E-bike Tour from Pienza to the Thermal Village of Bagno Vignoni

Highlights

• 26 km Val d'Orcia loop
• Virtual navigation via app
• Ride to Bagno Vignoni

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   10min

   This landscape entered the world's imagination with Ridley Scott's Gladiator. The dream of the Elysian Fields was filmed in the Terrapille fields, when Massimo brushes past the wheat returning ideally to the family. The scene did not reconstruct ancient Tuscany: it was chosen to evoke memory, peace, and return home.

2. 2

   Pieve di Corsignano

   Pass by

   Before Corsignano became Pienza, this parish was the religious heart of the community: here Enea Silvio Piccolomini, future Pius II, and his nephew Pius III were baptized. In 12th-century portals, look for bicaudate sirens, centaurs, and fantastic figures, a rare bestiary carved in stone.

3. 3

   Bagno Vignoni

   20min

   Bagno Vignoni is one of the most evocative villages of the Val d'Orcia, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its heart is Piazza delle Sorgenti, a large 16th-century basin fed by thermal water that flows out at about 49°C. Frequented in the past by Lorenzo the Magnificent and Saint Catherine of Siena, it retains an atmosphere untouched by time. Not far away, the Mulini Park testifies to the ancient use of thermal waters to power mills carved into the rock.

4. 4

   Stop 4

   30min

   The Ancient Free Romans Bath are located at the foot of Bagno Vignoni, where hot waters flow between natural pools and travertine deposits. Known and used since Roman times, in the Middle Ages they also fed the mills of the nearby Parco dei Mulini. Today the place retains a suggestive atmosphere, between thermal springs, history, and views of the Val d'Orcia.

5. 5

   Cappella Madonna di Vitaleta

   10min

   The Chapel of the Madonna di Vitaleta, located in the Val d'Orcia, is a small architectural gem with a fascinating history. Its origin is linked to a legend according to which the Madonna appeared to a shepherdess in the 16th century, indicating the place where a church would be erected.

Before you go

Location