Since many years, in the summer, the Abbey of San Galgano is the location of concerts in collaboration with the renomate siennese Chigiana Academy. In the scenic open air Cathedral of San Galgano, under a blanket of stars, take place every summerlays, operas, concerts, musicals and ballets. Inside the Abbey, 800 seats to accommodate the [...]
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 [...]
If you’re planning to visit Murlo, a very little medieval village in the south of Siena territory, I suggest you to stop at the Pizzeria dell’Arco. It is better to book! I suggest you to book a table ouside on the terrace, both opened (in spring or summer months) or closed but not inside.. I [...]
I think that the territory of Murlo is simply the most beautiful in Tuscany and that a walk in the medieval Castle of Murlo is obliged. The Castle of Murlo is really small and pictoresque: you can do a walk in its pictoresque roads, visit the Museo Etrusco and have a lunch or dinner at [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday we went to visit Sant’Antimo Abbey: it is a beautiful romanic abbey of high historical and artistical value, wll known for the monchs’ gregorian chants. I found the visit really interesting and the place itself is really beautiful! I strongly suggest a visit and afterwards, a walk in the nice medieval village of Castelnuovo [...]
Especially in the summer, we suggest you to take one day time for a pic nic in the beautiful beech forest of the Amiata mountain (2000 mt hight!). It is one of the biggest beech forest in Europe, someone says it is the biggest one and offers you a magical environment, fresh air, plenty of [...]