To the visitor - Tuscany offers attractions of every kind: its immense variety takes in snow-capped mountains; lush countryside; gentle hills; islands; Italian coastline; spas and art with excellent food and local culture and crafts

The long coastline offers wide sandy beaches Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi, Lido di Camaiore,

Marina di Pietrasanta, as well as the green island of Elba, the secluded and superb Punta Ala, and Porto Santo Stefano Tuscany offers the perfect italian holiday destination. Let TLC coordinate your travel links

Three are the elements named by this antique medieval locality situated on a rocky coast -

the ocean, the Maremma and the Etruscans. The ocean is almost always navigable.

The Maremma with its vast pine forest confined with the beaches. The magnificent pine forest of the Tombolo rich of large pine trees. The Etruscans with the numerous testimonies of a great civilisation. Sports and entertainment: renting of sailboats or motorboats with, or without a sailor, renting of windsurfers and yachts, water skiing and sub fishing. And also excursions on foot, on horse, on bicycles, in a hire car on roads or paths through the pine forest. Tuscany Beaches of fine and golden sand. Getting there: SS1 Aurelia, SS 322 of Collacchia Railway station: Grosseto at 23 km Airport: Pisa 125 km

Situated on a promontory on the northern coast east of the island, Portoferraio, principle centre of the port of Elba, is circled by imposing fortifications of the '500s, with its quay port, offers a comfortable landing for boats of any size, also, Portoferraio propones a cultural itinerary of notable interest: the Palazzina dei Mulini and the Villa di San Martino, residences of Napoleon, the Church of the Misericordia, the Church of the Sacramento, the Mura Medicee, the archeological ruins of the Villa Romana delle Grotte, the Romanica Church of Santo Stefano and the Fortress of San Martino. Sport and entertainment: Portoferraio is the cent er of the schools of sailing, water jets and water skiing, and sportive structures of all kinds, also restaurants, pizzerias, discos, piano bars and other meeting places. Beaches: of sand with reefs. How to get there: ferryboat, connection more than once a day from Piombino to Portoferraio; hydrofoil, connection more than once a day from Piombino to Portoferraio.

Viareggio can surely be considered the seaside establishment mostly renowned of Versilia.

Already by the first of the '900s there were numerous seaside establishments and hotels in tuscany, making the small city famous even abroad. Sport and entertainment: for sports, infinite are the choices; sailing, windsurf, horse back riding, skating, mini golf and bocce. Viareggio is the Rimini of Versilia: night clubs, discos, restaurants, bars, cafè, pizzerias, ice cream shops. Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Torre del Lago and the house of Puccini are interesting excursions. The Opera Festival is held during the summer and the colourful Carnival parade attracts visitors in winter. The Carnival of Viareggio is a manifestation of strong attraction (February and March). While during the summer the Premio Letterario (literary award) takes place and at Torre del Lago, at 6 kilometers, the 'Pucciniana' lyric season begins. Beaches: ample seashore of fine sand. Getting there: Viareggio train station; by car with the motorway A 12, tollhouse Viareggio-Camaiore.International Airport: Pisa San Giusto Km. 20; Railway Station: Viareggio; Highway: A-11 Km 2, Exit "Viareggio". Nearest major cities: Pisa at Km 20, Lucca at Km 20, Florence Km 90.

Important seaside establishment along the 'appuano' coast, characterized by a beautiful beach that confines with a pine forest: these are the characteristics that permit the client to pass quickly from the sea to the city and to the mountain alternating to the swims the walks in woods. Sports and entertainment: at Marina di Massa there is an ample choice of sports, which are; soccer, tennis, basketball, volleyball, bocce, horse back riding. Sports on the beach; surf, sailing, beach volley. In the city one can find; bars, restaurants, pizzerias, pubs and discos. Evocative is the appointment at the end of the summer vacation (in the month of August) when Marina di Massa hosts the goodbye Party to the Tourists, that ends with a stupendous performance of fireworks. Beaches: long and ample sandy shores. Getting There: Highway A/12, exit Massa, 3 Km Railway station: Massa, 4 Km Airport: Pisa, 60 Km

In the cent er of Tuscany, alongside of a coast of 10 kilometers, completely surrounded by nature and finds itself at only a small distance from two important cities: Pisa and Livorno. The climate is typically mediterranean and renders every season pleasant and appropriate, offering days rich in colour during spring; Hot and luminous in summer; and relaxing during autumn. Sports and entertainment: beach volley, sailing, windsurf, sub fishing, tennis, soccer, golf, and horse back riding, and sports complexes surrounded by greenery. Shops of every type, restaurants, bars, pizzerias, parks with games for children and even a small zoo. Permitting vacations always in activity. We recommend excursions in the natural park of S. Rossore and at the cities of art like Pisa, Lucca, Volterra, Florence and the small centres where there are numerous masterpieces to go see. Beaches: ample seashore of fine sand. Getting there: highway A/12, exit Pisa Sud, 14 Km Railway station: Livorno, 11 Km Airport: Pisa, 15 Km