So how has "the most Scottish town in Italy" coped without them? Luca Galeotti, editor of the local newspaper - Il Giornale di Barga - said there had been a big impact in July and August.

In fact, it's not unusual to hear a Glaswegian accent or two, as you wander around the beautiful walled town of Barga - or even spot a cone placed on the head of a statue. The self-proclaimed ...

Every August, the hilltop town of Barga hosts its annual Fish and Chip festival, which admittedly sounds a little more cosmopolitan in Italian - 'Sagra del Pesce e Patate'. Legions of locals turn ...

The mayor of ‘the most Scottish town in Italy’ plans to forge even ... Around 40 per cent of the 10,000 inhabitants of Barga in north-east Tuscany can claim Scottish heritage and many more ...

Although most people here have never been to the UK, you would never be able to tell, traditional culture seeps out of every corner of the little Italian town. Barga, in Tuscany, has been dubbed ...

Small, sun-bleached billboards read “The Most Scottish Town in Italy” along the winding roads into Barga. Along the road that splits the old city from the new, the St. Andrew’s Cross ...

The Italian town of Barga has a long-standing links with Scotland A small town in Tuscany has been celebrating its long-standing links with Scotland. Many people from Barga and the towns and ...

High in the Tuscan hills, nestled below the snowy peaks of the Apuan Alps, lies the beautiful 10th century walled town of Barga. At first glance, its winding streets and red-tiled villas give it ...

sits the beautiful 10th-century walled town of Barga. At first glance, its winding cobbled streets and red-roofed villas give Barga the appearance of many other picture-perfect hilltop towns in ...