Once more, TripAdvisor figures confirm that Tuscany is at the forefront of Italian tourism, and in particular Florence, which comes in after Rome as the second most popular destination in Italy. Of course the problem with these hotspots is that you will certainly not be visiting alone. So what if you fancy getting off the beaten track and exploring somewhere slightly quieter?
You could head for the Casentino or more precisely, the National Park of the Casentino Forests, Monte Falterona, and Campigna. One of Tuscany’s three national parks, it was founded in 1993 and is just 50 kilometres east of Florence, high up in the Arno valley.
To the east of the park there are the Camaldoli, La Verna and the Catenaia Alps mountain ranges, and to the west the Pratomagno massif. In the south, the River Arno begins on the slopes of Mount Falterona at Capo d’Arno, the mountain spring.
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE RECOGNITION
One of the largest areas of forests in Europe, the park straddles both the Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna
