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A Guide to Siena’s Top Attractions
Siena is so beautiful and particular to make it not like anywhere else. It’s so special a place that anyone coming to Tuscany shouldn’t miss visiting it. The city has a very characteristic and appealing historical center, enclosed within its … Continue reading
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Visiting the Charming Hill-Town of Cortona
If you travel south from Arezzo, one of Tuscany’s most charming art towns, you enter the Valdichiana, wonderful and prosperous area of Tuscany, home to the famous Chianina cattle, source of the most delicious bistecca Fiorentina, incredibly tasty and genuine … Continue reading
Montalcino, home to the Brunello Wine
Magically set in the beautiful landscape known as the Val d’Orcia, southwest of Siena; Montalcino is another spectacular and perfect Tuscan hill-town, where time seems to have stopped leaving everything as it was hundreds of years ago. For all wine … Continue reading
Siena’s Duomo and its hidden treasures
September is approaching and we hope the hot temperatures of this long and ever sunny summer will finally decrease. The famous Palio in Siena, amazing and spectacular horse race taking place right in Piazza del Campo, has just passed off … Continue reading
The Beautiful Monastery of Sant’Anna in Camprena
During my last visit to Val d’Orcia and the Crete Senesi, magically set in the extraordinary and scenic countryside to the south of Siena, I’ve visited the wonderful Monastery of Sant’Anna in Camprena, located only few kilometers away north of … Continue reading
The Oldest Bridge of Florence
The beautiful Ponte Vecchio or Old Bridge in Florence is one of the most famous and recognizable sights of this marvellous art town of Tuscany. That’s the oldest bridge in all Florence and is made extraordinarily unique thanks to the … Continue reading
Bagno Vignoni: Timeless village in Valdorcia
Bagno Vignoni is a lovely tiny medieval village, set on a scenic hill top at five minutes from San Quirico d’Orcia, in the heart of the Orcia Valley, to the south of Siena. The hamlet rises right along the Via … Continue reading
The Mystic Abbey of Sant’Antimo in Montalcino
The Val d’Orcia, south of Siena, is one of the most beautiful and suggestive areas of all Tuscany and Italy as well. A trip to Tuscany would be incomplete without a visit to this magical land, where art and nature … Continue reading
New Rooms at the Gallery of Uffizi
If you are going to visit Florence, or if you simply love art and culture, you may find it useful to know that 8 new rooms have been recently open at the Gallery of Uffizi in Florence. After many restoration … Continue reading
