Val d'Orcia

Val dโ€™Orcia is a region in Tuscany, Italy.

Towns

Other destinations

Understand

The Val dโ€™Orcia is characterised by gentle, carefully-cultivated hills occasionally broken by gullies and by picturesque towns and villages such as Pienza (rebuilt as an โ€œideal townโ€ in the 15th century under the patronage of Pope Pius II), Radicofani (home to the notorious brigand-hero Ghino di Tacco) and Montalcino (the Brunello di Montalcino is counted among the most prestigious of Italian wines, rated 2007 #1 world wine by Wine Spectator).

It is a landscape which has become familiar through its depiction in works of art from the Renaissance painting to the modern photograph. In 2004 the Val dโ€™Orcia was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

Get in

Best option is to use car. The journey from Siena takes around 1 hr, from Florence around 1 hr 50 min and from Rome around 2 hr 10 min.

Another option is to take a regional bus, but most towns in Val dโ€™Orcia have very few bus connections per day.

There is no railway with regular service; there is the Asciano - Monte Antico heritage railway, but it has very limited service.

Do

  • Steam Train tour.

Eat

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