Alessandra's Guidebook

Alessandra
Alessandra's Guidebook

Visite turistiche

Arezzo is a beautiful little town in Tuscany, its history stretches back to the Etruscan era, when it was part of the "Dodecapolis" of 12 leading city-states. You can visit its antiques markets, the church of San Francesco, and the home of Giorgio Vasari which has become a museum, Casa Vasari.
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Arezzo
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Arezzo is a beautiful little town in Tuscany, its history stretches back to the Etruscan era, when it was part of the "Dodecapolis" of 12 leading city-states. You can visit its antiques markets, the church of San Francesco, and the home of Giorgio Vasari which has become a museum, Casa Vasari.
Medieval walls, Etruscan burial grounds and some of Tuscany'2 best rustic food. the preserved medieval centre is a delight to explore. You can visit Palazzo Pretorio, Church of San Bartolommeo, Porta Romana. Barberino's hills produce some of Tuscany's finest wine and olive oil. Festivals: Barberino in fiore ( Barberino in bloom) in may; the Festa Medievale in June. Nearby: Sant'Appiano and its Romanesque Pieve, and Vico d'Elsa .
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Barberino Val d'Elsa
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Medieval walls, Etruscan burial grounds and some of Tuscany'2 best rustic food. the preserved medieval centre is a delight to explore. You can visit Palazzo Pretorio, Church of San Bartolommeo, Porta Romana. Barberino's hills produce some of Tuscany's finest wine and olive oil. Festivals: Barberino in fiore ( Barberino in bloom) in may; the Festa Medievale in June. Nearby: Sant'Appiano and its Romanesque Pieve, and Vico d'Elsa .
Mighty medieval fortifications, fine Tuscan food and renowed red wine estates. capital of the "Sienese Chianti" , Castellina is a hilltop town and a stop at the southern end of Tuscany's Chianti Wine Road. You can visit the Rocca (fortress), house of the Sienese Chianti's archeological museum which relates to ancient wine-making heritage. Cellars in and around Castellina offer sales and tastings including Castellare di Castellina, Rocca delle Macie and Podere San Donatino. Castellina's weekly market is on Saturday mornings.
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Castellina in Chianti
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Mighty medieval fortifications, fine Tuscan food and renowed red wine estates. capital of the "Sienese Chianti" , Castellina is a hilltop town and a stop at the southern end of Tuscany's Chianti Wine Road. You can visit the Rocca (fortress), house of the Sienese Chianti's archeological museum which relates to ancient wine-making heritage. Cellars in and around Castellina offer sales and tastings including Castellare di Castellina, Rocca delle Macie and Podere San Donatino. Castellina's weekly market is on Saturday mornings.
An Italian literary giant, a Japanese tea house and an iconic onion. Home of Giovanni Boccaccio, "the italian Chaucer" You can visit Palazzo Pretorio, the Japanese tea house, Casa del Boccaccio, Porta del Sole, Piazza Boccaccio. The humble onion is honoured with legendary status here; the Cipolla di Certaldo is red and sweet, Boccaccio praised it in the Decameron.
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Certaldo
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An Italian literary giant, a Japanese tea house and an iconic onion. Home of Giovanni Boccaccio, "the italian Chaucer" You can visit Palazzo Pretorio, the Japanese tea house, Casa del Boccaccio, Porta del Sole, Piazza Boccaccio. The humble onion is honoured with legendary status here; the Cipolla di Certaldo is red and sweet, Boccaccio praised it in the Decameron.
Medieval alleys, one of Tuscany's finest ceramics workshops. You can visit Santa Maria in Canonica, an intimate church (1184). Colle's Duomo, the Museo Archeologico Bandinelli with the Etruscan finds , the Museo di San Pietro
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Colle di Val d'Elsa
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Medieval alleys, one of Tuscany's finest ceramics workshops. You can visit Santa Maria in Canonica, an intimate church (1184). Colle's Duomo, the Museo Archeologico Bandinelli with the Etruscan finds , the Museo di San Pietro
A Medici fortress, handmade caramics and museums stuffed with Etruscan treasures and Renaissance paintings. You can visit the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca , probably the best museum in southern Tuscany ,and then the Museo Diocesano, the Fortezza Medicea Girifalco.
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Cortona
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A Medici fortress, handmade caramics and museums stuffed with Etruscan treasures and Renaissance paintings. You can visit the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca , probably the best museum in southern Tuscany ,and then the Museo Diocesano, the Fortezza Medicea Girifalco.
Forgotten frescoes, the birthplace of a Renaissance genius and a notorius Medici Villa. You can visit Empoli's main square, Piazza Farinata degli Umberti, the Collegiata di Sant'Andrea and the Museo della Collegiata with a small but precious collection of religious art and frescoes by Masolino who painted Brancacci Chapel in Florence. The Museo del Vetro, the Church of San Michele Arcangelo. Festival: each september "Nottissima" takes over the city centre for one Saturday night, there's live music, open-air theatre and craft markets all over Empoli.
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Empoli
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Forgotten frescoes, the birthplace of a Renaissance genius and a notorius Medici Villa. You can visit Empoli's main square, Piazza Farinata degli Umberti, the Collegiata di Sant'Andrea and the Museo della Collegiata with a small but precious collection of religious art and frescoes by Masolino who painted Brancacci Chapel in Florence. The Museo del Vetro, the Church of San Michele Arcangelo. Festival: each september "Nottissima" takes over the city centre for one Saturday night, there's live music, open-air theatre and craft markets all over Empoli.
Ancient Etruscan history, Roman ruins and panoramic walks with sublime views of Florence. Fiesole is celebrated for its extraordinary views. You can visit Fiesole's main square, Piazza Mino and the Cathedral, the Archeological Area where there's a Roman theatre and baths, the small Museo Bandini of sacred art, the Museo Primo Conti which displays works by a 20th-century Tuscan painter inside his former home, and then the monastery-church of San Francesco. Festivals: Estate Fiesolana is Italy's oldest open air arts festival, and held every June and July.
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Fiesole
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Ancient Etruscan history, Roman ruins and panoramic walks with sublime views of Florence. Fiesole is celebrated for its extraordinary views. You can visit Fiesole's main square, Piazza Mino and the Cathedral, the Archeological Area where there's a Roman theatre and baths, the small Museo Bandini of sacred art, the Museo Primo Conti which displays works by a 20th-century Tuscan painter inside his former home, and then the monastery-church of San Francesco. Festivals: Estate Fiesolana is Italy's oldest open air arts festival, and held every June and July.
Life in Greve revolves around the Sangiovese grape. This is the heart of Chianti country and the main town on the Chiantigiana road between Florence and Siena. You can visit its main square with a statue of Giovanni da Verrazzano, the church of Santa Croce (neo-Renaissance style). Festivals: Greve hosts the Chianti's busiest and best known grape harvest festival, the Expo del Chianti Classico, in a long weekend in september.
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Greve in Chianti
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Life in Greve revolves around the Sangiovese grape. This is the heart of Chianti country and the main town on the Chiantigiana road between Florence and Siena. You can visit its main square with a statue of Giovanni da Verrazzano, the church of Santa Croce (neo-Renaissance style). Festivals: Greve hosts the Chianti's busiest and best known grape harvest festival, the Expo del Chianti Classico, in a long weekend in september.
You can visit Impruneta's centrepiece vast main square, Piazza Buondelmonti; its jewel its the church, the Basilica di Santa Maria all'impruneta. Famous for the local terracotta, its tiles adorn Brunelleschi's famous dome in Florence and countless other Tuscan churches. Hills around Impruneta produce some of Tuscany's best oilve oil. Festivals: Autumn is festival season in Impruneta, in September there is Festa dell'Uva ( Grape Festival) with floats and grape-themes folk arts and of course plenty of red wine from Chianti. Fiera di San Luca (St.Luke's Fair) one of Europe's longest running agricultural markets.
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Impruneta
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You can visit Impruneta's centrepiece vast main square, Piazza Buondelmonti; its jewel its the church, the Basilica di Santa Maria all'impruneta. Famous for the local terracotta, its tiles adorn Brunelleschi's famous dome in Florence and countless other Tuscan churches. Hills around Impruneta produce some of Tuscany's best oilve oil. Festivals: Autumn is festival season in Impruneta, in September there is Festa dell'Uva ( Grape Festival) with floats and grape-themes folk arts and of course plenty of red wine from Chianti. Fiera di San Luca (St.Luke's Fair) one of Europe's longest running agricultural markets.
The music of Puccini, ornate Romanesque church facades and a ring of Renaissance walls to stroll or cycle around. You can visit the most photographed facade in Lucca on San Michele in Foro, built over the former Roman Forum, Lucca's main square. Moreover, the cathedral Duomo di San Martino, the Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi, the Torre Guinigi. Festivals: Lucca was the birthplace of opera composer Giacomo Puccini and every summer there is the Puccini Festival. Lucca Comics, an annual comic book and gaming convention.
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Lucca
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The music of Puccini, ornate Romanesque church facades and a ring of Renaissance walls to stroll or cycle around. You can visit the most photographed facade in Lucca on San Michele in Foro, built over the former Roman Forum, Lucca's main square. Moreover, the cathedral Duomo di San Martino, the Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi, the Torre Guinigi. Festivals: Lucca was the birthplace of opera composer Giacomo Puccini and every summer there is the Puccini Festival. Lucca Comics, an annual comic book and gaming convention.
A perfect ring of walls, fortifications from Dante's "Inferno" and medieval siege engines. In the early 1300s, Dante compared its towers to infernal giants; you can have a full circuit of the walls runs and walk much of it, admiring the view out of the Chianti and Val d'Elsa, and then the Monteriggioni in Arme Museum with reproductions of weapons and historical snapshots of life in this fortified village during the medieval and Renaissance eras.
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Monteriggioni
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A perfect ring of walls, fortifications from Dante's "Inferno" and medieval siege engines. In the early 1300s, Dante compared its towers to infernal giants; you can have a full circuit of the walls runs and walk much of it, admiring the view out of the Chianti and Val d'Elsa, and then the Monteriggioni in Arme Museum with reproductions of weapons and historical snapshots of life in this fortified village during the medieval and Renaissance eras.
Historic wine estates, noble Florentine castles and a renowned Italian tenor. One of Tuscany's renowned wine capitals; you can visit its main square, Piazza del Machiavelli, the main church Chiesa di Sant'Andrea, the Pieve di San Piero in Mercato, the Museo Amedeo Bassi which explores the life and career of the tenor Amedeo Bassi, born in Montespertoli. Moreover the Castello di Sonnino which produces wine and extra-virgin olive oil, it is open for tours and tasting. Also in town, the Museum of Vine and Wine which offers traditions and techniques of regional winemaking. A 10-minute drive from the centre, Castello di Poppiano was built to defend Florence, the castle is still intact with all 3 defensive walls. You must try the wine Chianti Montespertoli, one of 7 sub denominations in the Chianti DOCG.
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Montespertoli
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Historic wine estates, noble Florentine castles and a renowned Italian tenor. One of Tuscany's renowned wine capitals; you can visit its main square, Piazza del Machiavelli, the main church Chiesa di Sant'Andrea, the Pieve di San Piero in Mercato, the Museo Amedeo Bassi which explores the life and career of the tenor Amedeo Bassi, born in Montespertoli. Moreover the Castello di Sonnino which produces wine and extra-virgin olive oil, it is open for tours and tasting. Also in town, the Museum of Vine and Wine which offers traditions and techniques of regional winemaking. A 10-minute drive from the centre, Castello di Poppiano was built to defend Florence, the castle is still intact with all 3 defensive walls. You must try the wine Chianti Montespertoli, one of 7 sub denominations in the Chianti DOCG.
Here you will find the famous Leaning Tower and much more; the Cathedral interior was destroyed by fire in 1595 but still houses the tomb f Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII, a Gothic pulpit that narrates scenes from the New Testament, by Giovanni Pisano. The northern edge of the Campo is marked by the Camposannto, a monumental cemetery of noble Pisans; the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses the only two remaining original bronze doors from the cathedral. You shoud also visit the Old Centre which incluedes the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, the Palazzo Blu and the church Santa Maria della Spina. The Orto Botanico is an oasis of calm and greenery a couple of streets away from the Leaning Tower.
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Pisa
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Here you will find the famous Leaning Tower and much more; the Cathedral interior was destroyed by fire in 1595 but still houses the tomb f Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII, a Gothic pulpit that narrates scenes from the New Testament, by Giovanni Pisano. The northern edge of the Campo is marked by the Camposannto, a monumental cemetery of noble Pisans; the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses the only two remaining original bronze doors from the cathedral. You shoud also visit the Old Centre which incluedes the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, the Palazzo Blu and the church Santa Maria della Spina. The Orto Botanico is an oasis of calm and greenery a couple of streets away from the Leaning Tower.
Medieval fortifications, classic Chianti scenery and lots of wine. Radda is essentially the classic Chianti town and it has at least 1000 years of winemaking heritage in the hills around. The main "sight" inside its walls is the Palazzo del Podestà built in the 15th century; outside the walls the church of Santa Maria in Prato is now a small religious art museum, whose collection includes an altarpiece by Neri di Bicci, florentine painter.
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Radda in Chianti
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Medieval fortifications, classic Chianti scenery and lots of wine. Radda is essentially the classic Chianti town and it has at least 1000 years of winemaking heritage in the hills around. The main "sight" inside its walls is the Palazzo del Podestà built in the 15th century; outside the walls the church of Santa Maria in Prato is now a small religious art museum, whose collection includes an altarpiece by Neri di Bicci, florentine painter.
A Medieval Manhattan of Gothics early Renaissance, plus Tuscany's noblest white wine. You can visit the two central squares Piazza dell Ciserna and Piazza del Duomo; the Collegiata (the Dome) whose interior walls are covered in frescoes which recount narratives from the Old and New Testaments. The painting collection at the Museo Civico is fairly small but its quality testifies to the artists that passed through San Gimignano. San Gimignano is at the centre of the growing one for Tuscany's only dry white DOCG wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
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San Gimignano
Piazza Sant'Agostino
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A Medieval Manhattan of Gothics early Renaissance, plus Tuscany's noblest white wine. You can visit the two central squares Piazza dell Ciserna and Piazza del Duomo; the Collegiata (the Dome) whose interior walls are covered in frescoes which recount narratives from the Old and New Testaments. The painting collection at the Museo Civico is fairly small but its quality testifies to the artists that passed through San Gimignano. San Gimignano is at the centre of the growing one for Tuscany's only dry white DOCG wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
Gothic palaces and paintings, Italy's most beautiful piazza and a bareback horserace run since medieval times. Piazza del Campo was laid out in the 12th century, one of Europe's most photogenic squares and twice each summer host the Palio, a horserace in medieval garb. The Palazzo Pubblico has more than just the frescoes of Lorenzetti and Simone Martini; and then the Duomo, stuffed with art treasures. Opposite the Cathedral, Santa Maria della Scala is a museum complex built inside the city's medieval hospital. The Pinacoteca Nazionale showcases some of the city's great painters. Festivals: the Palio di Siena, twice a year on July 2 and August 16 .
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Siena
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Gothic palaces and paintings, Italy's most beautiful piazza and a bareback horserace run since medieval times. Piazza del Campo was laid out in the 12th century, one of Europe's most photogenic squares and twice each summer host the Palio, a horserace in medieval garb. The Palazzo Pubblico has more than just the frescoes of Lorenzetti and Simone Martini; and then the Duomo, stuffed with art treasures. Opposite the Cathedral, Santa Maria della Scala is a museum complex built inside the city's medieval hospital. The Pinacoteca Nazionale showcases some of the city's great painters. Festivals: the Palio di Siena, twice a year on July 2 and August 16 .
Etruscan walls, alabaster artisans and one of Italy's greatest works of Mannerist painting. Handsome medieval Tuscan hill-town with a pisan-style Cathedral in Piazza San Giovanni; Visit the Museo Etrusco Guarnacci and the oustanding Pinacoteca Civica's art collection, the standout work is Rosso Fiorentino's giant "Deposition" (1521) , a genuine classic of the Mannerist painting genre, full of contorted and discoloured bodies and raw emotion. From the tower of the 13th century Palazzo dei Priori there is a fine view over the rooftops and the rolling Valdicecina countryside beyond.
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Volterra
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Etruscan walls, alabaster artisans and one of Italy's greatest works of Mannerist painting. Handsome medieval Tuscan hill-town with a pisan-style Cathedral in Piazza San Giovanni; Visit the Museo Etrusco Guarnacci and the oustanding Pinacoteca Civica's art collection, the standout work is Rosso Fiorentino's giant "Deposition" (1521) , a genuine classic of the Mannerist painting genre, full of contorted and discoloured bodies and raw emotion. From the tower of the 13th century Palazzo dei Priori there is a fine view over the rooftops and the rolling Valdicecina countryside beyond.

Offerta gastronomica

One of Italy's great seafood dishes. Local restaurants: Osteria del Mare, La Barrocciaia and Cantina Senese.
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Livorno
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One of Italy's great seafood dishes. Local restaurants: Osteria del Mare, La Barrocciaia and Cantina Senese.