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THE GARFAGNANA IL CEDRO Adriatic Sea Assuming nerves and stomach can Gourmet travel in means Pontremoli EMILIA- handle the ride, driving the dozens of •# T tracking down far-flung dining he ROMAGNA CAPRESE narrow spaghetti roadsLIGURI Ain this Ap legends, unchanged for decades, and uan e A cooking up seasonal fruits of the land. MICHELANGELO overwhelming rural region rewards lps with dramatic mountain passes, Enter Il Cedro in the Parco Nazionale Dedicated Michelangelo fans won’t subterranean lakes and mountains of Parco delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte do better than an off-track drive to Regionale Castelnuovo Falterona e Campigna. alpine fauna. delle Alpi di Garfagnana the tiny medieval village in eastern ApuaneTHE •# Tuscany’s Valle del Casentino where GARFAGNANA •# David’s creator spent his childhood V •# Barga er Massa roaming the countryside and sil ia Parco Nazionale Ligurian n painting. LARI C Pistoia delle Foreste Sea o a •# Monte Casentinesi, s A pilgrimage to this medieval village t Falterona Monte Falterona e •# (1654m)R Campigna between and is a must Viareggio #• Airport •# Montecarlo #– #•Fiesole Stia #• IL CEDRO for curious foodies: it is home to the #• #ú ABBAZIA DI MONTE world’s smallest pasta factory, aka LE Parco Regionale Arno Florence #• Poppi OLIVETO MAGGIORE Pisa an artisan workshop run by the Migliarino •# Chianti San Rossore •# Fiorentino CAPRESE Seek out solitude and soul-soaring Martelli family since 1926. Massaciuccoli #– #• •# San Miniato MICHELANGELO fresco art at this medieval abbey, a Greve in Chianti #• Chianti forest retreat for Benedictine monks •# T •# LARI evsoutheast of . Its church, Chianti Arno er San Gimignano Sense frescoede refectory, library and #• #• #• Gaiole in #• LAJATICO #• historic wine cellar are equally Gorgona Castellina Chianti Volterra uplifting. Ringed by a natural amphitheatre of Castiglioncello •# •# in Chianti soul-stirring hills, this tiny village raises the curtain on an extraordinary Siena #• #•Cortona open-air opera concert once a year, Bolgheri and gourmet winetasting and dining •# ABBAZIA DI on the Bocelli family estate. Castagneto TERME DI MONTE OLIVETO #• •# Perugia Carducci SASSETTA MAGGIORE Montepulciano ABBAZIA #•DI •##æ Val #• •# #• SANT'ANTIMO San Vincenzo Sassetta Montalcino #• d'Orcia •# Pienza Golfo di #• Revel in the silencee and natural Massa ABBAZIA DI r Capraia Baratti #æ Bagno e #• v

TERME DI SASSETTA Baratti Marittima SANT'ANTIMO magnificence ofe this serenely Vignoni T #•Bagni San beautiful and isolated Romanesque Take a break from tasting super-hot •# R Filippo abbey, a three-hour walk or 11km Super Tuscans along Tuscany’s Golfo di #• Monte Marciana Cavo#• Follonica Amiata drive from Montalcino. Central Coast with a flop in natural Vetulonia Marina hot springs in a remote chestnut #• Grosseto #• wood near Sassetta, central #æ •# Orvieto #• Tuscany. #• RISERVA NATURALE Sorano Fetovaia #• PROVINCIALE Parco Regionale Sovana #• della Maremma #• DIACCIA BOTRONA Pitigliano GIARDINO DEI TAROCCHI Pianosa RISERVA NATURALE Never say Tuscany lacks variety. Porto GIARDINO DEI Franco-AmericanOrte artist Niki de Saint PROVINCIALE DIACCIA Santo #• Stefano Orbetello TAROCCHI Phalle lived in a sculpture while BOTRONA #• #• #• #æ creatingViterbo the 22 oversized Campese #÷ Explore the watery realms of this Monte Lago di Gaudí-influenced sculptures that •# Argentario Riserva Naturale small nature reserve by boat; bring Montecristo Burano Lago di Burano tumble down the hillside at this binoculars to make the most of the Giglio fantastical sculpture garden in extraordinary bird life waiting to be Giannutri southern Tuscany. watched in pristine silence.