Our first week in Tuscany was spent in Lunigiana high in the hills. Our house was about a 10 minute climb from Bagnone, behind the castle right over the town.

The first morning we were there we went exploring and found another, medieval but occupied, village behind the castle with a mossy slippery and very unused steps leading down to the village proper.

It was worth the slither, at the bottom we found that we were looking at the backs of all the houses, unchanged over the years, overlooking the torrent and a wonderful Roman footbridge led us through an underground passage into the village.