Vinci
VINCI – 20 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME Vinci is famous for being the birthplace of Leonardo and those who visit it have the opportunity to learn more about him by stopping in t
Viareggio
VIAREGGIO – 50 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME The sea that glitters on one side, the white snow or marble peak of the Apuan Alps on the other. This is Viareggio, the pearl of Vers
Uzzano
UZZANO – 7 KM 7 FROM MONTECATINI TERME Uzzano, a municipality in the Valdinievole halfway between Pescia and Buggiano, despite being a small village, has numerous artistic te
Siena
SIENA – 100 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME Siena boasts an immense artistic and cultural heritage, largely due to the flourishing of the Sienese school of painting between the 13t
San Gimignano
SAN GIMIGNANO – 90 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME San Gimignano stands with the profile of its towers on a hill (334 m) dominating the Val d’Elsa. Seat of a small Etruscan v
Pisa
PISA – 50 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME The name Pisa dates back to the Etruscans, the meaning of which would be that of “foce”, i.e. the mouth of the river to the se
Pinocchio park
PINOCCHIO PARK – 9 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME Pinocchio Park, inaugurated in 1956, is not a usual amusement park, but rather the precious collective creation of artists of gre
Montecatini Alto and the Funicular
MONTECATINI ALTO AND THE FUNICULAR Already around the year 1000 this ancient core possessed 25 towers and tower-houses and 2 fortresses, a 2 km long wall, arranged following the na
Lucca
LUCCA – 30 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME It is the only one among the city-states of Tuscany to have retained its independence until 1847. Unique testimony of the jealous care wi
The roads of Chianti
THE ROADS OF CHIANTI – 30 KM FROM MONTECATINI TERME The Chianti Classico territory extends between Florence and Siena, the two cities that have long fought over it over the c