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Florence - City of the Rinascimento - The historical and cultural dimension of Florence is immense: the city is one of the more pleasant and rich Italian destinations of atmosphere, since still strongly maintains the print of the small late-medieval center that contributed in way a lot determining to the cultural and political development of Europe. Situated on the rivers of the Arno, encircled from low hills covered of olive groves and vines, Florence bewitches to the first look. Crib of the Rinascimento and dwelling of Machiavelli, Michelangelo and of the Medici, this city encloses an enormous patrimony of art, history and culture.

Siena - City of the Palio - Smaller center in roman age, has been understood them for centuries of the southern Tuscany. Its medieval center is full of majestic gotici buildings, while the churches, the museums and the buildings publics accommodate art works. According to the legend, Siena was founded from Senio, son of Remo, for which the symbol of lupa that it nurses the binoculars Romolo and Remo it is present to Siena as to Rome. The city had its maximum splendor between the end of the 1200 and half of 1400, founding its economy on the commercial companies them and banking, favorite also from its relative vicinity to Rome. The city is famous today for contrade and the Palio.

Arezzo - City of the Giostra del Saracino - As it testifies same city architecture, it boasts one born ancient. It is one of the greater Etruscan cities and subsequently one strategic roman city. The part more elevated of the city conserve one detached medieval aspect, dominated from the Cathedral and the Medicea Fortress. To the city center, Piazza Grande true anthology of architectonic styles unfolds one. Piazza Grande , the third Sunday of the june month and the first Sunday of september, becomes the scene of the Giostra del Saracino, game to horse of medioevali origins. The same public square and great part of the historical center accommodate, every the first Sunday of the month and the previous saturday, the famous Fair Antiquarianism.

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Along provincial road SP 1 "Setteponti" ex roman tracing "Cassia Vetus", to a medium height of 300 meters, it is possible dominated the Chianti hills.

We begin to describe this evocative road leaving from Arezzo and heading towards north in Quarrata locality, where it begins the SP1 and continuing until Ponte a Buriano where admire the Romanesque bridge of the 13°secolo that some students assert to be represented on the background of the Gioconda di Leonardo da Vinci. To San Giustino we follow the indications for the Borro beautifull medieval small village completely restructured. It is in passed dwelling of the Savoia family, to day it's of the Ferragamo family designer.It is today center of remarkable tourist interest.

Returning on SP1 way between Chianti Aretino hills and Chianti Fiorentino hills, enclosed between splendid plantations of olive trees and uniforms from other from little kilometers of distance you can be visited beautifulst romanesque churches. They were constructed around to the first century of according to millenium. Between the more important, the romanesque churche of S. Pietro a Gropina to Loro Ciuffenna, and the abbey of S. Salvatore a Soffena (open from the monday to the saturday from the 9.00 - 1.00 A.M.) to Castelfranco di Sopra. Near of Loro Ciuffenna who wanted to follow an alternative route, between the forests and the hills of the Pratomagno, we suggest a visit to Rocca Ricciarda, and to the Chiassaia villages entire it restores to you from where one seen will be had evocative on all the Valdarno. (In the village of the Chiassaia it is present one acient furnace open every day excluded the Wednesday - (closed 1,00 - 3,00 P.M where it is possible to taste optimal crushed warm). Continuing from Loro Ciuffenna in direction of Florence we meet after approximately 10 km the medieval country of Castelfranco di Sopra. It conserve still intact walls and tower of the acient castle. In the outskirtses of the country is possible to carry on the Balze, beauty and rare geologic phenomenon.

About 10 kilometers from Castelfranco di Sopra always in north direction, joints to Reggello country, the Setteponti road is finish. It is interesting to stop in the Pieve di Cascia where the Trittico of Masaccio is conserved.

Dipped in the great scene of peace and silence of a acient forest, it is born the Abbazia benedettina di Vallombrosa. It conserve the character of hermitage who give many years distinguishes it. It's caught up easy from Castelfranco di Sopra in direction of Reggello (on provincial road SP1) and then following the indications on the right for Saltino and Vallombrosa.

The Natural Park of Cavriglia that extends on a surface of 600 hectares finds in the Chianti/Valdarno to one altitude of 800 m. dipped in the green hill of the characteristic Tuscany flora. In the rich paths of the park of an intact and incontaminata nature it is possible to meet mufloni, daini, caprioli, wild boars, peacocks and blade that live free. The Park of Cavriglia is opened to the visitors every day with free income. On the way of the mines for Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni can itself be admired centers it them electrical worker of Santa Barbara and the mine to open sky for the xiloide lignite ones that was formed ago approximately 2-3 million years, of which in close museum of Montevarchi fossil rests can be admired.

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Exists one way in the Chianti that give to Badia a Coltibuono go until to Siena. It is the SR 408 road. This beautifulst road, allows a myriad of shunting lines towards several castles (Meleto, Brolio etc...) and medieval villages. For this it be called Castles Chianti road. It is supplied to many trusts signalers. It is also the wine road, more famous of the world. Along the road it is possible to stop itself to taste the Chianti wine in the acient wine cellars. The better season in order to cover it is sure the spring, when the nature in full load awakening explodes in all its beauty, but is in the autumn time that the Chianti is dyed of wonderful colors and gives incredible suggestions.

To make one trip to the Greve in Chianti town. It is wine city. It's easy arrived from Figline Valdarno continuing along provincial road SP16 (Via Grevigiana). In locality Ponte agli Stolli you can make a pause to the iteressant museum of the civilization peasant of Gaville. It is opened the saturday from the 4.00 - 6.00 P.M.and the sanday and the festive from the 3.00 - 7.00 P.M., other days on reservation.

In the Greve in Chiati country, visited the splendid public square, and the moust acient and greater wine cellar of Chianti with tasting of beyond 140 wines, and free income, opened from the 10.00 - 7.00 P.M.

Carried out guided visits to the garden and the wine cellars of the near castles of Verrazzano and Uzzano.

A lot interesting is also the castle of Montefioralle, small center that surpasses Greve in Chianti.

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Monteriggioni is the typical example of fortified village, (with its 14 towers) encircled from walls. Inside of the village there are some house, bar, restaurants, souvenir, and resales of typical products. The walls are elliptic shape. Monteriggioni dominates on plains and surrounding hills. The village has walls that they measure only 570 meters: the greater diameter of the castle is of 172 meters, the thickness of walls is of 2 meters.

Little distant from the Monteriggioni village, on a high panoramic hill, there is an other pearl of the Tuscany: San Gimignano, the beautiful towers village. Its fame and its travel attraction, is due to the presence of the 15 towers still present today out of 72 which existed in the 1300. It is a symbol of the nobility due to an economical explosion during the 1200. Every family wanted to build a mansion with a tower which was necessary to admire the view.

 

Markets and manifestations to Castelfranco di Sopra:

Wandering market every weekly, friday morning in the main public square.

Market of antique and coleccionism every 25/04 in the historical center.

In august, festivity of the "Perdono". Particularly attended from the children for the presence of the LunaPark and the pyrotechnicians fires.

In the Casale il Giuncheto are available for the hosts, many map and depliant of the more beautiful and interesting Tuscany places to visit and are on hand to assist you and provide information on tours or itineraries for excursions in the locality, advice on restaurants, inns, wines and wine tasting.

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