Apartments and rooms in Val d'Elsa - The best way to live Tuscany
CERTALDO
Certaldo is a perfectly intact medieval town, with streets, alleys and squares where tower buildings and historical building raise, nowadays used as museums, craftwork shops, exhibitions of contemporary art. Certaldo gives the tourist the opportunity to have a complete visit of the town and of the typical buildings, from here the definition of “open-air museum”: such as the birth place and gravestone of Boccaccio, author of the Decameron.
www.comune.certaldo.fi.it
VAL D'ELSA
Val d’Elsa is placed in a strategic point, near Siena, Florence and Volterra. The development of this area in the past was due to the fact of being an important crossroads of the via Francigena, therefore the main arterial of Tuscany.
This is the area where many of the bloodiest battles between Florence and Siena had been fought, and here is where it is possible to admire monuments and towns untouched by time.
www.valdelsa.net
SAN GIMIGNANO
San Gimignano, World Heritage Site, with it’s towers, one of the most beautiful towns in Italy and fundamental place to visit for anyone wanting to go to Tuscany. IT is also possible to admire the Rocca di Montestaffoli, the Cathedral, Palazzo Comunale, Santa Fina’s house, Fresco by the Ghirlandaio and the beautiful medieval squares.
www.comune.sangimignano.si.it
VOLTERRA
The Town of Volterra and it’s surroundings are, perhaps, one of the most diversified realities and attractive places in Tuscany.
The unquestionable historical tradition together with the wonderful nature offer from the morphology, the flora and fauna, a very imposing heritage.
History has left its sign continuously through the centuries, from the Etruscan period to the ‘800, with artistic and monumental testimonies of very high level, which can be admired by only walking through the town and visiting the town museums: Etruscan Museum, Civic Art Museum, Museum of Sacred Art, Alabaster EcoMuseum.
In addition to these monuments there’s an uncontaminated landscape, an easy going life style and a unique artistic craftwork: the alabaster.
www.comune.volterra.pi.it
PISA
Pisa and especially the Piazza dei Miracoli have always been an attraction for tourists. Although, the Leaning Tower is not the only attraction the city has to offer.
Every historical period the city had been through, has left rich testimonies: from Etruscan to contemporary, going through Medieval, Renaissance, Mannerism and Romanticism.
Take advantage of the Leaning Tower to visit the rest.
www.pisae.it
FIRENZE
Florence is worldwide famous for its unique beauties. The Tuscan capital together with Rome and Venice is one of the most visited cities in Italy not only by Italian tourists, but by visitors form all over the world.
The centre is rich with museums, churches and palaces built between XIV and XVI when in Italy there was a high presence of the cultural, artistic and literary movement that changed costumes and way of thinking in Italy: the Renaissance.
Florence was the heart of culture and art for many years: here many of the greatest artists of this movement were born and lived
www.comune.firenze.it
SIENA
Siena is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy, located in the centre of Tuscany, between the Chianti hills and Maremma, full of history, art and culture; it’s the city of the Palio.
www.comune.siena.it
Other towns nearby:
Castelfiorentino, Montespertoli, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa e Barberino Val d’Elsa (beginning of the Chianti Classico Gallo Nero) 7 km. circa.
Certaldo is a perfectly intact medieval town, with streets, alleys and squares where tower buildings and historical building raise, nowadays used as museums, craftwork shops, exhibitions of contemporary art. Certaldo gives the tourist the opportunity to have a complete visit of the town and of the typical buildings, from here the definition of “open-air museum”: such as the birth place and gravestone of Boccaccio, author of the Decameron.
www.comune.certaldo.fi.it
VAL D'ELSA
Val d’Elsa is placed in a strategic point, near Siena, Florence and Volterra. The development of this area in the past was due to the fact of being an important crossroads of the via Francigena, therefore the main arterial of Tuscany.
This is the area where many of the bloodiest battles between Florence and Siena had been fought, and here is where it is possible to admire monuments and towns untouched by time.
www.valdelsa.net
SAN GIMIGNANO
San Gimignano, World Heritage Site, with it’s towers, one of the most beautiful towns in Italy and fundamental place to visit for anyone wanting to go to Tuscany. IT is also possible to admire the Rocca di Montestaffoli, the Cathedral, Palazzo Comunale, Santa Fina’s house, Fresco by the Ghirlandaio and the beautiful medieval squares.
www.comune.sangimignano.si.it
VOLTERRA
The Town of Volterra and it’s surroundings are, perhaps, one of the most diversified realities and attractive places in Tuscany.
The unquestionable historical tradition together with the wonderful nature offer from the morphology, the flora and fauna, a very imposing heritage.
History has left its sign continuously through the centuries, from the Etruscan period to the ‘800, with artistic and monumental testimonies of very high level, which can be admired by only walking through the town and visiting the town museums: Etruscan Museum, Civic Art Museum, Museum of Sacred Art, Alabaster EcoMuseum.
In addition to these monuments there’s an uncontaminated landscape, an easy going life style and a unique artistic craftwork: the alabaster.
www.comune.volterra.pi.it
PISA
Pisa and especially the Piazza dei Miracoli have always been an attraction for tourists. Although, the Leaning Tower is not the only attraction the city has to offer.
Every historical period the city had been through, has left rich testimonies: from Etruscan to contemporary, going through Medieval, Renaissance, Mannerism and Romanticism.
Take advantage of the Leaning Tower to visit the rest.
www.pisae.it
FIRENZE
Florence is worldwide famous for its unique beauties. The Tuscan capital together with Rome and Venice is one of the most visited cities in Italy not only by Italian tourists, but by visitors form all over the world.
The centre is rich with museums, churches and palaces built between XIV and XVI when in Italy there was a high presence of the cultural, artistic and literary movement that changed costumes and way of thinking in Italy: the Renaissance.
Florence was the heart of culture and art for many years: here many of the greatest artists of this movement were born and lived
www.comune.firenze.it
SIENA
Siena is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy, located in the centre of Tuscany, between the Chianti hills and Maremma, full of history, art and culture; it’s the city of the Palio.
www.comune.siena.it
Other towns nearby:
Castelfiorentino, Montespertoli, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa e Barberino Val d’Elsa (beginning of the Chianti Classico Gallo Nero) 7 km. circa.