San Gimignano, Chianti Classico, Italy
Resort San Gimignano
320 m. >>San Gimignano is famous as the town of many towers. It has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage status, there are only 15 remaining towers out of 75, it is the symbol of Medieval Tuscany and within its town walls man can still imagine the life of ancient times. Famous, historical resort with 7'000 inhabitants, in the centre of the region, on top of a hill with beautiful view, 45 km south-west from Firenze, 40 km north-west from Siena. All shops, restaurants etc. in the resort. Access: motorway A1 Firenze - Siena, exit number "Poggibonsi". Railway station "Poggibonsi" 10 km. For arrivals by plane: airport Firenze (FLR) 60 km.
Region information Chianti Classico
The region Chianti Classico
Fernand Braudel, one of the greatest historians of the century, had no doubts:“Chianti is the most moving countryside in existence.” An area of gently rolling hills that spreads out between Florence and Siena, Chianti is a garden of woods, vineyards, farmhouses with shingles faded by the sun, stone walls, Romanesque churches, fortified villages and castles encircled by imposing walls. From Greve to Gaiole, Castellina to Castelnuovo Berardenga, Volpaia to Badia di Coltibuono up to the walls of Monteriggioni, and the gates of Siena, Chianti is a breathtaking spectacle. A perfect symbiosis between man and nature. The roads wind slowly and sedately along itineraries marked by vineyards and cypress trees, olive-groves and oak woods: there is no reason to hurry in Chianti.
Here in the country of wine and olive-oil, Chianti Classico is at home in Greve in the month of September, during grape-harvest. Taste and smell are taken very seriously in Chianti where cooking is a joyous art, but serious and rich. And so are the country traditions: in June, in Castelnuovo Berardenga, a sumptuous historic reconstruction evokes the centuries-old military rivalry between Florence and Siena for domination of the Chianti hills.
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