MONTALCINO AND VAL D'ORCIA Two days

The river Orcia valley is one of the most photographed in Tuscany. Its rolling hills changing their colours with the changing of the seasons, its very old hamlets deepened in the untouched environment and its high quality gastronomy make the difference. This is the most appreciated itinerary  every year: by bus, car, bicycle, or on foot.
 From Montalcino with its celebrated wine –yards, to the Abbazia di Sant’Antimo where the monks’ chants are still to be heard down to the old country road Cassia . One can go from San Quirico with its  Collegiata visited by pilgrims since one thousand years to the Middle-Age Spas of Bagno Vignoni where even St. Catherine went. Then to Pienza, the little ideal town of Pope Pious II to end in Montepulciano where its cellars and Renaissance palaces are all to be found around a wonderful square. Here, in summer , music and words surround the crowds following the Bravio delle Botti.