Before you head out — Life at Podere Spedalone
The slow days
Not everything beautiful in the Val d'Orcia needs a map. Some of it is waiting right here at Spedalone.
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Fresh eggs in the morning
A stroll down to the chicken coop to collect the day's eggs — the best possible way to start the morning, with children running ahead through the long grass.
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The tree on the hill
A short walk along the white road — the dogs running ahead — up to the solitary tree on the hilltop. The kind of silence you carry home with you long after the holiday ends.
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The neighbour's view
A few steps to the neighbouring farmhouse: a view across the Val d'Orcia that opens the lungs, and the particular peace that exists only away from tourist routes.
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Sunset before dinner
Stand still. Watch the sky change over the Crete Senesi. The moment when the Val d'Orcia reminds you exactly why it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site — and then you go inside to eat.
These aren't excursions. They're the rhythms of a day here.
Weekly Markets in the Province of Siena
Every town in the Sienese has its own market: the place where you can still buy directly from the producer, taste the territory and find the community. Click the map link to locate any market.
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Market Day
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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🌾 Farmers' Market · Direct from the Producer · Siena
Agricultural Market — Viale Maccari, Siena
Friday mornings · 07:00 – 14:00 · (August: last Friday only)
Zero-kilometre produce sold directly by local farmers: stone-ground flours, fresh pasta, pecorino, ricotta, organic extra-virgin olive oil, seasonal fruit and vegetables, wine, honey. Quality guaranteed by the Comune di Siena's short-chain framework.
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Siena
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Wednesday
08:00 – 13:00 · La Lizza / Viale XXV AprileLarge market
Abbadia San Salvatore
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Thursday
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month
Asciano
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Saturday
08:00 – 13:00 · Campo della Fiera
Buonconvento
Map
Saturday
08:00 – 13:00
Casole d'Elsa
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Monday
1st and 3rd Monday of the month · Piazza della Libertà
Castellina in Chianti
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Saturday
08:00 – 13:00 · Via IV Novembre
Castelnuovo Berardenga
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Thursday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza Marconi
Castiglione d'Orcia
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Tuesday
1st Tuesday of the month · Castiglione d'Orcia
Tuesday
3rd Tuesday of the month · Gallina
Saturday
2nd Saturday of the month · Vivo d'Orcia
Cetona
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Saturday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza Garibaldi
Chianciano Terme
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Wednesday
Largo Amiata / Via dello Stadio
Chiusdino
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Thursday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza XX Settembre
Chiusi
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Monday
08:00 – 13:00 · Station Square (Chiusi Stazione)
Colle di Val d'Elsa
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Friday
08:00 – 13:30 · Piazza Arnolfo
Gaiole in Chianti
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Monday
2nd Monday of the month
Montalcino
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Friday
07:00 – 13:00 · Montalcino
Tuesday
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month · Torrenieri
Montepulciano
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Thursday
from 08:00 · Piazzale Pietro Nenni
Monteroni d'Arbia
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Tuesday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza Matteotti
Monticiano
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Friday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza S. Agostino
Murlo
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Thursday
08:00 – 13:00 · Casciano di Murlo
Monday
Fortnightly · Vescovado di Murlo
Pienza
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Friday
08:00 – 13:00 · Via Mencattelli
Poggibonsi
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Tuesday
07:00 – 14:00 · Via Redipuglia
Saturday
08:00 – 13:00 · Via del Pollaio
Radda in Chianti
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Monday
4th Monday of the month · Radda
Wednesday
1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month · La Villa
Radicofani
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Thursday
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month · Radicofani
Tuesday
2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month · Contignano
Sunday
1st Sunday of the month · Radicofani
Radicondoli
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Monday
2nd and 4th Monday of the month · Piazza Matteotti
Rapolano Terme
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Thursday
08:00 – 13:00 · Rapolano Terme
Friday
08:00 – 13:00 · Serre di Rapolano
San Casciano dei Bagni
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Thursday
1st and 3rd Thursday of the month
San Gimignano
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Thursday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza Duomo
San Giovanni d'Asso
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Monday
1st Monday of the month · San Giovanni d'Asso
Monday
3rd Monday of the month · Montisi
San Quirico d'Orcia
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Tuesday
2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month
Sarteano
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Friday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazzale Ippocrate
Sinalunga
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Tuesday
08:00 – 13:00 · Piazza Garibaldi
Sovicille
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Tuesday
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month · Rosia
Thursday
1st and 3rd Thursday of the month · San Rocco a Pilli
Torrita di Siena
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Friday
08:00 – 13:00 · Passeggiata Garibaldi
Trequanda
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Wednesday
1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month
Please note: Market times and days may vary on national holidays or during local events (e.g. the Palio di Siena). We recommend confirming with the relevant municipality before visiting. Markets described as "1st and 3rd" or "2nd and 4th" refer to those weeks of the calendar month.
Festivals, Fairs & Celebrations in the Sienese and Beyond
From the Palio di Siena to village harvest fairs, from medieval jousting to lake-side blues — the province of Siena and its neighbours Cortona and Lake Trasimeno offer one of Italy's richest annual event calendars. Dates are indicative and based on historical scheduling.
FebruaryWinter
Wine
Benvenuto Brunello
📍 Montalcino
The official preview of the new Brunello di Montalcino vintage, held every February in Montalcino. The world's leading wine journalists and producers gather to taste the new releases before they reach the market. A landmark event on the international wine calendar.
MarchSpring
Gastronomy
Marzuolo Truffle Festival
📍 San Giovanni d'Asso — Crete Senesi
Tastings of the rare spring bianchetto truffle from the Crete Senesi, cooking demonstrations, guided truffle hunts with trained lagotto dogs and visits to Italy's first Truffle Museum inside the castle. A unique winter-into-spring event in the clay hills.
Historical
Palio dei Somari
📍 Torrita di Siena
The beloved donkey race between the eight contrade of the town, with riders dressed in 17th-century costumes. One of the most joyful and genuinely local events in the Val di Chiana Senese, with feasting in the neighbourhood taverns and much merry celebration.
AprilSpring
Gastronomy
Artichoke Festival
📍 Chiusure di Asciano — Crete Senesi
Four days celebrating the local artichoke harvest in the medieval hamlet of Chiusure, set among the unearthly grey clay hills of the Crete Senesi. Fried artichoke specialities, a farm food and craft market, nature treks, trekking by mountain bike and live music fill the village.
Wine
Orcia Wine Festival
📍 San Quirico d'Orcia — Palazzo Chigi
Three days of guided tastings, masterclasses and producer stands showcasing the Orcia DOC wine in the frescoed rooms of Palazzo Chigi Zondadari. Around twenty estates participate, pairing wines with locally-sourced dinners. One of Tuscany's most elegant wine events.
Classical Music · Year-round
Paesaggi Musicali Toscani
📍 San Quirico d'Orcia · Bagno Vignoni · Montalcino · Rocca d'Orcia
Since 2004, a concert season of the highest quality in the most iconic locations of the Val d'Orcia UNESCO landscape: the Collegiate Church and Horti Leonini of San Quirico, Palazzo Chigi Zondadari, the Madonna di Vitaleta Chapel, the mill pools at Bagno Vignoni and Montalcino's Fortress. Classical, jazz and Baroque music woven into a living landscape. Many concerts are free or low-cost.
MaySpring
Nature & Gardens
Pienza e Fiori
📍 Pienza — Piazza Pio II
A high-quality horticultural market set against the incomparable backdrop of Pienza's Renaissance piazza. Carefully selected nurseries, rare plants, garden seminars and guided visits to the Papal garden, all framed by one of Italy's most beautiful squares.
Cycling
Eroica Montalcino
📍 Montalcino
A spring edition of the legendary Eroica event: cyclists from around the world on vintage bicycles ride through the white gravel roads and hills of the Brunello country. A celebration of slow travel, heroic effort and the extraordinary Sienese landscape.
Flowers
Festa del Tulipano — Tulip Festival
📍 Castiglione del Lago — Lake Trasimeno
Floats entirely covered in real tulip petals parade through the lakeside town of Castiglione del Lago in this spectacular spring celebration now in its 56th year. Music, food and the colourful lakeside atmosphere of Umbria's largest lake make it a joyful day trip from the Val d'Orcia, about 50 km from Pienza.
JuneSummer
Medieval
Festa del Barbarossa
📍 San Quirico d'Orcia — Horti Leonini
Since 1961, this medieval re-enactment commemorates the historic meeting between Frederick Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III (1154). Four neighbourhood rioni in full medieval costume, flag-throwers, musicians and open taverns transform the medieval town centre into a living history spectacle.
Medieval · Crossbow
Giostra dell'Archidado
📍 Cortona — approx. 30 km from Pienza
Since 1994, the five quartieri of Cortona have competed with medieval crossbows, re-enacting the 1397 wedding celebrations of Francesco Casali and Antonia Salimbeni. A full week of medieval pageantry: costumed processions, flag-throwers, taverns open in each district and the incomparable stone backdrop of one of Tuscany's most beautiful Etruscan hill towns.
Flower Art
Infiorata del Corpus Domini
📍 Città della Pieve · Panicale · Castiglione del Lago
For Corpus Domini, the towns around Lake Trasimeno transform their cobbled streets into open-air galleries: elaborate paintings covering hundreds of metres, made entirely from flower petals. Città della Pieve — birthplace of the painter Perugino — is the most spectacular, with compositions of extraordinary artistry. A collective tradition unique in central Italy.
JulySummer
Historical
Palio della Madonna di Provenzano
📍 Siena — Piazza del Campo
The first of Siena's two annual Palii: ten contrade race on horseback three times around Piazza del Campo in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano. Days of trials, pageantry and passion lead to ninety seconds of pure, unforgettable spectacle in the world's most beautiful square.
Medieval
Monteriggioni di Torri si Corona
📍 Monteriggioni — Medieval Castle
The perfectly preserved Dantesque castle of Monteriggioni comes alive for a summer weekend: craftsmen, jesters, armoured knights, musicians and period food stalls animate the walls and towers. One of Italy's most evocative medieval festivals, in an intact setting described in the Inferno.
Music & Wine
Jazz & Wine in Montalcino
📍 Montalcino — Medieval Fortress
International jazz concerts paired with Brunello di Montalcino tastings, held in the cellars and the medieval Fortezza. One of Tuscany's longest-running music festivals, born from a collaboration between Castello Banfi and internationally renowned artists. Summer evenings at their finest.
Open-air Music
Festival della Val d'Orcia
📍 Bagno Vignoni · Pienza · San Quirico · Montalcino
A free itinerant festival of classical, jazz and world music performed in the most spectacular locations of the Val d'Orcia UNESCO landscape: the mill pools at Bagno Vignoni, Piazza Pio II in Pienza, the Horti Leonini gardens. Free admission at all events.
Theatre
Teatro Povero di Monticchiello
📍 Monticchiello
Since 1967, the villagers of Monticchiello write and perform their own theatrical production about their lives and identity as Tuscan peasant farmers. Entirely self-organised and performed in the medieval square, it is one of Italy's most genuine and moving cultural experiences.
Blues Music
Trasimeno Blues Festival
📍 Castiglione del Lago · Panicale — Lake Trasimeno
International blues, soul, funk and rock concerts at the most spectacular locations around Lake Trasimeno: the medieval Rocca of Castiglione del Lago, the hilltop village of Panicale and the lakeshore itself. World-renowned artists and emerging talent in a uniquely atmospheric Italian lake setting — one of the region's best summer music events.
Medieval · On the Lake
Palio delle Barche
📍 Passignano sul Trasimeno
One of Italy's most unusual historical re-enactments: the four rioni of Passignano race first on the lake by boat, then carry the boats on their shoulders at a sprint through the steep medieval lanes of the town, then back into the water. It re-enacts the 1495 flight of the Oddi clan from the castle. A full week of open taverns, costumes, the Corsa delle Brocche, and castle fireworks on the Monday night.
Photography
Cortona on the Move
📍 Cortona — historic palaces and piazzas
Since 2011, this international contemporary photography festival has transformed Cortona into a centre of visual culture. Masters of photography and emerging talents fill the historic palaces, alleys and piazzas with exhibitions, workshops and installations — a dialogue between the ancient Etruscan stone of the city and images of the modern world. One of Italy's most important photography events.
Contemporary Art · Since 1971
Forme nel Verde
📍 San Quirico d'Orcia — Horti Leonini & Palazzo Chigi
Since 1971 — Italy's first Land Art exhibition: contemporary sculptures in dialogue with the landscape of the Horti Leonini, the 16th-century Italian garden at the heart of San Quirico d'Orcia. Arnaldo Pomodoro, Maurizio Cattelan, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Pietro Cascella are among the masters who have shown here. Each summer a new artist transforms this corner of the Val d'Orcia into an open-air gallery. Free entry.
AugustSummer
Medieval
Giostra del Saracino
📍 Sarteano
A medieval jousting tournament between the four rioni of Sarteano: armoured horsemen charge at the Saracen mannequin target in full historical regalia. Preceded by a spectacular torchlit procession through the medieval streets with drummers, flag-throwers and costumed pages.
Historical
Palio dell'Assunta
📍 Siena — Piazza del Campo
The second and most intense of Siena's two annual Palii, held in honour of the Assumption of the Virgin. The clay track fills Piazza del Campo, the entire city holds its breath, and ninety seconds of racing decide a year's worth of honour and rivalry between contrade.
Wine
Calici di Stelle
📍 Castiglione d'Orcia · Montepulciano · many villages
On the night of San Lorenzo (10 August), the Perseid meteor shower becomes a backdrop for outdoor wine tastings in medieval piazzas across Tuscany. Wine from dozens of local estates, live music, food stalls and shooting stars: the most romantic evening on the Sienese calendar.
Medieval
Bravìo delle Botti
📍 Montepulciano
On the last Sunday of August, eight contrade push 80-kg wine barrels up the steep, cobbled streets of Montepulciano in honour of their patron saint. A week of costumed processions, medieval feasting and intense local rivalry culminates in this unique and exhausting race through one of Tuscany's most beautiful hill towns.
Gastronomy
Sagra del Raviolo
📍 Contignano — Radicofani
Now in its sixth decade, this beloved village fair serves handmade ravioli in the Val d'Orcia tradition: with meat ragù or butter and sage. Five consecutive evenings, with everything from antipasto to dessert made from local ingredients, in the quiet stone village of Contignano.
Bistecca · Since 1962
Sagra della Bistecca
📍 Cortona — Giardini del Parterre
Since 1962, Cortona's Ferragosto is celebrated by grilling tonnes of Chianina T-bone steaks on 14-square-metre wood-burning grill stations in the Parterre gardens. Live music, vast communal tables and the smell of woodsmoke fill the terraces below the Etruscan walls. A completely unpretentious, magnificent Tuscan feast.
Medieval · Umbria
Palio dei Terzieri
📍 Città della Pieve — Lake Trasimeno
The three historic terzieri of Città della Pieve — birthplace of the painter Perugino — compete in a medieval bull hunt with period weapons: the challenge is issued on 15 August, the historical procession and contest follow the next Sunday. An authentic local rivalry in one of Umbria's most beautiful hill towns, overlooking the Trasimeno valley.
Mushrooms
Sagra del Fungo Porcino
📍 Cortona — Giardini del Parterre
The weekend after the Bistecca festival, the oak and chestnut forests around Cortona provide the star ingredient: porcini mushrooms served in starters, pasta, main courses and side dishes, paired with local wines. An unpretentious and delicious late-summer event in the same Parterre gardens, drawing mushroom lovers from all over the region.
Etruscan Culture · Murlo
BluEtrusco
📍 Murlo — Poggio Civitate · a few km from Pienza
An original two-day festival of Etruscan culture in the village of Murlo, home to Poggio Civitate, one of Italy's most important Etruscan archaeological sites. Bronze-casting and terracotta workshops, guided digs, trekking, lectures by archaeologists, Etruscan cooking and music. The ancient village is transformed into a living Etruscan settlement for the weekend — a uniquely immersive experience very close to Pienza.
SeptemberHarvest
Folklore · Palio · Crete Senesi
Settembre Ascianese & Palio dei Ciuchi
📍 Asciano — Crete Senesi
Throughout September, Asciano hosts the Settembre Ascianese: open-air contrada dinners, religious processions, music and convivial evenings celebrating local identity. The climax is the 2nd Sunday in September: the Palio dei Ciuchi, in which 7 contrade (La Corona, Il Corso, La Pergola, Piazza del Grano, Il Prato, La Stazione, La Tranquilla) race on donkeys, preceded by a morning mass at Sant'Agata, a historical procession and a flag-throwing display at the Marconi Stadium.
Cheese
Fiera del Cacio
📍 Pienza — Piazza Pio II
Pienza, the world capital of pecorino, celebrates its famous cheese with producer tastings, cheese-rolling and the ancient Cacio al Fuso contest — rounds of pecorino are rolled down the Renaissance corso in a skill competition between the town's districts. Now in its fortieth year.
Honey
Settimana del Miele
📍 Montalcino
A national honey fair held in the medieval fortress of Montalcino: scientific symposia, guided tastings of single-varietal honeys, apicosmetics and a showcase of beekeeping equipment. The honey of Montalcino is considered among the finest in Italy, produced from the rich flora of the Val d'Orcia.
Harvest
Grape Harvest Festival
📍 Sinalunga — Piazza Garibaldi
The grape harvest becomes a festival: barefoot grape-treading in wooden vats, a spirited challenge between the nine rioni of the town, wine and cheese tastings, and local food. One of the most cheerful and genuinely festive events in the Val di Chiana Senese.
OctoberAutumn
Medieval
Sagra del Tordo
📍 Montalcino — Fortezza
Montalcino's most beloved festival: 150 costumed figures, medieval archery between the four quartieri (Borghetto, Ruga, Travaglio, Pianello) inside the Fortezza, a torchlit procession and food stalls serving the traditional hunting season flavours of game and roasted thrush.
Vintage Cycling
L'Eroica
📍 Gaiole in Chianti
The event that invented a genre: riders from around the world, mounted on pre-1987 bicycles, tackle 200 km of gravel and white roads through the Chianti and the Crete Senesi. A celebration of heroic cycling, slow travel and the Sienese landscape at its autumnal finest.
Saffron
Giallo come l'Oro
📍 San Gimignano
San Gimignano DOP saffron — one of the world's finest — is celebrated in the town of towers with producer tastings, cooking demonstrations, recipes and an artisan market. The golden crocus fields on the slopes of the hill are one of the region's most beautiful autumn sights.
Chestnuts
Il Crastatone
📍 Piancastagnaio — Monte Amiata
Since the 1960s, the oldest chestnut festival on Monte Amiata. The contrade of the medieval village compete with roasted chestnuts, new wine and traditional sweets. The scent of wood smoke and roasting chestnuts fills the narrow streets of this beautiful volcanic hill town.
Olive Oil
Olio Novo di Podere
📍 Trequanda
A festival of freshly pressed olive oil in the hilltop village of Trequanda: the nine rioni compete in barefoot grape-treading, the new oil is tasted on unsalted Tuscan bread, and local wines, cheeses and cured meats complete a genuine country feast.
NovemberAutumn
Truffle
White Truffle of the Crete Senesi Fair
📍 San Giovanni d'Asso — Castle
Two November weekends in the castle of San Giovanni d'Asso, celebrating the precious white truffle of the Crete Senesi. Gala dinners, guided hunts with lagotto dogs, truffle-shaving demonstrations and the Truffle Museum. The Treno Natura steam train connects the village on market days.
Local Produce
Toscana Gustando
📍 Montepulciano — Historic Centre
A travelling market of typical Tuscan products through the streets of Montepulciano: Vino Nobile tastings, Pienza pecorino, Cinta Senese cured meats, new-harvest olive oil and other Val di Chiana specialities, accompanied by itinerant folk performances.
DecemberWinter
Christmas Market · From 22 Nov
Natale a Montepulciano
📍 Montepulciano — Piazza Grande & Via San Donato
The largest Christmas market in central Italy: over 70 wooden chalets spread between Piazza Grande and Via San Donato with crafts, local food, decorations and wine. Santa's Castle inside the medieval Fortress, nightly video mapping shows and the Christmas Terrace with Vino Nobile tastings complete a remarkable experience. Now in its 12th year. Open daily 10:30–19:30.
Tirolese Village · Light Shows
Arezzo Città del Natale — Villaggio Tirolese
📍 Arezzo — Piazza Grande
The Tirolese Village in Arezzo's stunning Piazza Grande: wooden chalets with crafts and regional products, and the spectacular Big Lights — 360° video mapping projected onto the historic facades every evening from 17:00. Casa di Babbo Natale, food chalets and guided city tours round out one of Tuscany's finest Christmas events, set in one of its most beautiful piazzas.
Val d'Orcia in Advent
Christmas in the Val d'Orcia
📍 Pienza · San Quirico d'Orcia · Castiglione d'Orcia
December transforms the Val d'Orcia villages: Pienza with its Christmas market on Piazza Pio II and Christmas Eve bonfire, San Quirico with the Palazzo delle Fiabe (fairy-tale trail inside Palazzo Chigi, 6 Dec–18 Jan), and Castiglione d'Orcia with local-produce markets the week before Christmas. Authentic, unhurried and beautiful.
New Olive Oil · San Quirico
Festa dell'Olio Nuovo — New Oil Festival
📍 San Quirico d'Orcia — Historic Centre
On 8 December (Immaculate Conception holiday), the historic centre of San Quirico lights up for the New Oil Festival: bonfires in the piazzas, bruschetta with just-pressed extra-virgin olive oil, live bands, stilt walkers and street performers. Restaurants offer special oil-themed menus featuring San Quirico's olive oil, one of the finest in the Orcia valley. A simple, warm and genuinely local celebration.
Tradition
Fiaccole di Natale
📍 Abbadia San Salvatore — Monte Amiata
On Christmas Eve, enormous bonfires — wooden stacks up to ten metres high — burn through the lanes of this medieval hill town on Monte Amiata. A millenary tradition unique in the world, illuminating the longest night of the year in a spectacle of fire and community that is profoundly moving.
Historic Market
Mercato nel Campo
📍 Siena — Piazza del Campo
Three days of historic market in the legendary Piazza del Campo, evoking the ancient medieval tradition of the mercato delle merci. Over 130 exhibitors bring together the finest craft and food excellence of Tuscany to Italy's most beautiful square for an atmospheric pre-Christmas event.
Tradition
Fiaccole di Natale
📍 Abbadia San Salvatore — Monte Amiata
On Christmas Eve, enormous bonfires — wooden stacks up to ten metres high — burn through the lanes of this medieval hill town on Monte Amiata. A millenary tradition unique in the world, illuminating the longest night of the year in a spectacle of fire and community that is profoundly moving.
Christmas on the Lake
Luci sul Trasimeno
📍 Castiglione del Lago — Lake Trasimeno
The world's largest Christmas tree — drawn with thousands of lights directly on the surface of Lake Trasimeno — illuminates the water from December through Epiphany. Visible from the shore and from the medieval Rocca del Leone, the installation is accompanied by winter markets, events and seasonal food throughout the town. A magical and entirely singular spectacle.
Please note: Dates listed are indicative and based on the historical schedule of each event. Some festivals may shift by a week or be cancelled in any given year. Always verify on the official websites of the relevant municipality or Pro Loco before travelling. The Treno Natura (historic steam train) runs several times a year through the Crete Senesi, Val d'Orcia and Chianti, often connecting with major festivals and markets.
Antiques, Vintage & Flea Markets
The Sienese province and the surrounding Tuscan hills host some of Italy's most remarkable antique markets. From Renaissance piazzas to medieval lanes, every weekend brings the chance to uncover old furniture, vintage jewellery, rare prints, vinyl records, and extraordinary curiosities.
⭐ Italy's Largest Open-Air Antique Fair · Arezzo
Fiera Antiquaria di Arezzo — Antiques Fair
Every 1st Saturday and Sunday of the month · 08:00–19:00 (summer Saturdays until 20:00)
Founded in 1968, this is Italy's oldest and largest open-air antique fair. Over 500 exhibitors fill Piazza Grande (Vasari), Piazza San Francesco and the Logge Vasari with furniture, paintings, jewellery, ancient books and prints, clocks, toys, musical instruments, linen and vintage clothing. Free entry. (September edition moves to il Prato due to the Giostra del Saracino.)
📍 Piazza Grande, Arezzo → fieraantiquaria.org
Monthly Recurring Markets
Year-round
Arezzo — Fiera Antiquaria
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1st Sat + Sun
08:00–19:00 · Piazza Grande, Logge Vasari & historic centre500+ exhibitors
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September edition moves to il Prato · Free entry · Italy's oldest antique fair (est. 1968) · 74 km from Pienza
Siena — L'Angolo del Collezionista
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3rd Sunday
09:00–19:00 · Piazza del Mercato (Tartarugone)100+ exhibitors
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August: shifts to 4th Sunday (Palio) · Antiques, modernariato, old books, vinyl, vintage clothing · Organised by Associazione Siena '90
Montepulciano — Fiera Arti e Antiquariato
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2nd Sat + Sun
All day · Piazza Grande
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Excluding August · Antiques, bric-a-brac, prints, furniture, musical instruments, collectibles · Set in the main piazza of this hill town
Poggibonsi — Arti & Mestieri Antiquariato
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2nd Sat + Sun
08:00–20:00 · Piazza Matteotti
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Excluding July and August · Antiques, collectibles, craft and local food products
San Gimignano — L'Angolo del Collezionista
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4th Sunday
09:00–17:00 · Piazza delle Erbe
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April–August/September season · Same organisation as the Siena market (Associazione Siena '90) · Among the medieval towers
Cortona — Antiquariato e Modernariato
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4th Sunday
09:00–20:00 · Piazza Signorelli
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Province of Arezzo, 30 km from Pienza · One of Tuscany's most beautiful piazzas · Antiques, modernariato, curiosities
Asciano — Mercatino delle Crete
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2nd Sunday
· Asciano historic centre
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Local Crete Senesi produce and small collectibles · In the heart of the lunar clay landscape between Siena and Val d'Orcia
Special Annual Antique Fairs
Variable dates
Late Aug – Sept · Since 1963
Cortonantiquaria
📍 Cortona — Centro Convegni Sant'Agostino
Italy's oldest and most prestigious indoor antique fair, held since 1963 in the 18th-century halls of the former Sant'Agostino convent. For two weeks, the finest Italian antique dealers present period furniture, paintings, sculptures, porcelain, Persian rugs, silver, rare jewellery and objets d'art. Each year the Cortonantiquaria Prize is awarded to a cultural figure. Entry approx. €8. Cortona is 30 km from Pienza.
Easter · 4 days
Regional Antique Fair — "Cose del Passato"
📍 Buonconvento — Historic centre
Now in its 42nd year, this is one of Tuscany's most beloved Easter antique events. For four days (Thursday before Easter through Easter Monday), the ancient shops and streets of beautiful Buonconvento fill with antique dealers, vintage collectors and 20th-century modernariato. Includes a painting exhibition, open museums and the arrival of the Treno Natura steam train on Easter Monday. Organised by the Pro Loco with the support of the Comune.
Easter Monday
Mercatino di Porsenna
📍 Chiusi — Piazza Duomo & Via Porsenna
On Easter Monday, the Etruscan hill town of Chiusi transforms with its celebrated antique and modernariato market. Stalls line Piazza Duomo and the street named after the legendary Etruscan king Porsenna, offering old objects, vintage textiles, curiosities and period collectibles. Free entry, 09:00–19:00.
Practical tip: For the Arezzo Fiera Antiquaria, arrive early (at opening, 08:00) or on Saturday evening when stalls are being set up and informal haggling begins. Parking is easier outside the city walls; the fair is walkable from the centre. Bring cash — many exhibitors do not accept cards.
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