F or the best part of a year, I worked as a gardener at a private estate in Val d'Orcia, a region of Tuscany that feels much ...

In the 15th century, a humble Tuscan town perched above the Val d ... by UNESCO in 2004 for its distinctive and inspiring landscape. And the first Renaissance-style tiered "hanging gardens ...

As the natural landscape and the built environment merged ... offering a safer passage than the perilous marshes and plains of central Tuscany. Excavations on a remote hill along this route ...

You could easily spend years wandering through Tuscany's charming villages and spectacular landscapes. Each spot is unique in its own right, yet there is a continuity throughout this central ...