Firenze	Prato	Pistoia	Lucca	Versilia
Pisa	Siena	Arezzo	Golf	Wellness

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From above Pistoia still has the appearance of a walled city: the quadrangular perimeter of the medieval walls, made even more imposing by the Medici bastions, betrays its military origins and the bellicosity of its inhabitants, who were constantly engaged in defending their territory contested for the strategic position of the neighbouring Tuscan cities.
If you look carefully at the plan of the roads and the ruins of ancient stones, you can still see the remains of the two concentric circles of wall, which defended the Lombard citadel in centuries gone by and later the free Municipality. In fact, in the thirteenth century, despite being traditionally linked to the economy of farming, the people of Pistoia successfully established flourishing commercial activities, entertaining relations with the whole of the Mediterranean and developing their city so much that they had to extend the defence boundary at least three times.
Walking through the heart of the walled citadel today, across the Cathedral square or nearby suggestive Sala square, it is like regaining a sense of time, a dimension where you can find yourself and recall colours, smells and tastes that have almost been forgotten: in the little streets with their curious names, activities and trades of industrious people resound from a distant past.