“Buonissimo” is a site that promotes Italian regional cooking by offering descriptions, recipes and information on festivals and cooking events: visitors can also send their own recipes in to enrich
the collection. The section on Tuscany has a detailed desciption about this region’s cooking and local dishes. From here you can look through the list of recipes: appetizers, pasta, rice, meats, and desserts. Each recipe is accompanied by detailed instructions, level of difficulty, and cooking times.

If you are planning a visit to Florence, the city hall has a number of helpful pages including the ones dedicated to public museums (with the addition of two private ones). You can find descriptions of the museums, the collections on display in the museum and the structures themselves such as Palazzo Vecchio and Santa Maria Novella. Other information on each museum is also included: hours, prices, maps.

Toscana Immobiliare is a real estate agency offering services to anyone interested in buying a farmhouse or wanting to spend a holiday in a typical Tuscan farmhouse. The site offers you the possibility to look for an apartment, villa, farm, farmhouse, vacation home through its internal search engine. A brief description, photos and the price can also be found for each structure. By doing an advanced search, you can also find various rental options. Contact information (telephone, address, and email) is available on the site to request more information or to get in touch with the agency directly.

If you’d like to rent a flat for our holiday in Tuscany, this is one of the best sites to check out. There are currently over 600 offers for Tuscany alone: you can either check out the site’s general list or use the internal search engine. By using the search engine, you can select the number of people, the province where you would like to stay, type of accommodation (house, flat, one room apartment, villa, chalet, country house, bungalow), price range, and rental period. You can also indicate if you have any other specific needs. Each listed property is accompanied by a photo, description, and any other necessary information.

This site is a good resource for those of you who would like to spend your vacation in Tuscany or for those of you who are simply looking for an apartment to rent or buy. There is a section dedicated to traditions (folklore, artisan crafts, fine wine and food) as well as a section for main events. The home page contains a search engine where you can search for an apartment based on location and type of vacation (mountains, sea, art and cities, spas and well-being): there is a vast choice of farmhouses, hotels, B&B’s, villa, and spas. You can view all the houses and apartments under the section “sell and rent” which includes photos, brief descriptions about the location and rooms, and contact information (phone and email).

“CaseInToscana” is an estate agency guide with a wealth of information, aimed at those of you who are interested in spending your holiday in Tuscany or for those of you looking to rent or buy property in this area. There is a broad range to choose from in terms of property: farmhouses, bed and breakfast’s, holiday homes, villas and flats. You can select by also choosing a location and desired facilities such as air conditioning, swimming pool, pets, and facilities for disabled people. There is also an interesting section dedicated to promotions and last minute offers. You can choose between renting and buying a property: in both cases it is possible to view photos, prices, features, contact information for each property.

CLM Viaggi is a tour operator specialized in organizing tours in Tuscany where you can taste the local flavours of Tuscan cooking as well as learn about the region’s culture, folklore, and history. You can also book a farmhouse, villa and hotel and request individual tours and personalized activities. IN addition to the numerous events such as Sienna’s Palio, there are many opportunities for food and wine tours and activities, such as seminars on oils, truffles and vinegars; cooking courses and fine wine itineraries with taste testing of course. You can also rent epoch cars, look for spas and well-being centers, and for the romantic, organize your wedding in Sienna.

This site lets you look through a huge range of recipes choosing among starters, soups, pasta, risotto, polenta, meat, fish, pizza, salads, fried foods, sweets and cakes, and fruit. The recipe can also be found in alphabetical order. There is a section dedicated to regional cooking, which of course includes Tuscany, and international cooking that covers five continents.

This nice site is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in homemade Tuscan cooking and Tuscan specialities. The recipes are organized into categories: starters, first course, second course, seafood and dessert. Each recipe contains information on the ingredients and the necessary preparation with wine suggestions for the dish. There is also a wonderful complete guide to wine that includes Tuscan wines and well as Italian DOCs, and it has information on wine combinations, serving temperatures and glasses.

You can find numerous recipes in the section dedicated to Tuscany, all divided into categories: appetizers, first course and second course meals, side dishes and desserts. Each recipe includes information on ingredients and preparation times. There is space dedicated even to Tuscan wines with accurate descriptions of Chianti and Brunello. The site’s forum, open to all registered members, is a place where you can ask for advice, exhange recipes and share experiences.