In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Geography & climate
Mediterranean, warm dry summers, mild winters.
Apennine hills, the Chianti country, the Arno valley, the Tyrrhenian coast and the Maremma.
Economy & culture
Tourism, wine and olive oil, fashion and leather, pharmaceuticals, marble.
The Renaissance, Florence and the Uffizi, the postcard countryside, the language that became standard Italian.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Florence Over-Tourism Becomes a Global Cautionary Tale
- Tuscan Wine and the Climate Story in the World Press
- How Foreign Media Sell — and Misread — the Tuscan Idyll