Someone has defined it "Tuscany`s green island".

And looking this region stretching between the Apuan Alps and the Tuscan-Emilian Appenines, in the province of Lucca, it seems a real first-rate definition.

Garfagnana, with its inaccessible and unspoilt mountains and its gentle hills reshaped by man over the centuries, is the ideal destination for a holiday trip to Tuscany, if you are looking for a place rich in stories and legends.

You will find plenty of villas, country houses or farmhouses for rent in this part of Tuscany in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, the main town in the area, as well as in smaller but nevertheless interesting villages, including Borgo a Mozzano, Camporgiano, Castiglione di Garfagnana, Gallicano, Minucciano, Vergemoli...

During your stay in Garfagnana you can:

• cross the Ponte del Diavolo (Devil`s Bridge), built in the 14th century in Borgo a Mozzano;

• visit the Grotta del Vento (Wind Cave), in Vergemoli;

• listen to the elderly telling stories about the two hobgoblins that are believed to live in the area, the "linchetto" and the "buffardello".

Your sweet half does not like magic and mystery? To her, a holiday in Tuscany in Garfagnana offers the occasion to spend some days taking care of her body. With its thermal establishments, its hot-water springs and steam grottoes, Bagni di Lucca was Paolina Bonaparte`s (Napoleon`s sister) favourite place for rest and relax.