Where is this beauty spot in Tuscany

[suffolk009]

Hi, I'm planning a road trip in Tuscany. I don't want to miss out on this particular spot. I believe it's near the town of Montepulciano - but I don't know exactly where. Does anybody know exactly where it is?

I can't miss an opportunity to photograph the car there. Any info gratefully received. Thanks.

[suffolk009]

Thanks to somebody on twitter.

GPS Coordinates: 43.20083 11.58947

[s70rmp]

looks like a private road on googlemaps

[Planet Claire]

We visited Montepulciano a couple of years ago on a Tuscany road trip, but actually stayed a couple of miles away in the hill-top village of Monticchiello. You get similar views looking out over the countryside, especially at the golden-hour. It is worth a visit there, as is a trip to Pienza a few miles away. It was just absolutely stunning around there.

[Riley Blue]

We have a similar painting on our wall. My O/H bought it in Canada and has wanted to go to Tuscany ever since, showing her that photo could be costly...

[coppice]

Tuscany looks and feels like heaven. My top tips - don't tell anyone but Volterra is relatively 'untouristed' compared to the more obvious hot spots. Eating pasta outside a restaurant there , while being served by a waitress who looked like a goddess , to the sound of church bells and with nuns walking across the piazza is an abiding memory.

Siena is amazing and if you buy some panforte di Siena (gorgeous cake ) you can patronise a Grand Prix winner's family shop - Nannini's .

[Cayman DP]

Tuscany is beautiful. We got married in Montepulciano 10 years ago. We are driving there from uk for our anniversary on 1st sept. Highly recommend Villa Cicolina about 2km outside Montepulciano on top of a hill. It has stunning views.

https://www.villacicolina.it/en/

[Fink-Nottle]

The general region is the Val d'Orcia, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. I visited last year, and as people have said it is simply ravishing. I found Montepulciano a great home base for day trips to Siena, Pienza, and Sant'Antimo, which is Tuscany's version of Tintern Abbey, sort of.

At Montepulciano I recommend Il Tosco, a B&B in a historic building run by a nice Italian lady and her parents. In Monticchiello, lunch at Daria's was amazingly good.

ETA: Whoops, just realized the threat is over a year old. Well, better later than never. And it's always fun talking about trips to Tuscany.

[757]

Beautiful, driven to Tuscany X3 times from Cheshire, lovely drive, will be back soon.

Driving roads for me SR222 (Firenze - Siena) - basically Chianti region, like being in a movie, quite magical.

[coppice]

You said it. We went to Siena because a difficult to impress , cynical friend was so lyrical about Siena . You walk into the square (ie the campo _ and you feel like you're in a ****ing dream- or starring in a film . My favourite city - and my wife's ,who went with friends one year to see the Palio , as the painting and photographs on the dining room wall attest .

[m3jappa]

757 said:

Beautiful, driven to Tuscany X3 times from Cheshire, lovely drive, will be back soon.

Driving roads for me SR222 (Firenze - Siena) - basically Chianti region, like being in a movie, quite magical.

I yearn to return having been twice. The chianti roads are like nothing else i have come across.

Perfect condition, often great visibility, hairpin after hairpin, massive elevation changes, warm weather means sticky tarmac.

Now having 2 little kids means if i do return any time soon it would be in an suv not quite the same as a 2 seater

[757]

m3jappa said:

757 said:

Beautiful, driven to Tuscany X3 times from Cheshire, lovely drive, will be back soon.

Driving roads for me SR222 (Firenze - Siena) - basically Chianti region, like being in a movie, quite magical.

I yearn to return having been twice. The chianti roads are like nothing else i have come across.

Perfect condition, often great visibility, hairpin after hairpin, massive elevation changes, warm weather means sticky tarmac.

Now having 2 little kids means if i do return any time soon it would be in an suv not quite the same as a 2 seater

Yes, can imagine, that road has stuck with me forever. My trips were down in a 118d twice and a bigger 318d E91 - without kids, still nice enough handling cars to get some squeeky tyres on the sticky hairpins like you mentioned.

Now one kid, I am yearning to go back, and show my little one where where daddy proposed to mummy - but getting as far as Crewe on the M6 is proving difficult at the moment with the kid

[AlexIT]

coppice said:

You said it. We went to Siena because a difficult to impress , cynical friend was so lyrical about Siena . You walk into the square (ie the campo _ and you feel like you're in a ****ing dream- or starring in a film . My favourite city - and my wife's ,who went with friends one year to see the Palio , as the painting and photographs on the dining room wall attest .

If you liked Siena, if you have the opportunity, I would suggest you to pay a visit to Orvieto (It's further south in Umbria, close to the border between Tuscany and Lazio).

Sorry about the OT

[NDA]

suffolk009 said:

Hi, I'm planning a road trip in Tuscany. I don't want to miss out on this particular spot. I believe it's near the town of Montepulciano - but I don't know exactly where. Does anybody know exactly where it is?

I can't miss an opportunity to photograph the car there. Any info gratefully received. Thanks.

It's a hotel....

https://agriturismobaccoleno.it

[Mastiff]

NDA said:

suffolk009 said:

Hi, I'm planning a road trip in Tuscany. I don't want to miss out on this particular spot. I believe it's near the town of Montepulciano - but I don't know exactly where. Does anybody know exactly where it is?

I can't miss an opportunity to photograph the car there. Any info gratefully received. Thanks.

It's a hotel....

https://agriturismobaccoleno.it

looks bloody gorgeous.....

[coppice]

AlexIT said:

coppice said:

You said it. We went to Siena because a difficult to impress , cynical friend was so lyrical about Siena . You walk into the square (ie the campo _ and you feel like you're in a ****ing dream- or starring in a film . My favourite city - and my wife's ,who went with friends one year to see the Palio , as the painting and photographs on the dining room wall attest .

If you liked Siena, if you have the opportunity, I would suggest you to pay a visit to Orvieto (It's further south in Umbria, close to the border between Tuscany and Lazio).

Sorry about the OT

Thanks - we have already been ! Anglo Italian friends have a flat nearby and we spent a glorious day there pre pandemic. A stroll around the wonderful cathedral and a very long lunch made it a memorable day ....

[Fink-Nottle]

Color me crazy, but after reading this thread late last night I spontaneously made a reservation at a hotel in San Gimignano for June. The very hotel where I stayed with a friend around 1988, on my very first visit to Tuscany.

PH made me do it, etc.