In each house you will find a binder with local
information and general tourist information about events taking place.
However - below a small list of some of them - just contact us for more details.
Terme di Montecatini
 If you need to recharge your vitality, we recommend a visit to the Terme di Montecatini. With its 9 spas, health therapies, beauty treatments and general well being programs, there is something for everyone. We are in the process of obtaining some discount here.
Grotta Giusti al Terme
 Grotta Giusti
benefits from its very own thermal grotto, a fascinating natural cave with a hot water underground lake in which guests can enjoy a relaxing and detoxifying steam bath. In addition to the steam baths, the Spa offers mud therapy, ozonised baths in thermal water, massages, inhalation treatment, a new area for Oriental Disciplines, a gym center , an avant garde Aesthetic Medicine Centre and a spacious relaxation zone.
The new open-air thermal swimming pool, a high-tech facility measuring 750 sq. m., with a large and spectacular waterfall and underwater hydromassage in spa water.
Guests staying here at Villa Stabbia are entitled to 10% discount.
The Funiculare - Cable Car
 When in Montecatini Terme - why not try the cable car from 1898 to
reach Montecatini Alto.
This little medieval
town has lots of interesting shops as well as wonderful restaurants and
will give you a beautiful panoramic view of Montecatini Terme and of all
the Valdinievole area. The Funiculare ride takes about 10 minutes.
 Termeland
Still in Montecatini Terme - Termeland. Situated right in the
centre of Montecatine Terme it offers children the chance to get
rid of a lot of energy. A nice and well equipped amusement park.
Music Festivals
A reasonable amount of festivals take place here in Tuscany during the summer months the Jazz festival in Pistoia, the blues festival in Porretta etc etc.
Summer music festival in Montecatini
Terme
Music festivals in
Italy
Puccini Festival in Viareggio
Markets in the vicinity
The
markets obviously very in size, some consists of 3 stalls (Margina Coperta)
others of more than 50 (Montecatini Terme), and at some it is mainly food
products that are sold, others have household items as well as clothing
and shoes.
| Monday |
Monsummano
piazza Giusti
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| Tuesday |
Borgo
piazza Coluccio Salutati
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| Wednesday
morning |
Margina
Coperta piazza della Resistenza
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| Wednesday |
Chiesina
Uzzanese piazza V Emanuele
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| Thursday
8:30 to 15:30 |
Montecatini
Terme P.le Pietro Leopoldo Zone Stadio
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| Friday |
Ponte
Buggianese piazza XXIV Novembre
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| Friday |
Lamporecchio
via Gramsci e via M. del Padule
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| Saturday
afternoon |
Pieve
a Nievole piazza 27. aprile
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| Saturday |
Pescia
piazza Mazzini
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| Saturday |
Larciano
piazza Togliatti
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| Wednesday
& Saturday |
Pistoia
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Padule
di Fucecchio
The Fucecchio
Marshes cover an area of about 1.800 hectares divided between the
Provinces of Pistoia and Florence and is the largest inland
marsh in Italy. A paradise for bird watchers!
Collodi and Pinocchio Park
Collodi
has become a major tourist resort thanks to three main distinguishing
features: the Old
Borgo, the Garzoni Villa and Gardens, Pinocchio Park.
These three different and independent sightseeing itineraries share
similar characteristics: they are in complete harmony with the Tuscan
landscape and stimulate the visitors' imagination towards unusual,
fantastic and fairy-tale dimensions.
 The
Old Borgo.
It is a collection of small houses clinging to a steep
hill: higher up is the ancient Fort, while down below stands the imposing
Villa Garzoni. The houses along narrow streets paved with stones still
preserve medieval features. Ruins of age-old fortifications can still be
seen and tourists should not miss Saint Bartholomew's Parish Church, Pieve
di San Bartolomeo (13th century), at the top of the village.
The
Garzoni Villa and Gardens.
This Villa is famous all over Europe thanks
to its amazing baroque gardens, among the very few in Europe that have
preserved their original structure and features. The Gardens won immediate
renown due to their extraordinary visual impact. The steep slope of the
hill was cleverly exploited in order to create an ideal backdrop for
staircases, water fountain displays, allegorical sculpture sets and a
thousand minor paths with caves, small buildings, terra cotta statues,
etc. Remember to visit the Collodi
Butterfly House to be found inside the garden as well!
 Pinocchio
Park.
 This park is not the usual amusement area but the stirring and
precious collective work of great artists where visitors, thanks to the
beauty of art and nature, walk through a living fairy-tale enjoying
themselves in a most natural and spontaneous way.
Pinocchio Park offers fully-equipped picnic areas, a cafe, a wide
playground with wooden toys, a large chessboard and a shop. Pinocchio
Park, the 'Paese dei Balocchi' (Toyland) and the Museum-Library with its
exhibition 'Laboratorio delle Parole e delle Figure' are open to the
public every day of the year, from 8:30 am to sunset continuously.
Visitors access the Park after purchasing an entrance ticket and no
booking is required.
Museum and House of Leonardo da Vinci
Perched in the mountains west of Firenze, Vinci is an unimposing little town known best for being the birthplace of the first great artist of the Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci.
 
Most definately worth a visit is the Leonardo da Vinci museum. The museum, located in the castle Conti Guidi, is filled with copies of Leonardos drawings, and
detailed (and working) models made from Leonardo's designs. The Romanesque castle setting adds to the
flavour, with stone walls, wooden beams, and a tall bell tower.
About 3 kms from Vinci in Anchiano, the house where Leonardo was born nestles into a landscape that has changed little since he lived there as a child.
Local Information for Massa e Cozzile
A
chance to fly over Villa
Stabbia in 3D , Massa e Cozzile, Tuscany - well all of Italy
Weather
forecast - Regione is Pistoia and Commune is Massa e Cozzile Short
description of Massa
e Cozzile Massa
e Cozzile Home Page
Pistoia area
Museums in the Pistoia
Region
An overview of what to see in Pistoia, the main town in our province.
An all- Italian site for Abetone - even 24 hours webcam of the slopes!
Lucca area
Official
site for what's going on in Lucca
Florence area
Florence Tourist Information
Tickets online -
info on What up in Florence - tickets online for museums etc
Firenze by net
has a good overview of what's going on
Guided
Tours in Florence and the surounding area
Siena area
Siena General Tourist Information
Pisa area
Virtual trips in and around the leaning
tower
Nice site - the Duomo
and The Leaning Tower
And in general
The Italian
Government Tourist Board
More will be added as we find them - and the less useful will be removed!
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So what is there to do outside the estate -
A
LOT.