Departure from your
location in Florence downtown to Montepulciano, a former Roman Settlement
situated on “Mons Politianus”. This borough owes its present appearance not
just to the middle ages but also to the Renaissance, as we can see from
numerous churches and palaces built by Antonio da Sangallo and by
Michelozzo.
You will participate to a
guided tour of an historical farmhouse cellars with a delightful tasting of the
famous Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
Newxt we will continue to
Pienza that is famous not only for its Pecorino cheese, but it has been the
first renaissance town in Europe, a model of perfect illuminate architecture
for Florence, Paris etc.…..
Art lovers, however, will
associate this small south Tuscan town with Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope
Pius II, who asked Bernardo Rossellino to transform his birthplace into an
ideal city of the Renaissance.
Enjoy here a tasting
lunch of local products.
At last you will admire
Montalcino that is like an “island” in the heart of Tuscany, on a hilltop 564
meters height above sea level, immersed in the green environment that is still
intact and wild. Its symbol is the imposing Fourteenth-century Fortress, theatre
of several wars between Siena and Florence.
What is more, Montalcino
has also enjoyed its moment of proud glory, in the sixteen-century, when it
resisted for a long time the besieging armies of Spain and France. Today,
undoubtedly, the image of Montalcino is enriched by the “Brunello”, one of the most
vintage wine of Italy, a DOCG wine that exists thanks to the soil and favourable
climatic conditions of this Tuscan “island”.
Departure for your
location.
Via dl Vetriciaio 8 - 50144 Firenze (FI)