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Private Guided Walking Tour of Pienza: The Ideal Renaissance City

4.7(7)3 hEasy pace

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$248per group

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Overview

Duration: 3 h
Languages: English, Italian
Group size: Up to 15 travelers
Suitable for: Ages 0–120
Pace: Easy pace

Good for

Couples
First-time visitors
History buffs
Solo travelers

Discover Pienza, the ideal Renaissance city born from a "dream of love and an idea of beauty". Stroll through the intact urban center, a testament to an enlightened architectural project by Pope Pius II, realized by Bernardo Rossellino. Admire the harmony and aesthetic perfection that still characterize this urban gem today.

What's included

Other

Not included

Private transportation
Lunch
In-vehicle air conditioning

Itinerary

1
Piazza Pio II
15min
A striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.
2
Palazzo Piccolomini
30min
Ancient papal residence dating back to 1462
3
Il Duomo di Pienza
30min
Renaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century
4
Church of San Francesco
10min
Thirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.

Before you go

Ticket & redemption

Mobile or paper ticket accepted
One ticket covers the whole booking

Good to know

Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible

Location

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Pieve di Corsignano

30min

Ancient rural parish church of early Christian origin built on an ancient immersion baptismal font. The main portal offers a peculiar decoration with pagan features from the 9th century AD. The interior shows the baptismal font where the two pontiffs of the Piccolomini family were baptized: Pius II and Pius III and a crypt.

Corso il Rossellino

20min

Ancient main street of Pienza dedicated to the architect Bernardo Gambarelli known as Rossellino, architect and designer of Pienza. It shows the main cardinal palaces of the papal city.

Palazzo Borgia Museo Diocesano

45min

Amazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Suitable for all physical fitness levels