If you love Italian wine and food, you should organise a holiday in San Gimignano in Tuscany. San Gimignano is a beautiful city and, in addition to its famous tower houses, its museums and art places, the symbol of this town is Vernaccia, a very good white wine even though Tuscany is well known for its red wines.

The Vernaccia is produced in San Gimignano since 1200 and since that period had a flourishing trade and was considered an excellent wine. We don’t know the origins of its name, somebody thinks that it came from the Latin word vernaculum (= local) but Vocabolario Treccani says that

Are you going to organize a holiday with your family for Christmas? What about Tuscany? During Christmas time cities like Siena or Florence become enchanting places with fascinating bright lights which change a simple beautiful city in a magic world.

Our agriturism is located near San Gimignano (the famous Town of Fine Tower), not far from Siena, Florence or from the charming Chianti Hills. For children will absolutely be an adventure because you can both to visit museums and walk in the nature. In Siena for example you can go the “Museo d’Arte per Bambini” site in the marvellous “Complesso

The Via Francigena is the ancient road that connected Canterbury to Puglia in Italy. Once it was used by merchants, nobles and religious, nowadays it was rediscovered by pilgrims from all over the world who choose to know Italy from a different point of view. The itinerary of Via Francigena we know today, was influenced by Sigerico the Archbishop of Canterbury who went through the this ancient road in 990 a.C. from Canterbury to Rome and wrote down the places where he stopped.

A wonderful trip awaits for you from San Gimignano to Radicofani, one week on foot to discover a unique landscape

One of the most interesting stuff of a holiday in Tuscany is the food tradition. Actually Tuscany is one of the richest region in Italy in delicacy, like the “pasta” or the “Chianina” steak and cakes, especially traditional Christmas sweets.
The strong points of Tuscany are not just the marvellous landscapes and cities of art but also wine and gastronomy, and that’s the reason why thousand and thousand of tourists, visit that region every year. But we want to tell you about traditional Christmas sweets which are made in Siena: Ricciarelli and Panforte.
Ricciarelli are a sort of pastry very

If you are looking for a holiday with your family, San Gimignano in Tuscany, is the city for you. Children and adults will be seduced by this particular village, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.
In the 3rd century b.C. San Gimignano born as an Etruscan village and became an essential part of Italian history. Chroniclers Lupi, Coppi and Pecori relate that during Catiline conspiracy against the Roman Republic in the 1st century, two patrician brothers, Muzio and Silvio, left Rome and moved to Valdelsa. There they built two castles, called Mucchio and Silvia. A legend tells that Saint Gimignano,