Located in the Maremma, slightly closer to Rome than to Florence, the little town of Capalbio is far from Tuscany’s big hitters, but it’s a pilgrimage spot for art lovers. That’s because a large estate just outside the center of town is home to the Giardino dei Tarocchi (the Tarot Garden), a sculpture garden full of larger-than-life figures representing the major arcana of the tarot cards and the crowning achievement of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. 

I don’t remember how I first heard about the Giardino dei Tarocchi, but I visited it with Marco a couple of years ago and it has remained in my memory as one of the greatest art installations I’ve ever seen in my life. I included it in a recent article about lesser-known Italian summer holidays, but I think it deserves a more in depth feature.