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Sambuca Pistoiese is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Berzantina, 14km from Rocchetta Mattei.
Sambuca Pistoiese is in Tuscany, Italy, with about 1,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Berzantina, about 6 km away.
Sambuca Pistoiese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia, in the Italian region of Tuscany. It is a scattered mountain municipality of the Pistoiese Mountains, located on the northern side of the Apennines, in the upper valleys of the Reno and of the Limentra streams.
The municipal seat is in Taviano,Read more
while the municipality consists of several villages and hamlets, including Castello di Sambuca, Pavana, Treppio, Torri, Monachino, Frassignoni and San Pellegrino in Cassero.
In the Middle Ages the castle of Sambuca was a strategic stronghold on the Apennine frontier between Pistoia and Bologna. It played a central role in the conflict between the two communes known as the War of Sambuca, especially during the campaigns of 1211–1212.
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Within an hour or so of Sambuca Pistoiese: Rocchetta Mattei (14 km), Passo della Futa (21 km), Mugello Circuit (32 km), Devil's Bridge (Ponte della Maddalena) (38 km).
The nearest famous roads are Passo della Futa, Autostrada del Sole and Strada Chiantigiana (SR222).
Sambuca Pistoiese is in Tuscany, Italy, about 6 km from Berzantina.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
Full driving guide for Italy8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Fever-dream castle in the Bologna Apennines mixing Moorish courtyards, onion domes and neo-Gothic halls, built by the eccentric healer Count Cesare Mattei from 1850. Reopened after decades of decay; book weekend tours ahead.
14 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
A flowing 903 m Apennine pass on the SS65 between Bologna and Florence, a beloved stage of the historic Mille Miglia route and a weekend pilgrimage for Italian drivers and riders.
21 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Ferrari-owned circuit in a green Tuscan valley, host of the Italian MotoGP. Its 1.1 km start straight and fast sweepers make it one of the most beautiful racetracks in the world.
32 km · about 35 min drive
bridge
A striking medieval humpback bridge arching over the Serchio river at Borgo a Mozzano in the Garfagnana, its improbably steep 11th-century span the stuff of devil-pact legend.
38 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Brunelleschi's magnificent terracotta dome dominates the Florence skyline and remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.
42 km · about 50 min drive
historic highway
Italy's original motorway running from Milan to Naples through Tuscany and past Rome, an icon of postwar Italian engineering.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Medieval stone arch bridge in Florence famous for the shops built along it, spanning the Arno River since 1345.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Italy's foremost art gallery, housing the greatest collection of Renaissance art including Botticelli's Birth of Venus.
43 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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