Thematic tours

Wine tour
Trekking outside the city walls
The Etruscans
Romanesque Churches and Abbeyes
Walks through art,nature and wine
Food and wine Siena Walks
Villas, castles, gardens

TOURS

VILLAS, CASTLES AND GARDENS  Two days

Since ever the Sienese noble families loved to reside in wonderful country houses or  imposing castles and beautiful villas which gardens and landscapes mingled together. The setting for  hamlets and patrician residences were the very well cultivated lands and rolling hills from where the town was visible, even if in the distance. In  the XVIth century, often on what remained of ancient fortalices, the romantic dream of creating magnificent villas rose. The idea of elegant parks, cypress tree  paths, rose beds, little Renaissance chapels ,allegorical statues, lemon-houses or water- lilies was nourished by the poetic scenery. Formal Italian gardens gently tamed the harsh nature of the Sienese land. The present owners of these places, after a careful restoration, open their gates to show us these remarkable gardens.
 
 

The Horti Leonini of San Quirico d'Orcia
Since the year 1924  Villa la Foce is the Origo family house. This outstanding structure of the XVth century turned into a confortable home  especially when the English architect Cecil Pinsent conceived a  formal Italian garden to surround the house and  expand the spectacular view over the valley of the Orcia and the Amiata mountain. The harmony betwwen garden and nature makes la Foce an ideal example of the Tuscany's cultural evolution of the XXth century.Through the wood , a path joins the garden and the family cemetery, considered one of Pinsent's best creations.