Fonteverde Spa is a World Class Luxury Spa Hotel in Tuscany offering some of the best fitness and wellbeing treatments known today. This small elegant hotel relais is nestled in the sweet hills of Tuscany, amongst olives groves, vineyards, streams and typical clays near mount Amiata.

Bathe in warm, restorating pools, and feel the massage of water jets that generate both tone and energy; choose from exclusive treatments created by a team of specialists and designed to unite the precious properties of thermal Spa waters with manual techniques, physiotherapy and science.:

• Massages
• Twin spa
• Fitness
• Face treatments
• Body treatments
• Treatments of the scalp
• Day Spa
• Spa Products
• Beauty Service

Fonteverde Spa is now running a special offer:

Easy Wellness

2 Nights in Double Room for 2 Persons

• Welcome drink at the panoramic bar “il falconiere”
• Daily buffet breakfast
• Etruscan circuit with sauna, hot plate and turkish bath
• Access to thermal pools
• Access to the fitness center
• Morning hike with trainer daily (excluding Sundays)

Spa Treatments

• One total body relaxing massage per person

Costs

Valid From 21^st August to 31^st October 2011

Further Information and Bookings: Hotel Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort

The sweet hills of Tuscany, with the majestic mount Amiata, where olives groves, vineyards, streams and typical clays combine in an atmosphere of magical harmony, offer hospitality in the form of small, elegant Relais hotel: Fonteverde Spa

The exclusive resort was built in the 17^th century by the Grand Duke Ferdinando I de’ Medici amid precious hot springs whose therapeutic properties were known since ancient times. Extensive spa centre with various treatments and medical consultations as well as natural thermal hot waters, Seven swimming therapeutic pools, a holistic centre and beauty centre.

Today Fonteverde is a World Class Travel destination for those seeking the best in wellbeing and fitness – all in the heart of Tuscany, complete health and beauty Spa experiences for face and body: whether the aesthetic touch or entire strategies for balance and wellbeing:

• Massages
• Twin spa
• Fitness
• Face treatments
• Body treatments
• Treatments of the scalp
• Day Spa
• Spa Products
• Beauty Service

Fonteverde Spa is now running a special offer:

BIOSPA

The exclusive thermal water properties combined with the typical Tuscan products create the new Fonteverde 0km treatments. And to go trough your bio experience a wine tasting to Avignonesi, a famous Montepulciano wine cellar.

2 Nights in Double Room

• BUFFET BREAKFAST
• EVERY DAY, ETRUSCAN CIRCUIT WITH SAUNA, HOT PLATE AND TURKISH BATH (reservation required)
• ACCESS TO THE THERMAL HOT SPRING POOLS AND WALKING WATER CIRCUIT
• ACCESS TO THE FITNESS CENTER
• MORNING HEALTY HIKE (excluding Sunday )
• CONSULTATION WITH DOCTOR TUTOR AND COSMETOLOGIST
• WINE TASTING AT AVIGNONESI WINE CELLAR (transfer included)

Spa Treatments

• 1 OLIVE OIL MASSAGE
• 1 RELAXING TREATMENT WITH THERMAL MUD AND CHESTNUT HONEY
• 1 YOUGURT MASK
• 1 ILLUMINATING HAIR SET WITH BEAUTY VINEGAR

Costs

Valid From June to December 2011

Further Information and Bookings: Hotel Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort

Fonteverde Spa offers one of the most complete and exclusive well being and fitness programs available today and has made this location one of the most famous in the world.

Bathe in warm, restorating pools, and feel the massage of water jets that generate both tone and energy, or choose from a wide variety of exclusive 5 star treatments created by a team of specialists, designed to unite the unique properties of thermal Spa waters with manual techniques, physiotherapy and science.

Complete health and beauty Spa experiences for face and body: whether the aesthetic touch or entire strategies for balance and wellbeing:

• Massages
• Twin spa
• Fitness
• Face treatments
• Body treatments
• Treatments of the scalp
• Day Spa
• Spa Products
• Beauty Service

Fonteverde Spa is now running a special offer:

Beauty After Summer

Treat yourself and restore your skin after the wear and tear of a summer under the sun with Fonteverde Spa – refined treatments which give the skin immediate radiance, extend your tan and regenerate your body skin

2 Nights in Double Room

• BUFFET BREAKFAST
• ETRUSCAN CIRCUIT WITH SAUNA, HOT PLATE AND TURKISH BATH (Bookin Required)
• ACCESS TO THERMAL POOLS AND WALKING WATER CIRCUIT
• ACCESS TO THE FITNESS CENTER
• MORNING HIKE WITH TRAINER DAILY (available from Monday to Saturday)

Spa Treatments

• 1 FRUIT ACID FACE PEEL
• 1 BODY GOMMAGE
• 1 AGEING PREVENTION FACIAL ETERIA RADIANCE

Costs

Valid From September to December 2011

Further Information and Bookings: Hotel Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort

Hotel Plaza e de Russie è hotel 4 stelle a Viareggio in Toscana, costruito nel 1871 in posizione privilegiata, sul lungomare, di fronte ai locali della Passeggiata, vicino alla stazione ferroviaria, con l’aeroporto di Pisa a 30 km (circa), ed il casello autostradale di Viareggio a soli 2 km. La Stazione dei taxi e degli autobus è pochi metri dall’albergo.

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Music resounds, by season with concerts and summer’s Montalcino “Wine & Jazz” festival, initiated by Castello Banfi il Borgo_ in 1998.

The “Jazz & Wine in Montalcino” festival is certainly one of the most prestigious jazz events in Italy – the excellence of music, wine and foods. The festival was founded with the help of Castello Banfi, a member of the Hotel Relais Consortium and exclusive winery of Montalcino, deeply bound to the territory and its traditions.

Leading Jazz musicians from around the globe gather to serenade aficionado and novice alike enjoying fine wines in the suggestive environment of the medieval fortress and its civic counterpart in the nearby village of Montalcino. The month-long summer festival also has an abbreviated winter version, and occasional classical music concerts are planned as well.

Other resources on the Wine & Jazz Festival

(info from previous editions of the festival)

• Introducing Montalcino
• Festival Jazz and Wine in Montalcino
• Italian summer: Montalcino Jazz and Wine

Jazz & Wine Festival in Montalcino Info

Information and Bookings 0577.840 111

Email: marketing@banfi.it

Concerts: 9:45 PM

Tickets: € 10,00 – € 13,00 (c/o Proloco Montalcino)

Castello Banfi in Montalcino

Castello Banfi il Borgo – Superior Vineyard Castle in Tuscany

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The 15^th editon of Lunatica is hosted in the marble quarries of Tuscany at the Cava dei Fantiscritti in Carrara where numerous scenes of the latest 007 movie were shot.

Highlight of this years Lunatica event is “Dalle Cave alle Stelle” a performance by Fura del Baus on August 2^nd

Lunatica 2009… alle cave – Danae Project from Danae Project on Vimeo.

Inaugurated in June 1990, after extensive renovations, this hotel unites two Liberty villas, the largest and oldest of which was built for the Canevaro family, Dukes of Zoagli, from 1899 to 1902. A meeting place for nobility from the House of Savoia, the villas were subsequently converted into hotels while maintaining their original features.

Today, the villas are an elegant hotel with 29 rooms and suites overlooking the sea or the Apuan Alps, as well as two halls for meetings and conferences that seat 10 and 60 people.

The décor reflects the care and dedication of the hotel’s owners, with vast open spaces and a sequence of diverse settings, all decorated in the Liberty style, with yellow and green windowpanes, floral light fixtures, and two bay windows with bright, half-circle, yellow sofas that lend a touch of freshness.

The bar overlooks the garden where a large swimming pool attracts guests who don’t feel like going to the beach. Flowers and other plants are in abundance. Within the greenery of the area, guests find that calm atmosphere which is typical of large private residences, but with all the comforts of a 5-star hotel.

The hotel’s restaurant, La Magnolia, completes the package with an impeccable cuisine served in equally impeccable style. The best of local and international dishes accompanied by a vast selection of the leading white and red wines, both Italian and French, exquisite dessert wines, and champagne and other sparkling wines of the highest level.

More information and bookings: Hotel Byron

There is excitement in the air and great expectations from the forthcoming Opera festival 2009 which will soon take place in some of the most beautiful and exclusive locations in Florence, Tuscany. The festival blends ballet and music at the highest levels and a breath taking location: Giardino di Boboli with a privileged access from Palazzo Pitti.

Here are highlights of the most important events for you to review and attend while visiting Florence:

Aida – Giuseppe Verdi

• Monday June 15, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM
• Thursday June 25, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM
• Thursday July 9, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM
• Tuesday July 21, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM

MaggioDanza

• Wednesday July 1, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM in the framework of the 72^nd edition of Maggio Musical Fiorentino

ZUBIN MEHTA, Messa da Requiem di G. Verdi

• Thursday July 2, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM

Carmina Burana di C. Orff – di M.Ravel

• Tuesday July 14, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM

Roberto Bolle and Friends

• Wednesday July 29, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM
• Thursday July 30, Florence, Giardino di Boboli begins at 9:15 PM

More information on Opera Festival can be found here.

Here are some of our fine Hotels in Florence to make your stay both comfortable and enjoyable at competitive rates !

- Montebello Splendid, offers private parking near porta a Prato
- Lungarno Suites at Ponte Vecchio
- Hotel Bernini Palace near Palazzo Vecchio
- Plaza Hotel Lucchesi on the lungarni.

Classico è is wine tasting for experts and wine-lovers, exhibits, music, cultural itineraries and open cellars, a calendar of events all based on the Chianti Classico.

Starting May 30^th Classico è is an 8 day wine tasting event in Tuscany ending on June 6^th

This event is a great opportunity to visit places normally closed to the public. Classico is the pleasure of drinking a glass of wine in the piazzas of Chianti or amidst the barrels of an ancient cellar.

The calendar of events can be found here.

End of January brings the traditional appointment with Vintage Selection at Stazione Leopolda in Florence. An event you just can’t miss if you’re into Luxury Shopping.

Florence hosts the mostra mercato di abbigliamento, accessori ed oggetti design vintage.

This event takes place twice a year in winter and summer and hosts some of the best vintage shops of Italy. Stands are setup and run by collectors exhibiting items from the 70s – stylists and artists create unique work of art for those who cannot resist the charm and call from the past, seeking new items to add to their wardrobe.

The Vintage market is under way in Florence and will stay open until February 1^st (stands are open from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM).

Dresses, hand bags, original accessories, and hard-to-find pieces will be on display.

If you’re seeking a Gucci Hand Bag from the 50s or a set of Louis Vuitton Luggage (like the one in the photo), if you’d like to get your hands on something from the 800s or the 70s, a pair of shoes from the 60s or sun glasses from the remote past – this is the place to be – Florence and this is the week end to be there !

Choose any one of our fine hotels in Florence to make your vintage shopping spree just perfect:

• Residenza del Moro
• Montebello Splendid
• Villa Il Sasso
• Plaza Hotel Lucchesi
• Hotel Bernini Palace
• Lungarno Suite

l’Autunno è al Desco is a unique initiative, a market held in Lucca every week until December 14^th.

The marketplace will be held in the Real Collegio, ex monastery dating back to 1517.

The halls and salons host over 100 exhibitors, 20 “taste laboratories” and 30 art exhibitions from 11:30 AM to 19:30 PM

Of particular interest worth noting are the laboratori del gusto of Slow Food, introducing typical Tuscan Olive Oils and foods they blend with.

Children are welcome and entertained in a dedicated space for those age 6 to 10.

Other initiatives:

• Sigaro & for those interested in the Tuscan Cigar
• Laboratorio Birra e Sigaro – taste Tuscan beers
• Laboratorio Vino e Sigaro – wine tasting along with Brandy Branca riserva 120 years aging

For information and bookings: Manifattura Tabacchi di Lucca +39.0583 954585