San Gimignano is well known as “medieval walled hill town” in Tuscany, Italy. One of the famous tourist destinations of medieval architecture and beautiful skyline towers which are see far away from countryside. San Gimignano is small and historical city of 3rd century BC. In earlier days town was surrounded by 72 towers from which some of them are 50 meters tall, like Piazza del Duomo and Torre Grossa. Now day’s only 14 towers are left behind due to wars, catastrophes or urban renewal. In the heart of town four squares, Piazza della Cisterna, Piazza Duomo, Piazza Pecori, and Piazza delle Erbe. Church Collegiata and Sant'Agostino are good example of artworks of Italian renaissance artists. San Gimignano's historic center is a UNESCO world heritage site for its architecture.
Medieval hill town is famous for its luxury accommodation in olden and current days. Castle, villas and farmhouse are famous mode of luxury accommodation of town. San Gimignano is surrounded by beautiful and luxury castles like Montegufoni, Castello di Porano and Castello Vittorio, and villas like Villas Orchidea, Torre di san Gimignano. San Gimignano’s castle, villas and farmhouse accommodation gives perfect feel of Italy with a large numbers of accommodation facilities under one roof.
Now days white wine and Vernaccia di San Gimignano are famous wine which comes from surrounding vineyards of San Gimignano. Peoples like of eat typical tuscan food with wine. San Gimignano's tourist office is at Piazza del Duomo. Its open daily, 9:00-1:00 and 3:00-7:00, November - February the afternoon hours are 2:00-6:00.
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