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14 slow days of art and history: San Casciano dei Bagni

14 days based in San Casciano dei Bagni, in November, built around art and history. San Casciano dei Bagni gets 14 days, with Montalcino, Manciano and Castelnuovo Berardenga nearby.

14 days · November · art & history-first · moderate walking

San Casciano dei Bagni

San Casciano dei Bagni, 14 days

Base yourself in San Casciano dei Bagni and make these your day trips.

9 towns · qualifying pool of 13 from 83 candidates

Hill towns in the provinces of Siena and Grosseto. Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Chianti Classico DOCG, olive oil country, and TCI Bandiera Arancione.

Getting around

Rent a car for this corner. Only 1 of the 9 towns has a railway station; the day trips assume driving.

Day 1 · Arrive in San Casciano dei Bagni

Settle in. San Casciano dei Bagni is your base for the next 14 days. Take the afternoon to walk the centro, find your bearings, eat something local.

Province: Siena

San Casciano dei Bagni

A hilltop borgo at 582 meters above 42 hot springs that produced the largest Etruscan bronze hoard of the last fifty years.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 2 · Day trip to Cetona

First outing. Head to Cetona for the day. Take the slow road, leave time to wander, be back in San Casciano dei Bagni for dinner.

Province: Siena

Cetona

A medieval borgo at 384 meters, sold by Cosimo I to the Vitelli in 1556 and the centro storico still shaped by their fortress reconstruction.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 3 · Day trip to Montepulciano

Out again, this time to Montepulciano. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Siena

Montepulciano

A Renaissance hill town at 605 meters on a limestone ridge, aging its Sangiovese-based red in vaulted cellars beneath the palazzi.

Picked for:nature and walking · hill town

Day 4 · Day trip to San Quirico d'Orcia

Out again, this time to San Quirico d'Orcia. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Siena

San Quirico d'Orcia

A walled stop on the Via Francigena at 409 meters in the UNESCO Val d'Orcia, where a twelfth-century Collegiata, a Renaissance garden and the Bagno Vignoni thermal pool sit within fifteen kilometers of each other.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 5 · Day trip to Pitigliano

Out again, this time to Pitigliano. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Grosseto

Pitigliano

The Little Jerusalem of southern Tuscany, carved into a tuff spur in the Maremma, where the houses, the synagogue and the streets are all cut from the same volcanic rock.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 6 · Day trip to Pienza

Out again, this time to Pienza. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Siena

Pienza

The first Renaissance ideal city, built from 1459 on the Val d'Orcia ridge.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 7 · Day trip to Montalcino

Out again, this time to Montalcino. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Siena

Montalcino

A walled hill town at 564 meters above the Val d'Orcia, the last fortress to hold out for the Sienese Republic and the birthplace of Brunello.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 8 · Day trip to Castelnuovo Berardenga

Out again, this time to Castelnuovo Berardenga. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Siena

Castelnuovo Berardenga

A commune of 351 meters, the last castle Siena built against Florence, in 1366.

Picked for:nature and walking · hill town

Day 9 · Day trip to Manciano

Last day trip in this corner, to Manciano. Make a day of it, then back to San Casciano dei Bagni.

Province: Grosseto

Manciano

A market town at 444 meters in the southern Maremma, with a Sienese fortress of 1424 and the thermal frazione of Saturnia in its territory.

Picked for:art and history · hill town

Day 10 · Day in San Casciano dei Bagni

A slower day. Stay in San Casciano dei Bagni. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

Day 11 · Day in San Casciano dei Bagni

A slower day. Stay in San Casciano dei Bagni. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

Day 12 · Day in San Casciano dei Bagni

A slower day. Stay in San Casciano dei Bagni. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

Day 13 · Day in San Casciano dei Bagni

A slower day. Stay in San Casciano dei Bagni. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

Day 14 · Day in San Casciano dei Bagni

A slower day. Stay in San Casciano dei Bagni. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

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