Montalcino

It became famous for Brunello, one of the best red wines in the world. But Montalcino is also a magnificent city of art which, from its hill, dominates the 3,000 hectares of vineyards that have given it fame and wealth. The center is dominated by the Fortress built in 1361 to establish that Montalcino had …

Siena

Gothic art, thanks to contacts with France and Venice during the 14th century, is one of Siena’s most fascinating features. One of its most interesting examples is the famous cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, as well as the Duomo and some elements of the Palazzo Comunale located in Piazza del Campo. For almost a century, …

Sant’Antimo

Its origin is lost in the mists of time when in the year 781 AD. Charlemagne went to Rome on a pilgrimage and received a gift from Pope Adrian I and some relics of Saints Sebastian and Antimo. During the return journey a violent epidemic broke out and, thanks to the Lord, when the plague …

I Giardini della foce

The garden grew gradually, between 1925 and 1939. The house is surrounded by a formal Italian garden, divided into geometric ‘rooms’ by box hedges with lemon trees in terracotta pots. Travertine stairs lead to the rose garden and to a winding wisteria-covered pergola, bordered by a lavender hedge. Gentle informal terraces ascend the hill, where …

Bagni San Filippo

These free thermal baths are called, in common language, “White Whale”, due to the monumental limestone formation that the thermal waters, flowing for tens of thousands of years, have sedimented along the course of the river. The enormous limestone boulder, both for its rounded shapes and for the white color typical of limestone rocks, closely …