If you take a look from Montecatini Terme at the amphitheatre of the surrounding hills, you'll discover history.
Among the olive-trees, there stick out the towers of ancient fortifications, there appears the tight formation of houses in an ancient village, and there the bell tower of a church stands out.
There are at least ten "castles" rising around the town of Pescia, the main town in Italy of flower cultivation.

In this area, called "Svizzera Pesciatina", you can find the villages Pietrabuona, Medicina, Fibbialla, Aramo, San Quirico, Castelvecchio, Sorana, Stiappa, Pontito and Vellano; ancient names of still living old villages that recall the exploits and events of a past and mythical world.

These villages are mostly surrounded with walls and once upon a time would control the border between the seigniors of Florence and Lucca.
These castles can still be visited by those who search the tracks of the past in the narrow uphill streets and the ancient stone walls, walking among the chestnut trees through ancient paths that connect the villages in the evocative quietness of an untouched nature.

Our glance is then directed to Pistoia, the town where the footprints of the Della Robbia brothers keep step with the modernity of the sculptor Marino Marini and the architect Giovanni Michelucci.

Also moving in the direction of Pistoia, you will find old villages such as Uzzano, Stignano, Buggiano Castello, Massa, Cozzile, Monsummano Alto, Montevettolini, Larciano Castello and finally Serravalle, that marks the border of the valley of Pistoia.

Montecatini Alto stands out for itself: it is the true historical centre of Montecatini Terme.
From Montecatini Alto, tourists can admire "the most beautiful view in the world", as Giuseppe Verdi remarked.
In Montecatini Alto, in its castle, in its typical famous square, visitors will discover a past world and a Tuscany that is unknown to the mass public, but that is alive and authentic and still perfectly maintained in its genuineness.

So why don't you come to Montecatini Terme and discover the other Tuscany ?