San Gimignano
- Address:Tuscany
Cultural Experience, Good Views / Viewpoint, Walking/Hiking, Town / City
2:59 PM Saturday, May 26
Passing clouds. Mild.
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San Gimignano is famous for its towers. As you approach this small, walled town, the fourteen towers dating from the 13th century – there were once seventy-two – demand your attention; if you were an attacking warrior in the middle ages they would definitely have made you think twice about attacking this hilltop town. Perhaps this is why the charming town has survived in such good shape, even though the plague wiped out so much of its wealthy population in 1348 it was forced to surrender to the rule of nearby Florence.
Within the walls you can explore on foot, beginning at the interconnecting main squares Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Cisterna. One of the main drawcards of the town is its wonderful religious art from the Medieval and Renaissance periods adorning the walls of marvellous churches such as the 12th century Romanesque Basilica in the Collegiata (the Duomo), and collected in the Pinacoteca (picture gallery) in the Palazzo Comunale.
But San Gimignano is not suspended in the past: there is a modern art museum and also a Museo del Vino, a wine museum, and whilst wine is meant to age its certainly going to be younger than the art and architecture you’ve spent the rest of the day exploring.
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Our tour was fantastic, so much so we book another day for the 5 villages and that was great also, a special thanks to Sandra our tour guide, and to the 2 boys the next day. had a great time and would advise others to take both these tours
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This was our best guided-tour among our honeymoon tours which includes Italy, Turkey and Grecce. We have engaged about 7 guided-tours in this hoilday and I have to rate this as our best and top guided-tour. Tuscany was a beautiful places to go and I recommended this shall not be a place to miss. But overall, our tour guide who made the differences. As you know, a boring tour-guide can makes you sleep in the bus or uninterested in certain places unknown to you. With her, she makes everything so interesting including excellent services and attitude and friendiness. She is able to explained most of the places with her deep knowledge of its history. Thank you, for making this trip a wonderful one!
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