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Tuscany is a land of freedom,
history facts speak louder than words. Homosexuality was here decriminalized back in 1853 by Granduca Leopoldo I. Today, Tuscany is the only Italian region with a Statute that recognizes gay and lesbian couples and with a regional law first and only one in Italy - prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, even in the tourist industry.

This freedom together with other outstanding beauties pertaining both to the natural landscapes and to art, so well preserved in time, make this land a demiparadise.

“Friendly Versilia" is a project started in 1998 with the aim of giving visibility to the large and still hidden GLBT community in Viareggio and Torre del Lago. Friendly Versilia is today able to gather up over 100.000 homosexuals both men and women from all Europe, from the last week of April until the first week of September.

Torre del Lago a new promising Sitges on the Thyrrenian Sea? Well, in a way it is; same sex couples walking hand in hand, crowds of gays and lesbians gathering up on the huge Lecciona beach, most hotels and B&Bs, both in Viareggio and Torre del Lago, being either gay or gay-friendly, make Torre del Lago an inviting GLBT destination

Torre del Lago is also famous among the GLBT community both for being the place that hosts the italian Mardi Gras, a sort of summer edition of the gay pride, and for the many events organized from May to September that make it one of the very few places in Europe where gays and lesbian can enjoy so much!