| When traveling, it can be hard to know what sights to | | | | exhibitions, illustrations, puppet makring, and the like. |
| see, what monuments to visit, which restaurants are | | | | Basically it is a cultural and natural park. |
| worth your time, and what to skip over because it is a | | | | 3. Taste wine in Chianti: One of the other things to do |
| lot of hype. This is true anywhere you visit, even | | | | in Tuscany this summer is go wine tasting. There are |
| Tuscany. Tuscany is a beautiful region in Italy with a lot | | | | tons of areas in Tuscany that produce world-famous |
| to see and do. If you have some time to spend in | | | | wines. You can visit the most popular wine in Tuscany, |
| Tuscany this summer, here are the top 5 things to see: | | | | Chianti. Or, you can go to some of the more southern |
| 1. The leaning tower of Pisa. This is a huge tourist | | | | parts of the region. You can go to Montepulciano, and |
| attraction, but it is also one worth seeing. While many | | | | taste some of the Vino Nobile. Or, you can go for a |
| tourist attractions are overrated, this is not one of | | | | famous rich red wine from the Montalcino vineyards. |
| them. It was built in the 1100s. It is a bell tower in the | | | | 4. Roma amphitheaters in Lucca: Lucca is one of the |
| main Piazzas. It has since been worked on some to | | | | most interesting places to visit in Tuscany. Lucca was |
| help correct some of the lean, making it more | | | | built on top of a Roman colony, it dates back to 180 |
| structurally stable. However, the lean has never been | | | | BC. You can visit all of the Roman amphitheaters, and |
| all the way corrected because it is such a big tourist | | | | you can see the many churches, cathedrals, piazzas, |
| attraction. Not only do you get to see one of the most | | | | and the many historic and medieval buildings. It is a |
| famous sites in all of Tuscany, you also can enjoy | | | | great historic city, and there are a number of fantastic |
| wonderful cafes and bistros around the Piazzas, and | | | | coffee shops, cafes, and places to eat and enjoy your |
| enjoy the history of something built hundreds of years | | | | life. |
| ago. | | | | 5. Visit medieval Siena: This is another fantastic historic |
| 2. Pinocchio Park: The inventor of Pinocchio was a | | | | site, it gives you plenty of Italy's greatest medieval |
| Tuscan writer called Carlo Collodi. The Adventures of | | | | architecture and the like. You can roam through the |
| Pinocchio was written in 1883. Now the small village | | | | maze like streeets and alleyways all the way to the |
| where the author of Pinocchio lived boasts a beautiful | | | | great Piazzas del Campo, where you can sit and read |
| little park that is a great tourist attraction. The village | | | | and sip coffee or eat pastries at one of the sidewalk |
| was named after Collodi, and the park offers thinks | | | | cafes. |
| like literary classes, building and sculpting classes, art | | | | |