Official Tourism Board for the valley of Mugello welcomes you in Mugello, Tuscany, where you can spend your holidays next to Florence.

If you intend to spend a long weekend in the area, after the above-mentioned excursion, you might want to use the following route which winds through the towns of Borgo San Lorenzo, Vaglia and Vicchio.
In Borgo San Lorenzo we recommend a visit to San Lorenzo Church, an important Romanesque building that conserves a precious Madonna attributed to Giotto (tel. +39 055 8459295). We also recommend the particular Museo della Manifattura Chini (Ceramics Museum) in the finely restored Villa Pecori Giraldi (for information and guided visits tel. +39 055 8456230), which is dedicated to the vast array of activities of the Chini family during the Liberty period (architectural furnishings and various fittings for the home in ceramic, stoneware and glass etc.). The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions of ceramics from other collections and museums.

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If you are looking for a natural environment and fresh air, you can take a trip to the Museo della Civiltà Contadina di Casa d’Erci (Museum of farm life and customs) where, apart from the visit to the country house which offers a display of farm tools and furniture, you can take a hike (max. one hour) on a path that runs through the woods and across a stream; and you can stop to eat at an equipped picnic area (for information and guided visits tel.+39  055 8457197 - 338 6880647).

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From Borgo San Lorenzo you can take the main road Faentina towards Florence; once at the Passo di Vetta le Croci, the road on the right leads up to the Convent of Montesenario, which towers over the Mugello valley, offering a magnificent breathtaking view. The original church was built by the Servites in the year 1241 (tel. +39 055 406441). Not far off you find the imposing Villa Demidoff Park (tel. +39 055 409427 - 055 409225). The estate was bought in 1569 by the Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici who engaged Ferdinando Buontalenti to design and build the villa.

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The tour turns back towards the valley, and therefore Borgo San Lorenzo, and ends in Vicchio with a visit to the newly renovated Museo Beato Angelico di Arte Sacra e Religiosità Popolare (Sacred Art and Religiousness Museum, tel. +39 055 8448251 - 055 8439258) and the Home of Giotto in his native Vespignano located between Vicchio and Borgo San Lorenzo (tel. +39 055 8448251- 055 8439258).