Stay in Tuscany: the treasures of the Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance

Imagine to live in the Middle Ages by visiting castle of Monteriggioni and the village San Gimignano known for its numerous towers. The art of Siena belonging to XIV century, shown by Palazzo Pubblico the Gothic Cathedral. The treasures of the Italian Renaissance in Florence with the Uffizi Museum, the Cathedral with Brunelleschi's dome, Piazza della Signoria and the romantic Ponte Vecchio.

How the journey is structured...

 

1st day

Arrival of the guests in Siena and check in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

2nd day

MONTERIGGIONI - SAN GIMIGNANO: Breakfast at the hotel. A day dedicated to a historical experience with a guide, inside the medieval castle of Monteriggioni, surrounded by its original 14th century walls, and a visit to San Gimignano, the fascinating village of a thousand towers, famous throughout the world. Excursion to a winery producing organic wines and Vernaccia with tasting. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

3rd day

SIENA, Cattedrale e Palazzo Comunale: Breakfast at the hotel. Entire day dedicated to the visit of Siena with a tour entirely guided by art historians; from the medieval city to the visit of the places of greatest artistic importance such as the interior of the Cathedral (*) with its numerous masterpieces from every period and continuing with the interior of the Palazzo Comunale in Piazza del Campo to admire the masterpieces of the Majesty of Simone Martini and the Buongoverno by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Dinner in a restaurant in the historic centre with a taste of Sienese products such as handmade pici. Overnight stay in a hotel.

4th day

FIRENZE, Palazzo Pitti and Giardini di Boboli: Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out and departure for Florence. The guide will lead the participants to the most emblematic artistic places of the Italian Renaissance: a route that goes from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with Brunelleschi's dome to Piazza della Signoria with the 14th century Palazzo Vecchio to the Ponte Vecchio and then on to the Oltrarno to Palazzo Pitti with several works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Caravaggio and Rubens and entering the Boboli Gardens, a famous park with Italian style gardens. Dinner in a restaurant in the historic centre to learn about the curiosities of Florentine cuisine. Overnight at the hotel.

5th day

FIRENZE, Uffizi Museums: Breakfast at the hotel. Check out at the hotel. Morning dedicated to a guided tour of the Uffizi Museum, one of the most visited museums in the world, with a journey from Giotto to Caravaggio. Participants will have the opportunity to appreciate the great Italian painting from its beginnings, through the great Renaissance season (Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo) to the novelty of Caravaggio. End of services.