SURROUNDINGS

Nothing can surpass the exquisite beauty of the countryside near Siena: it is breathtaking. If you meander into the hilltowns of Tuscany any time of the year, all your senses are rewarded with the splendors that this enchanting area of Italy has to offer. Tucked into the colorful villages is a treasure-trove of some of the finest small hotels in all the world. If this is not sufficient to tempt you away from the normal tourist route, be reminded that the food and wines of Tuscany are unsurpassed.

Within 20/30 min. drive you find:

Montalcino stands on the top of a very tall hill that overlooks the valleys of the Ombrone and the Asso rivers. It is famous to have resisted many sieges through the centuries and, of course, for its celebrated Brunello. The artiscic masterpiece of this area if the Benedectine abbey of S. Antimo, one of the most romantic expression of the reagion situated in the beauty of and enchanted surroundings, very pictoresque at night when is illuminated.

Montepulciano, a jewel of renaissance between the valleys of Orcia and Chiana, is surrounded by gentler landscape compered wuth the clays of Val d'Orcia and is rich of monuments and churches founded mainly during the 16th century. Architects such as Vignola, Antonio da Sangallo, and Baldassarre Peruzzi drafted Montepulciano's actual look. The Vino Nobile di Montepulciano along with Brunello is one of the greatest Tuscan wines.

Lucignanello Bandini
Località Lucignano d'Asso
53020 San Giovanni d'Asso - Siena (ITALY)
Tel: +39 0577 803068
Fax: +39 0577 803082
P. Iva 00169080520
E-mail: info@borgolucignanello.com