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• Activities (30)
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Activities

• What’s happening in Lunigiana in May 2012 - Comments (0)
• Car boot sale in support of the Lega Nazionale per la Difesa del Cane, Massa - Comments (0)
• 2012 visitor information for the caves at Equi Terme and the Fivizzano museums - Comments (0)
• Castle cycle tour for foodies from Pontremoli to Bagnone - Comments (0)
• EquiLuna: The birthday of Santiago - Comments (0)
• The blooming marvellous daffodil display at Villa la Pescigola - Comments (0)
• Club Alpino Italiano Fivizzano – 2012 guided walks - Comments (0)
• Spending time on an organic farm in Lunigiana the WWOOF way - Comments (0)
• Out and about over the festive season - Comments (0)
• Winter sports resource guide – Northern Tuscany & nearby Emilia Romagna - Comments (2)
• Post-Christmas guided hikes & tours in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• iPhone app for the Parco di Portofino - Comments (0)

Apps

• Ti Amo Lunigiana – a Valentine’s Day app - Comments (0)
• Slow Food’s 2012 Osterie d’Italia & Slow Wine apps - Comments (0)
• iPhone app for the Parco di Portofino - Comments (0)
• Tuscany for foodies - Comments (0)

Brochures

• 2012 visitor information for the caves at Equi Terme and the Fivizzano museums - Comments (0)
• 2012 Opening hours of Piagnaro Castle & the Stele Statue Museum in Pontremoli - Comments (0)
• Pontremoli brochures - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana in Pisa Airport’s abfly magazine - Comments (0)

Calendar

• What’s happening in Lunigiana in May 2012 - Comments (0)
• What’s happening in Lunigiana in April 2012 - Comments (0)
• What’s happening in Lunigiana in March 2012 - Comments (2)
• What’s happening in Lunigiana in February 2012 - Comments (0)
• Major events, festivals and sagre in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Christmas markets & events in Lunigiana - Comments (0)

Castles

• Castle cycle tour for foodies from Pontremoli to Bagnone - Comments (0)
• 2012 Opening hours of Piagnaro Castle & the Stele Statue Museum in Pontremoli - Comments (0)
• Tours of the Castles of Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• The Castle of Aquila, Gragnola - Comments (0)
• Post-Christmas guided hikes & tours in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Castles of Lunigiana resource guide - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana’s lost garden in the sky - Comments (0)

Culture

• Sandro’s Sightings: The Barsana from Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• It happened in March 1906: the Pontremoli Hospital scandal - Comments (0)
• Tours of the Castles of Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Sandro’s Sightings: San Nicolò, Villafranca in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• New stele statue discovered near Monti, Licciana Nardi - Comments (0)
• Gordon Lett’s International Brigade & the reenactment of the Arzelato rastrellamento - Comments (0)
• Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Rocky Ravine’ – inspired by Lunigiana? - Comments (0)
• The Castle of Aquila, Gragnola - Comments (0)
• The Bonfire will Burn – the Falò di San Geminiano - Comments (0)
• YouTube Lunigiana Channel - Comments (0)
• Giovanni Sismondo – the bishop who helped prevent the destruction of Pontremoli in World War II - Comments (0)
• Fagiolata sotto Casa event to go ahead - Comments (0)

Cycling

• Castle cycle tour for foodies from Pontremoli to Bagnone - Comments (0)
• La Via degli Abati – the original pilgrim route across the Appennines - Comments (2)
• Road cycling and mountain biking in Lunigiana resource guide - Comments (1)

Earthquakes

• Tremors in Lunigiana – living with earthquakes - Comments (1)
• Is there a risk of a serious earthquake in Lunigiana? - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana & Garfagnana complete earthquake exercise - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana & Garfagnana test earthquake preparedness - Comments (2)

Edible Lunigiana

• The Treschietto onion of Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Castle cycle tour for foodies from Pontremoli to Bagnone - Comments (0)
• Traditional Easter lamb stew with artichokes - Comments (0)
• When lardo di Colonnata meets three Michelin stars - Comments (0)
• Pontremoli for Slow Foodies - Comments (0)
• Da Bussè – the Slow Food restaurant in Pontremoli - Comments (0)
• World Nutella Day in Lunigiana - Comments (2)
• Il Café degli Svizzeri – Pontremoli - Comments (1)
• Slow Food’s 2012 Osterie d’Italia & Slow Wine apps - Comments (0)
• Out and about over the festive season - Comments (0)
• Montagne Verde top restaurant in Lunigiana in the Menu a Km Zero Competition - Comments (0)
• An Agriturismo in Lunigiana with a difference – Montagne Verde - Comments (0)

Environment

• Tremors in Lunigiana – living with earthquakes - Comments (1)
• Spending time on an organic farm in Lunigiana the WWOOF way - Comments (0)
• New details for donating to the Aulla Flood Relief Fund from abroad - Comments (0)
• Diluvio Musicale: concert to raise funds for the flood relief in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• How to help Lunigiana’s flood victims - Comments (0)
• The Mud Angels of Aulla - Comments (3)
• Aquazzone & alluvione – downpours & floods in Lunigiana - Comments (2)
• Is the demand for honey from Lunigiana about to explode? - Comments (0)
• The first Pontremoli calf born in Lunigiana for forty years - Comments (0)
• Sunset in Lunigiana - Comments (1)
• An afternoon on the Magra - Comments (1)
• Flowers of the Apuane Alps - Comments (0)

Events

• Borgomatto – a festival of street theatre, crafts and music in Gragnola - Comments (1)
• Glimpses of Filiatteria: Painting Competition - Comments (0)
• Easter Monday Special: Antique, book & bric a brac market in Filetto - Comments (0)
• What’s happening in Lunigiana in April 2012 - Comments (0)
• What’s happening in Lunigiana in March 2012 - Comments (2)
• What’s happening in Lunigiana in February 2012 - Comments (0)
• The Bonfire will Burn – the Falò di San Geminiano - Comments (0)
• Out and about over the festive season - Comments (0)
• Christmas Markets & Events in Lunigiana 2011 - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana’s first car boot sale comes with a twist - Comments (1)
• Diluvio Musicale: concert to raise funds for the flood relief in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Sciopero – Strikes - Comments (0)

Hiking

• Pontremoli brochures - Comments (0)
• Club Alpino Italiano Fivizzano – 2012 guided walks - Comments (0)
• Out and about over the festive season - Comments (0)
• Post-Christmas guided hikes & tours in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• iPhone app for the Parco di Portofino - Comments (0)
• A circular walk in Zeri: Coloretta – La Dolce – Noce – Coloretta - Comments (1)
• A perfect walk – Malgrate-Mocrone-Orturano-Bagnone-Malgrate - Comments (2)
• La Via degli Abati – the original pilgrim route across the Appennines - Comments (2)
• Hiking the old trail that connects the Lunigiana with Lucca - Comments (3)
• Bagnone renovates huts for walkers in the mountains - Comments (0)
• Hike organised by Mangia Trekking at Sassalbo - Comments (0)

Legal

• IMU property tax 2012 – what you need to know - Comments (0)
• Is time up for British estate agent Wendy Smith convicted of embezzlement? - Comments (0)
• Pontremoli is the ‘rich’ town of Lunigiana when it comes to paying tax - Comments (0)
• British estate agency owners in Lunigiana imprisoned for property scam - Comments (0)
• Understanding the proposed Italian education reforms - Comments (2)
• Let it snow, but not on the roads in Lunigiana - Comments (2)

Markets

• Pontremoli for Slow Foodies - Comments (0)
• Mercatino in Filetto resumes in March - Comments (0)
• Christmas Markets & Events in Lunigiana 2011 - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana’s first car boot sale comes with a twist - Comments (1)
• Farmers Market in Aulla reopens - Comments (0)
• Sarzana to hold regular Slow Food markets - Comments (1)
• Christmas markets & events in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Weekly farmers market arrives in Aulla, Lunigiana - Comments (2)

Meet the locals

• Meet the locals: Francesco Bola – Tour Guide - Comments (0)

News

• 2012 Opening hours of Piagnaro Castle & the Stele Statue Museum in Pontremoli - Comments (0)
• Is time up for British estate agent Wendy Smith convicted of embezzlement? - Comments (0)
• Montagne Verde top restaurant in Lunigiana in the Menu a Km Zero Competition - Comments (0)
• New details for donating to the Aulla Flood Relief Fund from abroad - Comments (0)
• Christmas goodies from Richmond’s English Shop - Comments (0)
• Il Suono della Domenica: Zucchero’s biography - Comments (0)
• Diluvio Musicale: concert to raise funds for the flood relief in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• How to help Lunigiana’s flood victims - Comments (0)
• The Mud Angels of Aulla - Comments (3)
• Aquazzone & alluvione – downpours & floods in Lunigiana - Comments (2)
• TV blackout expected in parts of Lunigiana - Comments (2)
• Sciopero – Strikes - Comments (0)

Other stuff

• Watchful of Malgrate - Comments (0)
• Considering retiring to Lunigiana? - Comments (2)
• A meeting of swallows - Comments (0)
• Sedgefield, Africa’s only CittaSlow - Comments (0)
• Rainbow over Villafranca in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• English library & book exchange in Fivizzano - Comments (0)
• Saturday in Sarzana - Comments (6)
• Wisteria Lane, Malgrate Castle - Comments (2)
• The first signs of spring - Comments (2)
• Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - Comments (1)
• Tea down the bosco - Comments (0)
• Aquazzone: watching the weather in Lunigiana - Comments (4)

People

• Meet the locals: Francesco Bola – Tour Guide - Comments (0)
• Succisa, the birthplace of Saint Zita of Lucca - Comments (2)
• The sinking of the Titanic – the Lunigiana link - Comments (0)
• Gordon Lett’s International Brigade & the reenactment of the Arzelato rastrellamento - Comments (0)
• The carpenter from Lunigiana and the restoration of La Venaria Reale - Comments (0)
• Giovanni Sismondo – the bishop who helped prevent the destruction of Pontremoli in World War II - Comments (0)
• Major Gordon Lett, the SAS and the Partisans in Zeri - Comments (0)
• Il Suono della Domenica: Zucchero’s biography - Comments (0)
• Lest we forget: Remembrance Day - Comments (0)
• Commemorating Byron’s swim across the Gulf of Poets - Comments (0)
• One man’s mission to save the traditional Marocca bread of Casola – Fabio Bertolucci - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana’s lost garden in the sky - Comments (0)

Recipes

• Traditional Easter lamb stew with artichokes - Comments (0)

Resource guides

• Pontremoli for Slow Foodies - Comments (0)
• Winter sports resource guide – Northern Tuscany & nearby Emilia Romagna - Comments (2)
• Castles of Lunigiana resource guide - Comments (0)
• Road cycling and mountain biking in Lunigiana resource guide - Comments (1)

Restaurants

• Pontremoli for Slow Foodies - Comments (0)
• Da Bussè – the Slow Food restaurant in Pontremoli - Comments (0)
• Slow Food’s 2012 Osterie d’Italia & Slow Wine apps - Comments (0)
• Montagne Verde top restaurant in Lunigiana in the Menu a Km Zero Competition - Comments (0)
• Pontremoli restaurants compete in annual slow food competition – Il Testo D’Oro - Comments (0)
• L’Antica Trattoria Pelliccia in Pontremoli receives Slow Food Award - Comments (0)
• Restaurants in Lunigiana compete for ‘Menu a Km Zero 2011′ award - Comments (0)
• Agriturismo Montagna Verde goes chocolate - Comments (0)
• The road to Oppilo and Podere Benelli - Comments (3)
• Il Tempo Ritrovato Pizzeria - Comments (3)
• English library & book exchange in Fivizzano - Comments (0)
• Restaurants on the “Riviera Apuana” to promote produce from Lunigiana - Comments (0)

Services

• Meet the locals: Francesco Bola – Tour Guide - Comments (0)
• IMU property tax 2012 – what you need to know - Comments (0)
• TV blackout expected in parts of Lunigiana - Comments (2)
• Sciopero – Strikes - Comments (0)
• English hairdresser in Lunigiana – Jeremy Hair Studio - Comments (0)
• English library & book exchange in Fivizzano - Comments (0)
• English speaking taxi driver for hire in Lunigiana - Comments (0)

Shops

• Pontremoli for Slow Foodies - Comments (0)
• Il Café degli Svizzeri – Pontremoli - Comments (1)
• Christmas goodies from Richmond’s English Shop - Comments (0)
• One man’s mission to save the traditional Marocca bread of Casola – Fabio Bertolucci - Comments (0)
• Il Pungiglione’s Bottega dei Buoni Frutti – the perfect place to buy local produce - Comments (2)
• English hairdresser in Lunigiana – Jeremy Hair Studio - Comments (0)
• Unusual fresh herbs and chillies for sale in Bagnone - Comments (0)
• English library & book exchange in Fivizzano - Comments (0)
• Richmond’s English Food Shop in Viareggio - Comments (2)
• Is Punto e Pasta the best pie shop in Lunigiana? - Comments (4)

Sightings

• Sandro’s Sightings: The Barsana from Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Sandro’s Sightings: The Bells of Agnetta - Comments (0)
• Sandro’s Sightings: San Nicolò, Villafranca in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Sandro’s Sightings: The aqueduct at Iera - Comments (0)
• Sandro’s Sightings: Castrum Grundulae - Comments (1)

Tourism

• Tours of the Castles of Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Pontremoli brochures - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana in Pisa Airport’s abfly magazine - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana’s gorgeous new boutique hotel and restaurant – Antica Fornace - Comments (0)
• Castles of Lunigiana resource guide - Comments (0)
• Tourist office video on Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Looking for Lunigiana - Comments (2)

Tours

• 2012 visitor information for the caves at Equi Terme and the Fivizzano museums - Comments (0)
• Tours of the Castles of Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• The Castle of Aquila, Gragnola - Comments (0)
• Post-Christmas guided hikes & tours in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Castles of Lunigiana resource guide - Comments (0)

Videos

• YouTube Lunigiana Channel - Comments (0)
• An Agriturismo in Lunigiana with a difference – Montagne Verde - Comments (0)
• Lest we forget: Remembrance Day - Comments (0)
• Want to be a beekeeper in Lunigiana? - Comments (0)
• Sgabei of the Val di Magra - Comments (1)
• Floods in Lunigiana - Comments (2)
• Tourist office video on Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• The mad hatter of Pontremoli – Zucchero - Comments (0)
• The Women of Zeri - Comments (0)
• The soprano from Aulla – Giorgia Fumanti - Comments (2)
• Welcome to Ciao Lunigiana - Comments (4)

War

• Sandro’s Sightings: San Nicolò, Villafranca in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Gordon Lett’s International Brigade & the reenactment of the Arzelato rastrellamento - Comments (0)
• Giovanni Sismondo – the bishop who helped prevent the destruction of Pontremoli in World War II - Comments (0)
• Major Gordon Lett, the SAS and the Partisans in Zeri - Comments (0)
• Lest we forget: Remembrance Day - Comments (0)
• Lunigiana’s lost garden in the sky - Comments (0)
• World War II in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Pallerone remembers the “good Nazi” – Josef Schiffer - Comments (7)
• Aulla remembers the dead of the 1943 Allied bombing - Comments (2)
• Bailey bridges to the rescue in Lunigiana - Comments (3)
• The Eagle of Lunigiana - Comments (0)

Winter sports

• Out and about over the festive season - Comments (0)
• Winter sports resource guide – Northern Tuscany & nearby Emilia Romagna - Comments (2)
• The Salame Cup? Ice Hockey in Lunigiana - Comments (0)
• Another snowshoe walk in Zeri - Comments (2)
• Snowshoe walking in Zeri - Comments (0)
• Winter sports season opens in Lunigiana - Comments (0)