There’s something about Tuscany that just takes your breath away. Perhaps it’s the charming little towns, the ancient churches, or being home to Europe's most incredible wine regions. I’d only visited ...

Located in northwestern Tuscany, Barga is the historic heart of the region known as the Garfagnana, a rugged swath of densely forested hills and deep river canyons sheltered between the rocky Apuan ...

Barga usually sees thousands of Scots visit during the summer months Thousands of Scottish Italians can trace their roots back to Barga and the surrounding area. The connection is said to go back to ...

The sound of the bagpipes echoed through the Tuscan hills at the weekend. All pictures by Terry Boyd The streets of an Italian town were filled with the sound of bagpipes at the weekend. It was the ...

Alison Campsie visits the charming town of Barga in Italy, and discovers a little slice of Scotland in the Tuscan hills. It’s a beautiful evening in Barga as the sun blasts its last light off the pink ...

TUSCANY can not only lay claim to being the home of Chianti and Michaelangelo's David, but also a town that describes itself as the 'most Scottish in Italy' . High in the Tuscan hills, nestled below ...

Thousands of Scottish Italians can trace their roots back to Barga and the surrounding area. The connection is said to go back to the turn of the 19th Century, when large numbers of people struggling ...

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