MOUNTAIN BIKE GUIDE

The mountain biking in the hills of Siena

My name is Valerio Grella, I'm 34, I live and work in the heart of Tuscany.
The love of the countryside and nature grew with me, I studied viticulture and enology and now work as an agricultural expert in a winery in Chianti.
Since 1999, I am so passionate about mountain biking that in 2010 I obtained a patent Guide to MTB.
Now I share my passion with friends and during my leisure time I organize guided tours to explore the hidden corners and evocative of Tuscany.
We ride on trails of all types, simple cycle paths for the family, scenic trails for tourists, beautiful and challenging single
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SAN GIMIGNANO MUSEUMS

Extraordinary example of medieval town urbanism.

The complex also includes the Archaeological Museum that documents the origins of the city, the Spezeria di Santa Fina with precious “pharmacy” vases which still contains the ancient medicinal preparations, and the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art Raffaele De Grada.

San Gimignano is an extraordinary example of medieval town, with its famous towers and elegant palaces, witnesses of its illustrious past. The complex of the Civic Museums includes the Town Hall and Torre Grossa which, due to their exceptional historical and artistic scene in Europe, constitute, together with the Cathedral
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LA VIA FRANCIGENA

Hystorical path which runs through San Gimignano

"When the archbishop Sigerico there passed between 990 and 994, San Gimignano (Sancte Gemiane, as he remembers) was a castle of the Church of Volterra. Via Francigena was certainly the foundation of the rapid development that led it to break free and run its own territorial district - more or less than the current common - between Florence and Siena. The city walls of San Gimignano built at the beginning of the thirteenth century were already substantial, but the strong mercantile expansion and population growth that accompanied it did rapidly increase the town, so that, in the second half of
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