MONTEPULCIANO: awakening of senses
What do you think about "The English patient" or "Under the Tuscan sun " or the most recent film "New Moon?" Do you know where they have been filmed? Right here, where the Middle Ages and the Renaissance harmoniously coexist and create incomparable artistic and...
MONTALCINO: among vineyards, cypresses and abbeys
Discover an enchanting medieval suburb as you enter this fairytale world dominated by an ancient castle of authentic architectural perfection. We will cross the most important phases of its history, we will enter into its traditions and we will taste world-famous red...
SIMPLY SIENA
Perfect embodiment of a medieval city, one of the Unesco world heritage sites, protected by powerfull walls and by the pride of its citizens that jealously preserve every corner of it. Stones and alleyways tell something about its past, mixing art and traditions,...
SAN GIMIGNANO
Are you familiar with “the Manhattan of 1300” or the “city of the beautiful towers”? They are just some of the titles with which this characteristic medieval town is described. Walking around this medieval place, crossing its cobbled alleyways you will find yourself...
PIENZA, among perfection and gastronomy
How to resist the temptation of a slice of local sheeps cheese, pecorino with a glass of one of the finest tuscan wines? We will discover together the ancient origins and the historical protagonists of this small suburb entirely reconstructed with style and passion by...
RED AND WHITE: the colours of my district
Red and white are the colors of the district in which I was born. When I was a baby I was wrapped in a white and red scarf and since that moment,it has become part of me and me part of it. They are also the colors of the flags wich wave on the streets of the district...
SIENA: art, such a passion!
An itinerary for the truly passionate of the city and its artistic and architectural wonders. The classical tour of Siena is enriched by inside visits: first of the Siena Cathedral where we stride the most famous marble floor of Italy, then the Campo Square housing...
MONTERIGGIONI
Monteriggioni, a crown over the northern hills of Siena, magical place in which it feels like time has stood still in the Middle Ages. Made famous by Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy, in the XIII century, here many bloody battles took place. From the top of its...
THE SWORD IN THE ROCK: among reality and legends
About 30 km from Siena, over the rolling hills and through the thick woods, we come to the heart of Tuscany in the Val di Merse. Destination? the most reconizable abbey without roof in the world, obviously. I will tell you stories of Knights, of hermits, monks and...