Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tours
The tourist office takes advance bookings for a range of guided English-language tours.
These include a
Vernaccia di San Gimignano Vineyard Visit
(€20; 5-7pm Tue & Thu Apr-Oct)
that includes tastings of local foods and wines. Also on offer are
nature walks
(€15 to €22)
through the hills surrounding San Gimignano, along a 6km stretch of the Via Francigena,
and through Riserva Naturale di Castelvecchio, southwest of town.
Festivals & Events
San Gimignano Estate
(
www.sangimignano.com
)
Includes performances of opera in Piazza del Duomo, films in the
rocca,
concerts, theatre and dance. Held between June and September.
ARTS
Ferie delle Messi
Held in June (usually the third weekend), this pageant evokes the town's medieval past
through re-enacted battles, archery contests and plays.
CULTURAL
Festival Barocco di San Gimignano
A season of baroque music concerts in September and early October.
MUSIC
Sleeping
Al Pozzo dei Desideri
B&B
€
( 370 310 25 38, 0577 90 71 99;
www.alpozzodeidesideri.it
;
Piazza della Cisterna 32; d €75-110, tr
€95-120, q €115-160; )
Three rooms with a view (two over the Tuscan countryside and
one over the town's main piazza) are on offer in this recently opened B&B. All have
charming decor, stylish modern bathrooms, a fridge and tea- and coffee-making facilities.
No breakfast, but there's a good cafe close by.
Foresteria Monastero
di San Girolamo
( 0577 94 05 73;
www.monasterosangirolamo.it
;
Via Folgore da San Gimignano 26-32; s/tw/tr €37.50/
75/112.50)
This is an excellent budget choice. Run by friendly Benedictine Vallumbrusian
nuns, it has basic but comfortable rooms sleeping two to five people; all have attached
HOSTEL
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