Carolyn Travers, a landscape designer, horticulturist and walking guide, moved from Australia to the mountains around Pescia to restore a 200-year-old farmhouse.
The allure of Tuscany never wanes. But my little slice of the region is a bit different from the rest. Lush and green. It’s hilly. There are grapevines and ...
Still-green fields, ripe persimmons hanging off bare branches, avenues of leafless trees with gnarly bark, crisp scents detectable in the cold, white and yellow bulbs poking through woodlands: this is winter in Tuscany. Tuscany is home to many magnificent gardens, and winter is a wonderful time to visit them.
Walking a 400-kilometer stretch of the Via Francigena from Lucca to St. Peter’s Basilica was a challenge but a joy, bringing unexpected healing and renewed strength along the way. ...