Thursday, September 17, 2009

Medieval Hill Town – San Gimignano

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.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Paradise of Italy – Tuscany

God creates earth with lots of beautiful and gorgeous natural places. Some of them are yet not discovered by human beings and some of them are known with the name of “Paradise”, one of them is Tuscany region of Italy. Like other paradise of the world Tuscany also has unique geographical location. Tuscany region is almost triangular in shape with two side land and one side sea. Region is surrounded by major mountain chains of Apennine Mountains range and with a natural sea water and coastal area of Tyrrhenian Sea.

Tuscany is famous of its landscapes, beaches and old artistic legacy. Landscape of Tuscany is famous for beautiful valleys and rivers and large number of flora and fauna. Some of natural and eye catching places of this region are: Isola di Montecristo, Valdinievole, Casentino Forests, Tuscany's nature reserves, Tuscan Archipelago National Park, Parco Naturale della Maremma, Parco Naturale Alpi Apuane etc. Climate of region is mild in coastal area and rainy in landscape and plains which is very helpful for harvesting. Tuscany also is very well known for its vineyards which are extended in plains, valleys and landscape areas.

Coastland of Tuscany has fine beaches in world. Cost areas are famous for its crystal clear water and sandy beaches. Some of famous beaches are: Castiglione della Pescaia, Elba's beaches, Populonia's beach, Viareggio's beaches etc.
Tuscany region is also famed for its well known Castles and Villas. These Castle and Ville Italia has great architectural work of Etruscans and Roman civilization. Nowdays these villas and castles are famous for luxurious accommodation. Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca and San Gimignano are legendary cities of Tuscany region. These cities are famous for their art and culture work of ancient times. Tuscany also has six UNISCO protected sites, they are: the historical center of Florence, the historical center of Siena, the square of the Cathedral of Pisa, the historical center of San Gimignano, the historical center of Pienza and the Val d'Orcia.


Tuscany celebrates religious and traditional festival every year. Palio di Siena is famous festivals of Tuscany region in which horse race is held twice a year. Tuscany is visited by large number of tourist whole year for spending their holidays in natural beauty, luxury accommodation of Ville castello Italia, and they also enjoy taste of fine wine. We can say that “Tuscany is the Paradise of Italy”.

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