I found this video on YouTube and I decided to put it here in order to show the cornfields of Orcia Valley (Val d’Orcia) in march, april… simply a spectacular lanscape 360°!

If you go to Pienza, I suggest you also to go to Monticchiello (municipality of Pienza): it is at around half an hour from Pienza and the road is worth doing, because of the beautiful panoramas and for Monticchiello itself. It is a little medieval town on a hill: from here you can see a [...]

When I first went to Pienza, it was winter and a terrific wind blowed along the roads.. so I couln’t deeply appreciate the beauty of the place. The second time, it was spring.. and I found it one of the most interesting places to visit in the south of Tuscany, both because of the archistecture [...]

Tour of the Crete + Abbazia di Monte Oliveto a tour with beautiful views (from Buonconvento, pasing through Asciano, to Siena) with the deviation for the Abbey of Monte Oliveto (and guided tour of the abbey with peintings of the Sodoma) and a stop for lunch in Chiusure by the very little and typical Trattoria [...]

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 [...]