Adjacent to the palace stands another Siena icon, visible from all corners: the Torre del Mangia, one of Tuscany's most famous towers built between 1325 and 1348.

Train links make Lucca a good base for trips to other parts of Tuscany. Journey time to Florence is 1hr 20min direct, with trains roughly hourly (€8.40/£7.10). Prato and Pistoia enroute both ...

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then moved to Siena. Nine years later she opened her own winery, Fanciulle, with her sister and has been anything but restrained by Tuscan tradition or government bureaucracy in going her own way.

Just picture Tuscany's rolling hills aflame with changing ... Plus, you'll wait in shorter lines at places like Florence's Uffizi Gallery or Siena's Torre del Mangia (the city's tallest tower).