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Piampetrucci and Terre di Siena

Piampetrucci  farm is located between  Buonconvento, the most famous town in Val d'Arbia, Montalcino, the capital of the famous wine "Brunello di Montalcino", the "Crete Senesi", features hills of Siena and Val d'Orcia (listed by UNESCO as Patrimony of 'humanity), where the landscape becomes art.

The Val d'Orcia is the genuine soul of the Siena: the fortresses, baths, fine wines in a landscape of gentle hills where all is harmony, even when everything seems hard and wild.

La Val d'Orcia con lo sfondo 
del Monte Amiata

 

The Val d'Orcia is the home of pici, beef grazing, wild mushrooms, the cheeses, result of competition between local traditions and the recent introduction of Sardinian sheep.

The Crete are very friable clay lands subject to the phenomenon of erosion. Winds and rains, men and flocks, they designed a landscape that has for centuries the forms of feelings and communicates with the power of emotions. An ideal country for refuge in a monastery, to find oneself.

Piampetrucci is the ideal base to quickly reach many of the most desirable locations in Terre di Siena: Montalcino, San Quirico d'Orcia, Bagno Vignoni, Pienza, Radicofani, Sarteano, Montepulciano, Chiusi, Cetona, San Casciano dei Bagni, and Arezzo. .. without forgetting
Siena the city of  Palio!

Montalcino di notte

In a few minutes you are in the woods of Monte Amiata (1730m), the highest volcano is not active in Italy, Umbria is a half hour drive.

There is another feature absolutely unique to this region: Siena has the highest spa number in Italy, and Piampetrucci is in a central location to reach many spas The most famous: the Bagni di San Casciano, Bagno Vignoni, Sarteano, Bagni San Filippo,  Chianciano Terme, Rapolano Terme etc..

If everyone knows the Palio di Siena, which runs July 2 and August 16, few are aware of the variety of holidays Siena. Throughout the year there are many events of historical folklore, festivals of local products and crafts fairs, cultural events, theater and music.