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the train to
Florence every 15 minutes. The others beautiful Tuscany town can be
reachet at most in 45 minutes by car: Pistoia 15 km, Lucca 60 km, Pisa
80 km, Siena 80 km. Monash University is 300 meters far away. Prato is famous for its
wool textile industry, that as long ago as the Middle Ages, had an
important role in the economic and social development of the entire
district. But beyond this aspect, Prato offers the tourist many
historical and artistic attractions of great interest, with a cultural
itinerary that goes from Medieval times to the Contemporary
Art.
ART
AND MESEUMS: splendid works of art of artists
like, Paolo Uccello, Donatello, Filippo and Filippino Lippi (visit the
web site)
have helped Prato to become a city to discover.
Interesting museum are also Museo d’arte
contermporanea Luigi Pecci
(visit the web site) and the Textile Museum,
(visit the web site)
it represents the millennial history
of textile production of our area.
COLOR and TASTE:
The
provincial countryside is also full of points of interest for tourists:
the necropolis and Etruscan findings in Comeana and Artimino,
Romanesque churches scattered all around Carmignano, ancient Abbeys in
the Bisenzio valley, medieval villages, the splendid Medici villas,
'Ambra" at Poggio a Caiano and "Fernanda" at Artimino. There is the
delightful hillside landscape of Montalbano, richly covered with
vineyards and olive orchards you tasting the typical products following
“La Strada Medicea Dei Vini di Carmignano”.
SHOPPING: Want you
make shopping? You will be able to buy local textile products in the
industrial district or in the near Outlets “Barberino
Designers Outlet” in Barberino del Mugello at only
15 minutes from Prato or “THE MALL “ in Reggello at
50 minutes.
CYCLE TRACKS: People
who love cycle excursions can follow the itinerary of the modern and
well-equipped cycle tracks. Along these tracks it's possible to
appreciate, as a sporting amusement, the embankment, nature, views and
the ancient villages strewn in the countryside, where there are
restaurants with the best local cookery. Bikers and hikers can explore
the many trails through woods, chestnut groves and hills characterizing
a part of Tuscany where man has always been closely in touch with
nature.
BUSINESS: If you arrive in Prato for business, the hotel
has the right position to visit the industrial textile
district, named Macrolotto, far only 3 km.
If you are looking to an hotel , in a family environment, for your
holidays in Tuscany, Albergo Il Giglio is your best choice.
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