Located at the mouth of the Bisenzio Valley, Prato is the second city in Tuscany, the third in Central Italy (after Rome and Florence) by number of inhabitants. It is located in the heart of the region, close to the most famous cities of art in the world: Florence (Km. 15), Lucca (Km. 50), Pisa (Km. 82), Siena (Km. 79). The tourist offer develops between art, nature, history of textiles; a history still current and around which Prato has grown, built its wealth, developed the values ​​of hospitality and comparison between different cultures. In a few minutes you pass from dense places of houses and industrial settlements to areas largely covered with woods and, at lower altitudes, from strips of cultivated land.The city of Prato rises in an enviable position: leaning against the slopes of the Calvana and Monferrato mountains, it lies along the plain of the Bisenzio river, halfway between Pistoia and Florence. This aspect makes it a privileged point to set out to discover the city surroundings, which offer the most varied possibilities of visits and excursions, both naturalistic and historical-artistic. In a few minutes from the center you can reach splendid hilly and mountainous areas, choosing between more or less demanding itineraries: from the paths of Monteferrato to those of Calvana and Montalbano, up to those of the Upper Bisenzio Valley where you can access the nature reserve of Cantagallo-Acquerino. In addition to the proximity to Florence, the neighboring municipalities of the Province also present places of considerable interest such as, for example, Carmignano which, in addition to its landscape, historical-artistic and archaeological values, is also well known for its wine production, today protected by the Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin, Artimino with its marvelous Medici Villa, Cantagallo with the suggestive Rocca di Cerbaia and Vaiano with the Badia di San Salvatore complex