Brunello, Tuscany

Desolate and arid zones are crossed before arriving in Montalcino to taste the famous Brunello wine.

areas called Crete Senesi very charming and special and protected by world heritage protection, UNESCO 

the arid hills of the Crete Senesi are composed of limestone , sand and clay and after thousand years of rain and wind. have taken on strange and bizarre shape

 Yet this land is perfect for the famous Brunello made from the Sangiovese grapes.

thanks to the soil, the volcano Amiata, the proximity of the sea, forests of oak, the long aging in oak barrels the san giovese delight us with a wonderful wine called brunello for the dark red of the berries ...

Brunello is a DOCG  so can be produced only in a very limited area around the Montalcino hill.

Brunello requires so many conditions that make it a special wine

Florence walking tour

A walk in Florence, starting from the old bridge, the oldest bridge in Florence built by the Romans in the narrowest part of the Arno river;

here the boys bring their girlfriends and declare everlasting love docking a lock and throwing the key into the Arno

Piazza della Signoria, the political center of Florence, created in 13 century by Arnolfo di Cambio, here happened every things, riots, celebrations, executions..

In the middle of the square, the Neptune Fontaine, the sea God, made by Ammannati, for the wedding of the son of Cosimo I dei Medici

Michelangelo said it was a waste of marble…

The Palazzo Vecchio, is designed like a fortress was the residence of Cosimo I of Medici; at the entrance the marble statue of David, a copy, the original is in the Academy.

La Loggia, inside a beautiful statue of Perseus showing the head of the Medusa made by Cellini in 1545 a masterpiece of Florence Renaissance sculpture.

The tower of Giotto, considered the father of modern painting, XIII century

The Duomo, the Cathedral one of the largest in the World.

The house of Dante Alighieri, famous for his Divine Commedy and for his love for Beatrice Portinari, whose family lived in the same district;

Church of Santa Margherita, the Church of Dante and Beatrice, where here anyone with sentimental problems can write a letter to Beatrice asking for a miracol and put in the basket, something similar to the movie “letter to juliet…”

To finish  this nice walk, San Lorenzo market

inside the market, nice food

and nice pasta