Tuscany’s scenery is real food-for-the-soul stuff. Scarlet poppy fields and yellow sunflower meadows sit alongside military-neat vineyards and silvery olive groves. And that’s just a drop in the ocean. Factor in flame-shaped cypress trees and rolling hills, and you’ve got a feast for the eyes. Then there’s the history to consider. Tuscany’s heritage is writ large across its towns and cities. Take Florence - a living monument to the Renaissance, the entire city is a giant work of art. Among the must-sees are the Uffizi Gallery, where Botticelli’s Venus hangs, and the Accademia where Michelangelo’s David stands tall. And it’s worth saving time to take in the shopping scene. This place is all names, names, names. Then there’s Medieval Siena, home to one of the biggest piazzas in Italy, the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo. Rounding up Tuscany’s trio of city titans is Pisa, home of the world’s most famous architectural disaster. Cities aside, this part of the world is best-known for its hill towns – walled villages where little has changed since the Middle Ages. San Gimignano is perhaps the fairest of them all. Its Medieval skyscrapers have made it something of a Tuscan legend. With all this in its arsenal, along with food that’s straight out of nonna’s recipe book and nightlife that walks the line between cool and casual, this is Italy in all its glory.