Places worth the detour in Tuscany
Detourmap lists 106 places in Tuscany, Italy, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Elba. 91 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 106
- Oldest
- Roman Theatre of Volterra 100 BC
- Little known
- 91 of 106
- Share of Italy
- 5%
Tuscany 106
All 106, best known first.
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3.Pianosa
Nature · 19th century · Renowned
Island in the Tuscan Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy
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4.Val d'Orcia
Nature · Renowned
Valley and cultural landscape in central Italy; a World Heritage site
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19.Roman Theatre of Volterra
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Hidden gem
Ancient Roman theatre in Volterra, Italy
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24.Pascoli House-Museum
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Poetry museum in Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy
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26.Poggio Civitate
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Etruscan archaeological site in Murlo, near Siena, Tuscany, Italy
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37.Villa San Martin
Archaeological · Hidden gem
One of the two residences used by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the island of Elba
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44.San Genesio archaeological area
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in San Miniato, Italy
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46.house of Machiavelli
Archaeological · 1st century · Hidden gem
Niccolò Machiavelli's house while in exile
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48.Pinacoteca e Museo Civico di Volterra
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Volterra, Tuscany, Italy
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51.Gallery of Costume
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Fashion museum at the Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
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54.Botanical Garden of the Apuan Alps "Pellegrini - Ansaldi"
Nature · Hidden gem
Botanical garden in Italy
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59.Caporciano Mine
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Former mine and museum in Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy
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60.Grotticina della Madama
Nature · Hidden gem
Artificial grotto in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy
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68.Tumulo del Principe etrusco
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Etruscan tumulus-type tomb located near Pisa.
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72.walls of Rusellae
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Walls of the former Etruscan city of Rusellae, Italy
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74.Temple of Talamonaccio
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Etruscan temple dating from the fourth century BCE
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76.Tomb of the Tassinara
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tomb in the National Archaeological Museum of Chiusi, Italy
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83.Archaeological Area of Poggio del Molino
Archaeological · 21st century · Hidden gem
Archeological area in Tuscany, excavation of a Roman settlement
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86.Baratti and Populonia Archeological Park
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Archeological site in Italy
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87.Archaeological Park of Santa Maria a Monte
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Santa Maria a Monte, Italy
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89.Villa Romana Delle Grotte
Archaeological · 21st century · Hidden gem
Museal institution in Tuscany
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93.Archaeological site of San Vincenzino
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Archaeological park in Cecina, Italy
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95.Archaeological park of Poggibonsi
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological park in Poggibonsi, Italy
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96.Roman villa of Ossaia
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Roman imperial villa, whose collection is in the Etruscan Academy Museum of the City of Cortona, Italy
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100.Museo Casa Natale di Michelangelo Buonarroti
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Italy
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101.Santa Maria di Montespecchio
Archaeological · 12th century · Hidden gem
Church and Hermitage-Ruin in the territory of Murlo
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104.San Michele alla Verruca
Archaeological · 13th century · Hidden gem
Riuns of a church and monastery ruin in Vicopisano
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105.Santa Maria di Mirteto
Archaeological · 13th century · Hidden gem
Church building in San Giuliano Terme, Italy
Elsewhere in Italy
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Tuscany?
Elba. Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Tuscany?
106: 72 archaeological & historic sites and 34 nature & landscapes. 91 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Tuscany?
Roman Theatre of Volterra, dated to 100 BC. 26 of the 106 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Tuscany here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Tuscany if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Tuscany is a first-level division of Italy, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
















































































