Siena Trips & Tours

Nowhere feels more quintessentially Tuscan than the Val d’Orcia. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the valley is an almost impossibly perfect scene of wheat fields, vineyards and scattered Renaissance towns, each more beautiful than the last: Montalcino and its Brunello estates and fortress views; Montepulciano and its barrels of Vino Nobile; and Pienza, designed in the 15th century as the “ideal city” and still known for its pecorino cheese, best tasted warm and freshly cut. The largest of the towns is ochre-hued Siena, one of the most finely-preserved medieval cities in Italy and divided into seventeen neighbourhoods or ‘contrade,’ each with its own coat of arms and traditions, making every wander a foray into a new world.