San Quirico d'Orcia
Located near the Via Francigena, it has become a famous tourist center after the settings of celebrated
movies such as Nostàlghia ...
Since the ancient Romans, famous people have been fascinated by this square enchanted by the mists and
scents of thermals water.
Castiglione d'Orcia
Bagni San Filippo is a spa town in the Val d’Orcia famous for the hot and sulphurous waters of the so-called
Fosso Bianco: the thermal river that flows between oaks and holm oaks in a succession of pools where you
can immerse yourself.
The water temperature varies depending on how close you get to the various springs, where it can reach 48
Celtius degrees . Natural wonder in the green of the forest is the limestone deposit waterfall called
“la balena bianca” (the white whale)
Castiglione d'Orcia
The village of Vivo d’Orcia, surrounded by woods, offers trekking routes that starting from the waterfalls of
Scodellino lead to the source of the Vivo river where, in addition to the Sorgenti building, there is the
Ermicciolo: a Romanesque style church dedicated to San Benedetto.
Over the years, areas equipped for excursions and braziers have been created at the source and the ancient
chapel in full relaxation and in the shade of huge, centuries-old chestnut trees.
Castiglione d'Orcia
The first document of Campiglia dates back to 973 AD and still today the town layout retains the urban layout received before the year 1000 perched around a spur of rock offers an unlimited panorama over the Val d’Orcia up to the Apennines .
Montalcino
An ancient village on the north-eastern edge of the Val d’Orcia located in the center of the Crete Senesi
along the Asso stream from which it takes name.
Known for the collection and marketing of white truffles and for the ancient 7th century AD church of San
Pietro a Villore.
near Montalcino
It stands in the same place as an ancient Etruscan settlement and took on the current shape from the Middle Ages. Country village where you can arrive from the SP71 on the ridge of the Val d’Orcia
Castiglione d'Orcia
Dominated by the towering Rocca a Tentinnano, it was the historic village of the powerful Sienese
Salimbeni family.
With original stone streets dating of 1200, Saint Catherine of Siena lived here where received the miracle of writing
and she wrote her famous letters to the Pope and to the Great Ones of that time.
Pienza
The parish church of Santi Vito e Modesto (known as the parish church of Corsignano) is a Romanesque
construction mostly dating back to the 12th century, with three naves and a cylindrical bell tower, like
Ravenna, referable to the 11th century. Under the right aisle there is a small crypt.
The rural simplicity of the Church goes togheter with the sweet countryside made famous by The Gladiator
movie.
Montalcino
In the countryside of Montalcino, along the Longobardi road, stands the majestic Abbey of Sant’Antimo
which in 770 the Lombards had built over an ancient Carolingian chapel and where Charlemagne placed his
own seal.
Stone monument with the majestic internal columns in onyx stone is a magnificent example of medieval art that stands alone in the middle of a countryside of vineyards
San Quirico d'Orcia
The chapel of the Madonna di Vitaleta is a small church in the center of the Val d’Orcia designed by the
architect Giuseppe Partini in 1884 inspired by sixteenth-century models.
From it comes the statue of the Madonna attributed to Andrea della Robbia, preserved in San Quirico
The small chapel was placed under the protection of UNESCO
Pienza
The monastery of Sant’Anna in Camprena is a monastic complex built in 1324 by San Bernardo Tolomei,
founder of the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore.
Along the walls of the church there are thirteen paitings of the seventeenth-century representing Scenes
of the life of San Bernardo Tolomei. The refertorio is decorated with frescoes by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi
known as “Il Sodoma”.
The famous movie “The English Patient” was filmed in the rooms and gardens of this monastery in 1996.
Pienza
It is a typical medieval village of the thirteenth century of which it still retains the austere features typical
of medieval fortresses with the walls and the towers all around.
Monticchiello is also known for its "Poor Theater” in which all the inhabitants are themselves authors and actors. It takes place every summer from more than 50 years ago.
near Chianciano Terme
THE VILLA DE “LA FOCE” was purchased by the Origo family in 1927 and the restoration of the garden was
commissioned to the well-known landscape architect Cecil Pinsent.
The large garden is made up of flower beds edged with box hedges and flower beds decorated with vases,
obelisks and a pillared balustrade and the whole panorama of the Val d’Orcia up to the Amiata.
