Podere San Gregorio
Pienza (Siena)
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Our guest can watch and participate directly to the activity of the farm: the grape gathering and the process to make wine, the olives harvest and the production of oil, the truffle search, the production of salami and hams, the seeding and the harvesting of cereals...
In the farm you will find a winery, where it is possible to taste our wines,a room to keep the oil, where you can taste it,a domestic garden with season fresh vegetables, which our guests can pick directly, and a small breeding with different animals: gooses, ducks, guinea-fowls, chickens, rabbits, pork, pigeons, turkeys...
Children can take care of them with us.
At guests disposal we have mountain-bikes, firewood for the fireplace and a small basket with breakfast for the morning after the arrival.
Among the most important visits we can suggest, it is worth mentioning the Romitorio of Pienza, which we are glade to show you.
The Agriturismo is a starting-point for excursion to small and medium town full of history, art and culture. One of the most important is Pienza, a jewel of the Renaissance architecture and urbanism wished by pope Pius II, the medieval village of Monticchiello where every year takes places a form of popular theatre, San Quirico d'Orcia, with its marvellous Collegiata Church, Castiglione d'Orcia with the near fortress d'Orcia, Montalcino with its monuments and the Brunello, Montepulciano with its palaces, churches, works of art and the Vino Nobile, Chiusi and its famous Etruscan museum, moreover abbeys like Abbey of Sant'Antimo and the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore with the frescoes of Sodoma and Signorelli.
Nearby there are important spa such as Bagno Vignoni, Bagni San Filippo, Chianciano Terme, Rapolano Terme, San Casciano dei Bagni.
Other natural attractions are the landscape of Val d'Orcia, which is suitable to make trekking, excursion with bike or horse riding, Monte Amiata, Trasimeno Lake and Bolsena Lake.
In less than an hour it is possible to reach Siena, Arezzo and Perugia.
Services
- Hiking