Tuscany and Beyond Notes

Assisi …
A beautiful town in Umbria and the birthplace of St Francis.

Civita di Bagnoregio …
An isolated and sparsely settled village perched on its own rock.

Eremo (Hermitage) …
On the slope of Monte Subasio above Assisi, the present-day locale of the first home of St Francis and his followers.

Manarola …
A Cinque Terre cliffside town, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Montepulciano + The Sanctuary of San Biagio …
A prominent hilltown, overlooking the beautiful Val d’Orcia region, famous for its Vino Nobile.

Pienza …
The Piazza Pio II, an Early Renaissance town center.

Portofino …
A beautiful fishing village and harbor on the Italian Riviera.

Portovenere …
The church of Saint Lawrence situated on a rocky peninsula overlooking the Gulf of Spezia.

Postignano …
An Umbrian hilltown now mostly abandoned.

San Gimignano (“Town of the Towers”) …
One of the prettiest and best-preserved medieval towns in all of Italy.

San Quirico …
The Horti Leonini, a lovely Renaissance garden in the heart of town.

San Rocco di Camogli  …
A panoramic view of the Mediterranean Sea on the Italian Riviera.

Sant’Antimo …
Originally a Benedictine monastery, one of Italy’s most beautiful Romanesque churches set amongst
the landscape of olive groves and vineyards.

Siena …
The picturesque medieval city skyline capped by the bell tower of the Palazzo Pubblico.