Val d’Orcia – Tuscany – Unesco heritage

Val d'Orcia - Unesco heritage

Val d'Orcia is a large and wonderful countryside in southern Tuscany, near the border with Umbria and the slopes of Mount Amiata, which extends along the agricultural hinterland of Siena. It takes its name from the Orcia River that crosses it and is a protected park where the absolute protagonist is an amazing nature.The wonderful Val d’Orcia, located in the province of Siena, represents the typical Tuscan landscape, made of rolling hills, vineyards as far as the eye can see, rows of cypress trees and isolated farmhouses. The postcard of Tuscany that you see everywhere in the souvenir shops of Florence is less than two hours by car from the capital, in an area of ​​unique beauty that attracts an ever-increasing number of tourists, coming from all over Italy and beyond. In Val d’Orcia you go to relax, to enjoy magnificent views and to eat well: stop in one of the many villages that dot the area, almost all …

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Montalcino – Tuscany

We are in Tuscany, in the Val d'Orcia. Here among cypresses, olive trees and sunny hills stands a medieval village, among the most suggestive and evocative of Tuscany. We are in Montalcino, a fortress with its perched houses and its stone walls where even today you can breathe the air of ladies and knights.In 1840 Clemente Santi founded the "Tenuta Il Greppo" two kilometers south of the city of Montalcino, on a hill with steep and steep sides from which the name "Il Greppo" derives, which means "barren and steep side of a mountain or hill.”Here Clemente began cultivating a particular type of Sangiovese, Sangiovese Grosso, later baptized "brown" and then "brunello" due to its dark and intense color.Why visit Montalcino? Because it is a village set in the magnificent Tuscan countryside, rich in history and art and where the absolute protagonists are good food and good wine: Montalcino is, in fact, the home of the famous Brunello, one of the best wines in the world.

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