The province

Montalcino and Val d'Orcia
San Gimignano and Val d'Elsa
The Sienese Crete
Chianti
The Amiata, the Sacred Mountain
The Sienese Museums

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THE SIENESE MUSEUMS

The province of Siena boasts an extraordinary and well organised museum net called : Fondazione Musei Senesi.

Truffles, Olive oil, Quarries are only some of the subjects you can find in the 31 museums that cover the territory. They are to be found in historical, old structures with a very modern design to make them easy to be understood and pleasant to be visited. This is an extraordinary itinerary across the Sienese cultural identity. All the archaeological, artistic, historical, anthropological patrimony is “located in the same place of origin”. Guided tours of these museums are organised according to territory or thematic criteria : i.e. historical-artistic, ethnographic, scientific or archaeological. Among our many proposals, please take note of the one that includes the historical-artistic tour of Montalcino, Pienza, Montepulciano museums.www.museisenesi.org

     
       
     

THE TRUFFLE MUSEUM
In the heart of the Sienese Crete, at San Giovanni D’Asso , the first Italian museum dedicated to truffles has been recently open. The dungeons of the fourteenth- century castle of San Giovanni  are the theatre of a 250 square metres  itinerary trough witchcraft, science, eroticism,  but also sensory experiences about this bulb the  museum offers. This is like a continuous play through visual, tactile, taste and olfactory itineraries helping the visitors to know  the secrets of this wonderful gift of Mother Earth better.