During your Tuscany vacation we invite you to visit Siena and its surrounding area.
Siena is the town where any single "stone" has remained unchanged over the centuries; the atmosphere is unique for everything bear witness to ancient past which is still alive in the celebrations for "Palio" taking place every year with renewed enthusiasm
Few areas in the world can boast the variety of landscape and economy distinguishing the territory of Siena. It begins in the north with the incomparable scenic beauty of the Chianti lands, with their patchwork of vines and olive trees standing out in orderly rows against the hills tamed by the farmers' skill.
We suggest you to rent a villa in countryside on top of a hill, to fill like the people of olden days when they decide to erect the walls of Monteriggioni and San Gimignano, busy tourist centres nowadays, silhouetted like solitary horsemen against the profile of the moon. Towards the west are waves of manifold panoramas: the vast shady woodlands of the Montagnola are linked to those belonging to the Communes of Monticiano and Chiusdino. The waters of the Merse and Farma rivers give life to habitats of great naturalistic interest. At the far end of the province, the humour-swollen land pierces the sky of Radicondoli with jets of gas: the geothermal area with its raging potential of energy recalls to mind the myth of the forge of the gods, or the benevolent trick of a joking underground alchemist. And there is still more: variety reigns south of Siena too. The gentle valley of the Arbia river, framed by slender rows of poplars, invites one to climb up the hills culminating in the towered summit of Montalcino, fatherland of the much-prized Brunello wine.
Alongside it, the land dries up into the characteristic scenery of the "crete" (clay hills), bread white, plunging down into eroded furrows and clinging to the proud, isolated cypresses atop the cliffs. And while, further east, the health-giving waters of Rapolano repair the many damages wrought by convulsive modern living, towards the south the Orcia valley completes with its severe mien. It is in fact the city of Siena which is the heart of this extraordinary geographical and environmental repertory, where every town, village or hamlet contains art treasures and historical evidence of priceless value. Siena: the quality of life expressed as a city, a site of international culture, boasting a University 750 years old, and sheltering prestigious Institutions such as the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the University for Foreigners, the Accademia dei Fisiocritici and the Accademia degli Intronati seat of meetings and congresses.
In town every stone has remained the same throughout the centuries, where one breathes an atmosphere not to be found elsewhere, because its people have kept the traditions of their forefathers, such as those connected with the Festa del Palio, renewing them year by year with unswerving effort and enthusiasm.
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