The biggest ski area in the Apennines and the closest one to Florence, which makes for the rare holiday that fits skiing and Renaissance painting into the same week. Monte Gomito reaches 1900 metres, and the Val di Luce side behind it is where stronger skiers head. The gondola from Casa Cantoniera up to Gomito runs all year. Tuscany is not the first place anyone thinks of for snow, and that is exactly why the pistes stay quiet while the rest of Italy queues.