Tuscany (Siena, Grosetto, Rosetto, Pienza, Montalcino, San Antimo)

Today we're leaving the Siena area and our wonderful stay just outside of Siena in Casa Delle Fonte. A quick summary on our visits in Tuscany so far;

Siena
Largest of the towns close to our stay. A walled city with a huge Piazza where the famous 'Il Il Palio' is held every year. We managed to arrive though for the final few kilometers of a bike race in the city. Really nice city which we've been back to a few times for lunch.
We also climbed to the top of the Cathedral for a great view around the City
Grosetto
Another walled city, which we unforunately visited when everything was shut.

Rosetto
The sight of an archaeological dig on a Tuscan and Roman city. The sight was amazing with most of the roads (complete with cart wheel grooves), the amphitheatre and the wall (which still stands over 5m high in places)

Montalcino
A gorgeous little town famous for their wine making. Most of the wines we've been drinking have been Della Casa and have been better than a lot of the bottles we've had back home. They have a great Fort on entrance to the city. Found a fantastic place for lunch called Ristorante L'Asseo (which we picked mainly because they had Kartel Ghost chairs) and had the most fantastic mushroom risotto, we also ate too much and couldn't fit in dinner.

San Antimo
The oldest church in Tuscany which is now inhabited by an order of monks famous for their Gregorian Chant. A beautifully simple church in the middle of no where (an my favourite place so far in Tuscany)

Pienza
Was our last stop yesterday which is a town of 2000 people. You can stand in the central piazza and see almost the entire town if you spin around. It was the Pope's summer residence at one stage and we had a tour around the Palazzo. It was the Tour Nazi though and probably our most ripped off experience so far. The town was great though with visits to streets like Via Della'more and Via Della Bacio.

Today we're off to Perugia where Vanessa has managed to book us during their Chocolate Festival even without knowing.

This leg of the Italy trip has been by far the best!

(PS Ben and Mandy we're still making Cat Face Jokes)