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Places to visit
in Val
d'Orcia |
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Bagno Vignoni
(5 chilometri)
Few houses, a Turkish bath, amazing and
quiet valley, blue gulf: this is Bagno
Vignoni, a charming corner of the toscan
lowland. |
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Ripa d'Orcia (6
chilometri)
Among the green bushes of Orcia the Middle
Ages stagnate. An unpolished castle, the
view of the thrushes, the geraniums, the
bursted walls of the castle and a few cypresses:
a vanished world, you will love it. |
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Vignoni alto, Rocca
d'Orcia, Radicofani, Spedaletto.
Four
castles, four types of fortification. Endless scenery,
stone houses for every eventuality, few bushes
of mint. These places have to be enjoyed in silence! |
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Pienza (9
chilometri)
One of Italy's most harmonic square, a
fortunate synthesis of the Renaissance.
The light Doom, the linear refinement of
the Piccolomini Palace, the dimness of
the town hall, the wide windows of the
bishop's palace, the redness of the tower,
the Doom with its carved tower and a real
jewel well stands in front of us as an
unsurpassable unit. |
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Sant'Antimo (25
chilometri)
After Montalcino, beautiful dormant sienan
rocks among the greyish-green olive trees,
we can find Sant'Antonio: a bell-tower
covered by a big cypress, a thousand years
old convents modest and solemn building
in the deep of a quiet valley. |
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Monte Oliveto (26
chilometri)
A lively and organic red, inserted among
the abundant cypress of the nature.Monte
Oliveto reminds us of the Renaissance patterns
and shows us, beside the power of imagination
of Sodom and del Signorelli, elegant flower
pots, beautiful miniatures and excellently
carved wooden objects. |
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Montalcino (10 Km)
The home of Brunello can be the purpose
of our visit because of the beautiful
Fortezza, the monuments and because
you have here one of the most beautiful
views of Val d'Orcia. |
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