Henry James wrote, "Nothing could be more charming than the country between Pisa and Lucca," and I must agree. For the past 11 weeks my companion and I have lived in a casita beside my friend's house ...

I was invited by the Tuscan city of Lucca, Italy, to learn more about its beloved son, Giacomo Puccini. The fifth generation of famous musicians in his family, Puccini lived from 1858–1924 and was the ...

The rolling hills of Tuscany are some of Italy’s most stirring landscapes Lucca, and the region of Tuscany more generally, has a steeped musical history – some of the world’s most famous composers ...

Ten years ago, Lucca was little known to buyers outside of Italy. Slowly, more people who would have typically followed the well-trodden paths to Florence and the Chianti region have discovered it, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. THE Tuscan cities of Pisa and Livorno lie only 25 kilometres apart but they have been separated for centuries by a relationship of ...

Mario Monti, Italy's prime minister, hopes to shave the country's two trillion euro national debt by reducing the number of provinces from 110 to just 43, in a redrawing of the country's ...