A marvelous landscape of never-ending hills, grain fields, and streams, with rich clay and tufa soils; the Valdorcia is today the real icon of Tuscany, a natural setting of extraordinary beauty. It has become known all over the world as the classic Tuscan landscape. Important films like the Oscar winners The English Patient, La Vita è Bella and The Gladiator were shot here just few minutes from our farmhouse, as well as Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and most recently Under the Tuscan Sun, cementing the Val D’Orcia’s beauty in cinematic history.
The people of the Val D'Orcia area have resisted the pressures of progress and retained the traditions of the region safeguarded the relationship between man and the environment, particularly that of hospitality, which was offered to visitors particularly during the time the great pilgrimages.
Well worth visiting: the villages of Pienza, Castelmuzio, Castiglione D’Orcia, Montefollonico, Monte Oliveto, Monticc hiello, Petrolio, Radicofoni and Bagno Vignoni. The Church of St Anna, the Church of St Antimo and the Church of Spedaletto are all beautiful. There are many routes to be followed on foot or on bike.
The Val d'Orcia was recently added in the Unesco's Heritage List and is universally recognized as one of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth.
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