Casa Landi lies a few tens of kilometres from all six UNESCO sites of Tuscany: Siena (22 km), San Gimignano (28 km), Florence (39 km), the Val d'Orcia (68 km), Pienza (77 km), Pisa (96 km).
ITINERARY FOR 5 DAYS:
If this is the first time you are visiting Tuscany, probably you want to see the three main attractions of the area, and in this case the places not to miss are the cities of Florence and Siena, and the medieval village of San Gimignano. The other two days are devoted to the many landscapes that Tuscany offers: a day admiring the Chianti hills, a beautiful landscape planted with vineyards and olive trees, another day it is advisable to spend between the surreal landscapes of the Val d'Orcia and Crete Senesi.
ITINERARY FOR 7 DAYS:
If you have two more days, one day can be dedicate to visit two important medieval cities: Volterra and Colle Val d'Elsa.
Another interesting route is the one that leads to visit the city of Arezzo and the places of Piero della Francesca. You can even stop to admire the landscape of Balze, that Leonardo da Vinci painted as the background of Mona Lisa.
FLORENCE: 39 km
One day give only a small idea of what this city has to offer. Here just some advice on what not to be miss:
Piazzale Michelangelo (panoramic view over the entire city).
Uffizi (one of the most important museum in the world).
Palazzo Vecchio (the city centre of power during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, still the Town Hall of Florence).
Ponte Vecchio (the only bridge remained intact after the devastation of the Second World War, now filled with shops of goldsmiths).
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi's Dome, Giotto's Bell Tower (some of the most notorious symbols of the city of Florence).
Medici Chapels.
Museum of the Bargello.
Basilica of San Lorenzo.
Basilica of Santa Croce (tombs of the great Italian, Chapel Peruzzi and Bardi with frescoes by Giotto, Pazzi Chapel).
Santa Maria Novella (Chapel Tornabuoni with Ghirlandaio frescoes).
Palazzo Pitti (major museums: Galleria Palatina, Silver Museum, Museum of Porcelain, Coach Museum).
Boboli Gardens and Belvedere Fort (garden, panoramic view over the whole city).
Santa Maria del Carmine (Brancacci Chapel frescoes by Masaccio and Masolino).
Basilica di San Marco and Museum (frescoes by Fra Angelico).
SIENA: 22 km
Piazza del Campo.
Town Hall and Torre del Mangia.
Duomo (Cathedral).
Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala.
San Domenico Church
SAN GIMIGNANO: 28 km
Duomo (Cathedral).
Palazzo Comunale.
Rocca (Fortress).
VAL D'ORCIA: 68 km
Pienza
San Quirico d'Orcia, Montalcino, Sant'Antimo.
CRETE SENESI: 50 km
Asciano, Monte Oliveto Maggiore.
COLLE VAL D'ELSA: 20 km
VOLTERRA: 47 km
AREZZO AND THE PLACES OF PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
AREZZO: 69 km
Frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross in Bacci Chapel in the church of San Francesco.
SANSEPOLCRO:
108 km
Museo Civico (Polittico della Misericordia - Polyptych of Mercy), the Resurrection and the two frescoes of San Ludovico and San Giuliano
MONTERCHI: 97 km Madonna del Parto.
BALZE DEL VALDARNO: 44 km
THEMATIC ROUTES IN SURROUNDING OF CASTELLINA IN CHIANTI:
Etruscans: Castellina, Fiesole
Romanesque churches: Pieve di San Donato (San Donato in Poggio), Sant'Appiano (Barberino Val d'Elsa), San Polo in Rosso (Radda in Chianti), San Giusto in Salcio (Radda in Chianti), Cellole (San Gimignano), Abbadia a Isola (Monteriggioni), Badia a Coneo (Colle Val d'Elsa).
Landscapes: Chianti, Val d'Orcia, Crete Senesi, Balze del Valdarno.
Monasteries and convents: Badia a Passignano, Badia a Coltibuono, Vallombrosa, San Galgano.
Villages and Medieval Castles: Certaldo, Monteriggioni, Staggia Senese, San Donato in Poggio, Tignano, Casole d'Elsa.
CASTELLINA IN CHIANTI:
If you have more time, there are many interesting places to visit near Castellina in Chianti, if you like Etruscan remains, you are in the right place, right in front of Casa Landi is one of the largest tumulus Etruscan tombs, that of Monte Calvario.
ETRUSCAN TOMB OF MONTE CALVARIO:
This is a great tumulus Etruscan tomb dating back to the late seventh century BC, the structure consists of four hypogeum gaves, with main burial room and lateral cells. The structure is in limestone, another interesting thing is that the four tombs are exactly oriented towards the four cardinal points. The tomb as a whole has a diameter of 53 meters, it was discovered in the sixteenth century, than excavated in 1915, inside were found iron and bronze decorations probably belonging to a war cart, and a stone lion head.
ACROPOLIS:
Along the road leading to San Donato in Poggio is the ancient acropolis surrounded by walls, inside is still a functioning well. All the area is under archaeological exploration.
NECROPOLIS OF POGGINO:
Along the road to Siena, detour for Fonterutoli, in the village Poggino, is a small Etruscan necropolis, where were found five tombs dating back to the sixth century BC within them were recovered materials and furnishings, part of which are on display in the lobby of the medieval fortress of Castellina in Chianti, between these are two black-figure Attic amphorae, Etruscan-Corinthian unguentary from Vulci, other in vitreous paste, decorations and parts of bronze and iron Weapons.
