Val d'Orcia Day Trip from Rome: UNESCO Landscapes & Renaissance Treasures

Highlights

• UNESCO World Heritage
• Renaissance Landscape
• Historical Testimony

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Historic Centre of the City of Pienza

   2h

   It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, who applied the principles of his mentor, Leon Battista Alberti. This new vision of urban space was realized in the superb square known as Piazza Pio II and the buildings around it: the Piccolomini Palace, the Borgia Palace and the cathedral with its pure Renaissance exterior and an interior in the late Gothic style of south German churches.

2. 2

   Piazza Grande a Montepulciano

   2h

   Perched on the top of a hill, south of Tuscany and not far from Siena, Montepulciano is a medieval town of rare beauty that certainly deserves to be visited! A unique village with elegant Renaissance palaces, ancient churches, splendid squares and small hidden corners. Moreover, from Montepulciano you can enjoy a fabulous and endless panorama of the Val d'Orcia and the Val di Chiana.

3. 3

   Touring in Rome

   Pass by

   Day trip to the amazing Val d'Orcia,Tuscany

Before you go

Location

Piazza Pio II, 53026, Italy