RECOMMENDED ITINERARIES

CULTURE
Not far away is the famous art capital, Florence.  Here alone you could spend your whole holiday.
Just over an hour away are other towns and cities well worth visiting, including Pisa, Lucca, Arezzo, Volterra and San Gimignano and other lesser known centres, just as interesting and full of Italian treasures.  A few kilometres from Tosina is the splendid National Forest of Vallombrosa with it’s impressive monastery and together with  Camaldoli (40 minutes) and La Verna (1 hour) by car, make up one of the most interesting religious itineraries in central Italy.

SPORT
An ideal place for trekking. The Consuma at 4 km has several marked walking routes where you can reach the National Park of Vallombrosa and not too far away is also the National Park of Casentino offering more hiking routes through the valley dotted with antique castles and churches dating back to the Medieval period, once visited by pilgrims on their way from the North towards Rome. It is possible to go horse-riding (2 km), go swimming in the olympic size swimming pool in Pontassieve (10 km) and play tennis at the Consuma (4 km)

GASTRONOMY
The Tuscans understand the art of cooking using simple dishes and genuine local products, for example, Florentine beefsteak, Ribollita – Tuscan soup, Tortelli – home-made pasta, Fagioli all’Uccelletto – white beans, Trippa – tripe. Of course not forgetting two very important products – extra virgin olive oil and Chianti. Infact Tosina is situated along the wine route passing through Pomino and the Rufina valley.