We visited the Siena market this morning and this afternoon we hopped into the car to get out of the city into the rolling hills of Tuscany. With Randy driving and Bob navigating we made our way out of Siena and headed to the little town of Buonconvento. We weren't sure what to expect and really enjoyed our time in this very small but incredibly beautiful little town, about 40 minutes from Siena.
It was made up of two streets with a few connecting alleyways like the one above. The town was so clean and in such great shape. There were flowers, bikes and colours galore around every corner. It didn't take us long to look around and to enjoy our daily gelato.
From Buonconvento we drove south to the hilltop, walled village of Montalcino. This was a much more typical Siena village with the walled city, an old fort area, the town square and a church. It was also typical in that it was quite a walk up and down the streets. Montalcino was in their 'afternoon siesta' mode so many shops, other than the numerous wine shops, were closed for their afternoon break. We started at the fort and the views were amazing.
This was from the parapet surrounding the fort. We had to pay 4 euros to go through the wine shop up onto the roof and this was what we saw from the top. The other pics below are all taken from the fort as well.
We picked up dinner from a nearby deli and enjoyed pasta, salad, fresh bread and the ever-present olive oil, balsamic and red wine. An evening of cards and dice and it's early to bed after a busy day.
Buona notte!
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