Chiusi

CHIUSI, located at 14 km east of Montepulciano, is a convenient transport hub, with trains and buses south to Orvieto and Rome and north to Castiglione del Lago, Cortona and Arezzo. NO …

The region south of Siena is Tuscany at its best: infinite gradation of hills, trees and crops running across the crete—Sienese wasteland, and through the vineyards of Montepulciano and Montalcino, and then climbing the hills around Monte Ammiata. Cities in general …

San Galgano

Abbazzia di San Galgano, halfway between Massa and Siena, is probably the largest Gothic building in Italy, and undoubtedly the most romantic — without a roof, with a grassy central nave, patches of frescoes among vegetation and a panorama of the sky, clouds and …

Massa Marittima

Like Volterra, MASSA MARITTIMA was already a wealthy mining town in Roman and Etruscan times. W 1225 r. the first bill of rights for miners was introduced here and radical politics is still practiced today - the local communist city council constitutes …

Guarnacci Museum

The Etruscan heritage is most fully represented at the Museo Guarnacci, via Don Minzoni 15(IV-IX 9.00-13.00 i 14.30-18.00; X-III 10.00-14.00; 3000 L). It is one of the most important archaeological museums in Italy and consists entirely of local finds, including …

Volterra

Built on a plateau surrounded by volcanic hills, VOLTERRA seems gloomy, a town cut off from the world - which is surprising, against the bucolic atmosphere of the region. Etruscan Volterra (Velathri) was one of the oldest and most important commercial centers in Italy, perfectly prospering thanks to this, That …

Collegiate

The simplicity of the collegiate façade is deceptive, because behind it hides one of the most densely frescoed churches in Tuscany. You need to take a full pocket of stulirów with you, to see the series of paintings, which fill every available plane. Their brilliant colors are emphasized by the Pisan-Romanesque style …

Saint Gimignano

SAN GIMIGNANO — "delle Belle Torri" — is perhaps the most famous Tuscan city after Florence, Pisa and Siena. The image of this "medieval Manhattan", with towers gliding against the sky instead of skyscrapers, conquered the imagination of tourists. Opportunity is also important …

Monte Oliveto Maggiore

To get to Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, some effort needs to be made, which, however, will pay off handsomely: the most powerful monastery in Tuscany is located in one of the most beautiful parts of the Sienese province. Coming from BUONCONVENTO towards …

Gastronomy

Sienese restaurants are rather expensive, especially if you want to eat on Campo , but it must be said, that the meal in the square is worth those extra few thousand lire. Cheaper premises are better to look for a little outside the center, west, for example …