Exploring Tuscany by car!

About the destination: Arezzo is a city in Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 kilometres southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 metres above sea level, with a population of about 100,000. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • Piazza Grande, the most beautiful square in Arezzo, is surrounded by wonderful old buildings and hosts the Giostra del Saracino twice a year. • Churches. The Arezzo Cathedral (Duomo), the Church of San Francesco, the Church of Santa Maria della Pieve and the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. • Museums. You can find the Museo del Duomo, the Museo Archeologico "Gaio Cilnio Mecenate", the Museo Statale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna and the House-Museum of Ivan Bruschi. Also there are La Casa Petrarca or la Vita è Bella that have a cultural interest in the city.

About the destination: Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • The Piazza del Campo, the unique shell shaped square at the centre of the city, and twice a year the racetrack for the Palio • The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena's City Hall for almost 800 years, contains the famous frescos on good and bad government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, frescoes by Simone Martini and Duccio, and access to the Torre del Mangia, from whose top you can view a beautiful panorama of the Sienese countryside. • The Duomo, Siena's magnificent black and white Italian Romanesque cathedral including the Libreria Piccolomini, Baptistery and an attached Museo dell'Opera del Duomo which includes the famous Maestà by Duccio. • The Pinacoteca, full of Sienese painting from the city's Medieval heyday. • The Palazzo Salimbeni, built in 1472, is the world headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the major banking corporation which has a hand in much of the economic and cultural life of the city. • The house where St. Catherine of Siena was born is just a few blocks from the duomo. • The Piccolomini Palace built in 1459 by the well-known architect Bernardo Rossellino, disciple of Leon Battista Alberti. The Piccolomini Palace is one of the most popular sites on the Piazza del Campo. The Florentine style palace is home to the official archives of Siena.

About the destination: Grosseto is a city in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. It is the most populous city in Maremma; the comune of Grosseto includes the frazioni of Marina di Grosseto, the largest, Roselle, Principina a Mare, Principina Terra, Montepescali, Braccagni, Istia d'Ombrone, Batignano,Alberese and Rispescia. The town centre is confined between the city walls. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • Medicean Walls. The city walls were begun by Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1574. • St. Lawrence Cathedral. This Romanesque cathedral, built in the 13th-15th century, is now largely the result of 19th century restoration works. • Palazzo Aldobrandeschi. This pleasant neogothic reconstruction of a medieval palace dominates the adjacent square, where the locals gather in the evenings for a stroll and chat. • Museum of Archaeology and Fine Arts (Museo archeologico e d'arte della Maremma) (Note: The text is already in English, so no translation is needed. However, if you meant to ask for a translation into Irish, please specify.)

About the destination: The city of Livorno is located in Tuscany. Today the city is presented as an industrial centre located on the shores of the Mediterranean, its productive activity is focused on metallurgical and chemical sectors although it also has a major oil refinery. Although the city also has a tourist attraction throughout the history that happened and the circumstances that it has gone through. Initially, Livorno was born as a small fishing village. But the city was very important for the Medici family as a strategic point and declared the port as a free port from 1590 until 1860. The city could develop through all of this development with the second world war is already lost the city suffered extensive damage above all its historic Cathedral and the synagogue.

About the destination: The city of Pisa once rivalled Genoa and Venice as a maritime power, emulated Padua and Perugia as a university town, and developed a distinctive style of Romanesque architecture. Today, the city draws its fame from an architectural project gone terribly wrong and relies on the tide of tourists who flow into the city every day. The most important monuments are concentrated in the piazza del Duomo. The baptistery, cathedral, Leaning Tower, and Camposanto shine like carved ivory, rising out of a broad expanse of emerald green grass. The duomo contains Giovanni Pisano’s masterful pulpit, with its violently dramatic Gothic reliefs. You can make your unbalanced way to the top of the Torre Pendente, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, from which local boy Galileo Galilei dropped a variety of objects in his attempt to understand gravity. Education has fuelled the local economy since the 1400s, and students from across Italy still compete for places in its elite university and research schools and help keep a vibrant and affordable cafe and bar scene. This metropolis of a hundred thousand inhabitants is much more than a tower, is a city full of art and history.

About the destination: Lucca is a city and commune in Tuscany. Its long history stretches back to Etruscan and Ancient Roman times, and the city retains pieces of Ancient architecture. Lucca's golden age was in the Gothic era just before the Renaissance, and the city contains much wonderful architecture from that era. Lucca's current defensive walls were designed by Leonardo Da Vinci and were never breached. Lucca remained an independent city state until the end of the 18th century. The church of San Frediano is the only example of Lombard architecture preserved without notable alteration, except for the façade, which dates back to the year 1200. S. Maria foris Portam, S. Michele, S. Romano, and the other churches all possess valuable works of art. The tomb of the Lucchese poet, Guidiccioni, is in the church of S. Francesco (quattrocento). The Case Guinigi and the Guinigi Tower represent a wonderful example of Medieval architecture in Lucca. The Case Guinigi were a group of mansions and towers where one of the most important families of the town, the Guinigi, lived. The enormous and beautifully preserved villas and gardens of the Lucca hills have become a major attraction for visitors to the town.