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Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy. Six Tuscan localities have been UNESCO protected sites: the historical center of Florence (1982), the historical center of Siena (1995), the square of the Cathedral of Pisa (1987), the historical center of San Gimignano (1990), the historical center of Pienza (1996) and the Val d'Orcia (2004).

Bays in Tuscany, Italy

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Bibbona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 40 km southeast of Livorno in the Val di Cecina....


Camaiore is a town and comune of 31,503 inhabitants within the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It stretches from the Alps to the east, to the plains and the coast of Versilia to the west....


Capoliveri is a comune (municipality) on the island of Elba in Italy. Administratively it is part of the Province of Livorno in the Tuscany region, located about 130 km southwest of Florence and about 90 km south of Livorno....


Capraia, called Capraria in ancient times, is an island of Italy, part of the Tuscan Archipelago, off the northwest coast, belonging to the Province of Livorno. It is 62 km from the city of Livorno by sea, and 32 km northwest of the island of Elba; it is slightly closer (at 30 km) to the French island of Corsica....


Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence.    ...


Castiglioncello is a frazione of the comune of Rosignano Marittimo, in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy....


Castiglione della Pescaia is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval fortress (Italian: castello) and a large fishery, from which it got its designation. Today Castiglione della Pescaia is known for its beaches and has become a center of international (mostly European) tourism....


Cavoli Beach is one of the most famous beaches of the island of Elba for the transparency of its waters, its beautiful, fine, white sand and the particular mild climate all year round....


Cecina is a comune (municipality) of c. 27,000 inhabitants in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 30 km southeast of Livorno....


Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany...


Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany....


Follonica is a town and comune (township) of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica (Golfo di Follonica), about 40 km (25 mi) NW of the city of Grosseto....


Forte dei Marmi is a sea town and comune  in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany (Italy)....


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Giglio Island or in Italian: Isola del Giglio is an island and Italian commune situated in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, part of the Province of Grosseto....


Livorno in English Leghorn is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno and the third-largest port on the western coast of Italy, having a population of approximately 170,000 residents as of the year 2007....


Marciana is a town and comune in the province of Livorno, Tuscany (Italy), located in the western Elba Island....


Marina di Grosseto is a famous tourist destination located twelve kilometers from Grosseto; it is an important seaside resort in Grossetan Maremma. Once a fishing village, it is known for its hilly hinterland, rich in macchia and wide beaches overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, with a vast pine forest that extends from Punta Ala to the Uccellina Mountains....


Marina di Pisa is a seaside resort of Tuscany, in central Italy. It is a frazione of the provincial capital of Pisa, which lies about 10 km to the east....


Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....


Monte Argentario is a comune or municipality and a peninsula belonging to the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 150 km south of Florence and about 35 km south of Grosseto....


Piombino is a town and commune in the province of Livorno (Tuscany), Italy, on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma....


Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. The city is known worldwide for its famous bell tower....


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Porto Santo Stefano is the rubbish capital of the municipality of Monte Argentario, in the Province of Grosseto, in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is one of the 2 major towns that form the townships along with Porto Ercole....


Portoferraio is a town and commune in the province of Livorno, on the edge of the eponymous harbour of the island of Elba. It is the island's largest city. Because of its terrain, many of its buildings are situated on the slopes of a tiny hill surrounded on three sides by the sea....


Punta Ala means "Wing Point" because of the shape of this point of land that extends out into the Mediterranean sea toward the Island of Elba in Tuscany near Grossetto....


Rosignano Marittimo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 20 km southeast of Livorno....


San Vincenzo is a comune (municipality) in the province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 100 km southwest of Florence and about 50 km southeast of Livorno....


Scarlino is a town in the province of Grosseto in the region of Tuscany, Itay and one of the prettiest towns in the Gulf of Follonica, home to the famous Cala Violina beach,. With ancient orgins and old world charm, unique accommodations and dining establishments, great water sports and mountain activities, it is the perfect holiday destination....


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Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy where the architecture soars, it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site dating back to the medieval 17th century with historical districts, museums and monuments....


Torre del Lago is a hamlet of almost 11,000 inhabitants, a frazione of the comune of Viareggio, in the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, between the Lake of Massaciuccoli and the Tyrrhenian Sea....


Viareggio is a city located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 63,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the Province of Lucca....


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