Florence in the summer is an ideal place for the holidays of those who love art and nature. Italian city in the center of Tuscany is one of the most visited places by people from all over the world.

Florence in the summer is a great place not only for the famous tours in Florence dedicated to many artistic attractions of the city. This Tuscan city is a perfect location for those who want to immerse themselves in surroundings of nature and villages.

With a few kilometers away of Florence, you can find one of the most beautiful hilly countryside in Italy. Among the many hilly areas, if you go south, you will arrive to the famous Chianti area.

Chianti is a place where the beauty of nature alternates the presence of farmlands, which produce some of the most famous Tuscan excellences, appreciated not only among Italians.

Wine and Tuscan olive oil are among the most sought products. Appreciated by those who love the quality products produced according to ancient traditions that respect nature and genuineness of the products. Tuscan wine and olive oil produced in the Chianti region are the products with certificates and present among the best restaurants, in many countries around the world.

Taking part in the tour in the hilly areas around Florence, meeting the nature of great beauty you can also find many historical testimonies of the glorious past of this area of ​​Italy.

There are many villages, churches, palaces and historic mansions still present and in most cases in very good conditions. You can esteem the countryside around Florence, place where works of great historical and artistic importance deserves much more attention. Unfortunately, they do not have the fame of artistic beauty as the historic center of Florence, but surely deserve it.

To witness the great beauty of these places, tourist numbers increase during the summer, but among them are many foreigners, who have bought houses in the Tuscan countryside for the holidays.

In the past, these hilly areas of the countryside around Florence were the vacation and rest spots of the noble Florentine families. One of the most important families were the Medici, who used to spend time in these hilly areas. The Medici family built several villas in the countryside around Florence, which are still in excellent conditions. In these places, they used to organize hunting trips that extended for long distances in these rural areas.

Even today, these areas sought like favorite locations of touristic and gastronomic attractions, but also frequented with hunting activities. Hunters here can find abundance of hunting games for the presence of certain kinds of animals that proliferate. Thanks to the excellent environmental conditions of this area of Tuscany.