Tag: Siena
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Via Francigena Offers Contrasts
Day 8 Our hotel in Monteriggioni, Rooms and Wine at Castello, has been our favorite accommodation…so far. A friendly greeting, a spotless room with a rooftop view and excellent breakfast choices set the mood for our 12-mile walk to Siena. We enjoyed a peaceful morning of walking through forests and fields. Vineyards were left behind…
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Medieval Tuscany Endures
We hopped into our little Alpha Romeo rental car Wednesday morning and set off on our first road trip in Tuscany. We refused to let overcast skies dampen our spirits…it was not yet raining and maybe we could take in the sights of Siena before the promised rain began to fall. With some advice from…
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Siena’s Church Brightens Stormy Day
It was a stormy day in Tuscany today, so we journeyed south to Siena to see one of Italy's few fully Gothic churches, a foreboding, but spectacularly beautiful place. A city of 57,000, Siena is built on a series of hills about an hour-and-a-half drive south of our home in San Baronto. It is difficult…
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