Bagno Vignoni
I think, that Bagno Vignoni is “must” for every lover of Tuscan.
Siena - Piazza del Campo
If you’re planning to go to Tuscany, you simply can’t miss Piazza del Campo in Siena.
San Gimignano
I had never seen such an ancient place, so perfectly preserved, surrounded by a landscape so perfect, magical, untouched!
Pitigliano
A pictoresque village in southern tuscany
Frittelle di San Giuseppe
they are fantastic! simple, light, delicious, in a second they are gone..Recent Posts
How I Falled in love with Tuscany..
My first approach with the siennese territory was when I came to visit those that at the time was my boyfriend and now is my husband. It was seven years ago..and he brought me to visit the Orcia Valley: we drived from Buonconvento to Radicofani, on the Cassia road (SP2).
It was love at first sight!
I could not believe my eyes! That was the most beautiful panorama I had ever seen! a continuous succession of gentle hills, like waves in a neverending green see, a lunar landscape with little medieval villages perched on the hills, isolated farms, fields, so little cars and people all around...
I falled in love with this territory, that gave me the enormous privilege to feel like in the past century with an intonse landscape, fabulous nature, immense art and history.
This is the reason why I decided to write this blog and I beg your pardon because I decided to write it in English:-)I have to tell you that I have no sponsors: so all the suggestions/adresses I give are not interested!!
Of course I am Italian and my English will be full of mistakes! in any case, I hope to be useful to the many people wishing to visit our splendid territory!
SaraLatest posts
After visiting the first sector of the necropolis (Road Ildebranda, Tomb Hildebrand), I suggest you to walk on the footpath running along the road SP22 towards Sovana. After about two hundred meters you reach the second sector of the necropolis that includes the Church of San Sebastiano, the Tomb of the Mermaid (Tomba della Sirena), the Tombs in Semidado and the Via Cava di San Sebastiano.
To reach the archeological settlement of Vitozza in the countryside, you have to drive to San Quirico, a fraction of the most populous town of Sorano, which is about 5 km from this archeological settlement. When you arrive in the main square of San Quirico, there are two options: you can leave the car there [...]
On the Strada Statale 22 (road 22), about a mile after Sovana towards San Martino sul Fiora – Saturnia, on the right side of the street is the parking lot near the access to the first sector of the Etruscan necropolis, where are located the monumental tombs: Ildebranda (Hildebrand), Demoni Alati (Winged Demons), Pola (Pula), [...]
Last saturday Giorgio and I prepared a recipe typical of Mugello and, in general, of mountain tuscan areas: Chestnuts Tortelli The recipe for tortelli with chestnut filling is typical of the Mugello and Lunigiana valleys in Tuscany, two mountain areas where chestnuts have been for centuries the staple of the local peasants’ diet. In fact, [...]
For our usual sunday trip, today Giorgio and I went to the etruscan necropolis of Cerveteri (Necropoli della Banditaccia): another italian magic place, which I founded wonderful (not to be missed!). Only to give you an idea: we felt like Indiana Jones.. between the ruins of a disappeared esotic town in the middle of the [...]
This week has been sad.. Monicelli died. He was 95 and very ill. He commited suicide. On November 29, 2010, in the evening, in the urology department of the San Giovanni Hospital in Rome he jumped down from the window of his room, on the fifth floor of the hospital. In front of me pass [...]
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