Tuscany, Umbria, Marche - Soft, rolling hills and quaint cities from coast to coast, these three regions are also called the Three Sisters.
They form the low mountainous range between the coast of Liguria and Tuscany in the West, and the Adriatic Coast in the East, right across Italy’s boot. They all share a classical appreciation for harmonious proportions and their beautiful towns and cities are heavily influenced by the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca in Tuscany, Perugia, Gubbio, Assisi, Orvieto, and Todi in Umbria, as well as Ascoli Piceno in the Marche. On top of this, the regions also play host to a number of geographical sights, for example the Ligurian Alps that separate Tuscany from Liguria and the Po Valley are also the origin of Carrara marble, the Tuscan coast with its pine forests, the ashy loam mountains to the south of Siena, or the darkly forested volcanic Monte Amiata at the border to the Lazio region. Umbria has no coasts, but thanks to its dense forests it is also called the “Green Heart of Italy”, and many tourists now travel there instead of Tuscany. Finally, there is the Marche region whose fertile and colourful hilly countryside is covered in wine terraces, wheat, corn, and golden flax fields, sunflowers, and green clover, which finally roll down to the Adriatic coast with its signatory flat sand and pebble beaches.
