A holiday in Mugello holds tons of surprises. The beauty of the Mugello countryside with its vine rows, its olive groves, its woods will be the first thing that will struck you. The majestic Mugello villas, once mansions of powerful families such as the Medici, will enchant you with their parks and luxury apartments. The Mugello cuisine, with the semplicity of its typical products, will seduce you. Finally you’ll be able to discover th traditions and the old trades of this area, such as the ancient art of ceramics.

The art of ceramics goes a long way back in Mugello. The first ceramics factory was built for want of a member of the Medici family, nearby Villa di Cafaggiolo. From that moment on the art of ceramics has been developing till today.

Expert masters are still the repositories of those ancient techniques. In Borgo San Lorenzo, at the beginning of ‘900, the San Lorenzo Furnaces were founded by the Chini brothers. It was here that the production of ceramics and liberty style glass windows was started. If during your holidays in Mugello you happen to pass by Borgo San Lorenzo stop off and admire these beautiful and unique handicraft products.

Still today the firm looks like a full blown ceramics workshop: if you visit this plant you’ll be able to fully appreciate the value of a handmade ceramic product. Maybe you won’t be able to resist the temptation to buy one of them to take it back home as a souvenir from your stay in Tuscany.