana Natural History Museum in Aulla is located in the Brunella Fortress, a typical example of military architecture dating to the first half of the...

2.12.2018

Lunigiana: a trip from the coast to castles and churches

Once again with thanks to visittuscany.com. From Carrara to Casola, from the beach to the Apuan Alps From Carrara we go up towards Fosdinovo and once past the turning for Campocecina, take the road for Monzone and Equi Terme. In...

1.12.2018

Touring Pontremoli with visittuscany.com

Once again with thanks to visittuscany.com, we bring you their “Touring Pontremoli” Our tour begins in Pontremoli, the northernmost town in Tuscany and the historic capital of the Upper Lunigiana. With the Verde stream and the Magra...

30.11.2018

A couple of churches along the via Francigena

With grateful thanks, as ever, to visittuscany.com , a note on a couple of the churches along the via Francigena as it passes through our part of Lunigiana, Tuscany. The Via Francigena is the general name of an ancient...