Eco Hotels in Tuscany

Why Stay in Tuscany

The heart of Italy — art, wine & timeless landscapes

Tuscany is the Italy of imagination — a landscape of cypress-lined roads winding through silver-green olive groves, vineyards stretching to sunbaked hilltop villages, and Renaissance cities that still feel like open-air museums. It's the birthplace of the Italian language (Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in Tuscan dialect), the cradle of the Renaissance, and home to some of the most recognisable countryside on Earth.

Florence alone contains roughly one-third of the world's art treasures. The Uffizi Gallery houses Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Michelangelo's David stands in the Accademia, and Brunelleschi's dome — the largest brick dome ever built — still dominates the skyline six centuries after its completion. But Tuscany is far more than Florence. Siena's fan-shaped Piazza del Campo hosts the Palio horse race twice each summer, a tradition dating to the Middle Ages. Pisa's Leaning Tower needs no introduction. Lucca's intact Renaissance walls, now a tree-lined park, encircle one of Italy's most livable small cities.

The Val d'Orcia, a UNESCO World Heritage site south of Siena, is Tuscany at its most photogenic: gentle hills crowned with cypress clusters, isolated farmhouses, and the thermal springs of Bagno Vignoni. The Chianti region between Florence and Siena produces some of Italy's finest wines — Sangiovese-based Chianti Classico — from vineyards that have been cultivated since Etruscan times. The Maremma coast, once malarial marshland, is now Tuscany's wildest corner, with empty beaches, Etruscan ruins, and the Argentario peninsula's chic fishing villages.

Tuscan cuisine is rooted in simplicity and quality: ribollita (bread and vegetable soup), bistecca alla fiorentina (a massive T-bone steak from Chianina cattle), pappa al pomodoro, and cantucci biscuits dipped in Vin Santo. The region's olive oil — peppery, green, and intense — is among Italy's finest. Every IMPT booking in Tuscany removes 1 tonne of verified CO₂, at the same price as Booking.com. New members receive €5 free credit and 5% cashback in IMPT tokens.

Tuscany at a glance

Region: Tuscany

Country: Italy

Provinces: 10 (Florence, Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena)

Capital: Florence

Area: 22,990 km²

Population: 3.7 million

UNESCO Sites: Florence Historic Centre, Piazza del Duomo Pisa, San Gimignano, Siena, Pienza, Val d'Orcia, Medici Villas

Hotel count: 12,000+ eco-certified properties on IMPT

Price range: from €70/night (agriturismi) to €500+/night (luxury resorts)

Travel tip: Book through IMPT for the same prices as Booking.com — every booking removes 1 tonne of CO₂. A car is highly recommended for exploring the countryside. Florence-Pisa-Livorno airport (PSA) and Florence-Peretola (FLR) serve the region. High-speed trains connect Florence to Rome (1.5 hours), Milan (1.75 hours), and Venice (2 hours).