The Villa Medici di Lilliano is one of my favorite locations for a destination wedding near Florence. The picturesque garden settings of this venue and terrace with its spectacular view of the city of Florence makes it a unique spot to hold a sophisticated wedding in Tuscany; just 20 minutes away from the city and [...]
Civil wedding in Tuscany
Elopement to Italy – there is something unmistakably magical about boarding a plane just the two of you, ready for a dream secret getaway, with the union of your marriage as the cherry on top. Rather than splurge on a wedding reception and ceremony, you have decided to dedicate the most intimate and precious moments of your life together [...]
Today I’m visiting a very popular destination located between Florence and Siena – Certaldo Alto. Certaldo is a lovely, small medieval town nicely positioned in the heart of Tuscany, south-west of Florence and just 40 minutes away from Siena. It’s a home town of the 14th century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio and has Etruscan and Roman origins. [...]
Up until now I didn’t know that a couple can say “I dos” on the stage of this tiny theater in Tuscany. So I went down to Lucca to visit this very special place last December. Loredana, the lovely Curator of the Teatrino was waiting for me at the piazzale Verdi in the center of Lucca [...]