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Certaldo
- 10 Km |
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Full of artistic interest
especially the upper part of the town with it's beautiful medieval
hamlet where you can visit the house of the famous poet Giovanni Boccaccio.
Every year, during July, is celebrated the festival event mercantia
that is the fair of the poor teather , craftsmen and handicraft. Other
attractions are: the historical parade in September and the cipollata
fair in October. |
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San
Gimignano - 20 Km |
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This beautiful town is famous
for it's towers and for this reason it is also called the manhattan
of the Middle Age. San Gimignano is one of the most important historical
turistic center for it's churches, the walls, the two ancient porte
and for the 14th century paintings of the sienese school and the 15th
century paintings of the florentine school. San Gimignano rises on
a hill (334m high) dominating the Elsa Valley. All around the beautiful
landscape with it's vineyards and olive trees. |
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Volterra
- 30 Km |
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Volterra
is one of the finest and lesser known hilltop town tucked away
in the heart of Tuscany. Magic and mysterious town with it's
three thousand years of history we recommend to visit this town
and the around etruscan land, the wonderful landscape looking
for the typical handicrafts of alabaster. |
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Firenze
- 30 Km |
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Is the
capital of Tuscany. The origin of the name comes from Florentia
(the city of flower). florence has been the cradle of italian
renaissance. Full of art and history, Florence is one of the
most important turistic destination of our Country. Bright and
elegant, Florence runs along the Arno river surrounded by wonderful
hills. |
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Siena
- 35 Km |
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Famous for it's artistic
and historical attractions and medieval walls for a hundred or so
years, in the 12th and 13th centuries, Siena was one of the major
cities of Europe. This city is also known for "Palio" the
most spectacular festival event in Italy. A Bareback horse race around
the campo. The race has been held since the beginning of the
14th century and also today all the city feels this event with great
emotion. |
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