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Val d'Orcia — Podere Spedalone
Podere Spedalone · Pienza · Val d'Orcia

Surroundings & Excursions

Pienza, Montalcino, Siena, Cortona — all within a day's reach. Podere Spedalone is your perfect base in the heart of UNESCO Tuscany.

Your base for exploration

A landscape that never ends

The lands around Pienza are one of Italy's defining icons: white gravel roads, solitary cypresses and hills that change colour with every season. In this landscape of harmony and silence — the Crete Senesi, the UNESCO Val d'Orcia — time seems to stand still. Spedalone is your ideal starting point to explore it all, morning after morning.

Just a short drive from Spedalone

Villages, monasteries and landscapes within minutes — often more beautiful than you'd ever expect.

🚗 10 min · 8 km

Pienza

The ideal Renaissance city, commissioned by Pope Pius II in the 15th century and today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Piazza Pio II, the Cathedral and the medieval lanes are of remarkable beauty. Don't leave without tasting aged Pecorino di Pienza.

💡 Tip: Step into any deli and ask to taste the aged pecorino — most shops offer free tastings without any pressure to buy.
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🚗 12 min · 9 km

Monticchiello

A fortified medieval village famous for the cypress-lined road — one of the most photographed scenes in all of Tuscany. The Teatro Povero, created in 1967 by the villagers themselves, is now an internationally acclaimed cultural event every July–August.

💡 Tip: The cypress road to Monticchiello is stunning at dawn and sunset — head out early from Spedalone with your camera.
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🚗 15 min · 10 km

Bagno Vignoni

A village unlike any other: the main piazza is a great Renaissance thermal pool, used since Roman times by Saint Catherine and Lorenzo de' Medici. The Mulini Park along the ancient mill canal is one of the most atmospheric spots in the entire Val d'Orcia.

💡 Tip: The free thermal pools below the village are open 24 hours — bring a towel for a sunset dip.
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🚗 10 min · 6 km

Sant'Anna in Camprena

An Olivetan monastery founded between 1324 and 1334, famous for Il Sodoma's frescoes in the refectory. It became iconic in 1996 as a location for The English Patient. Reached along a beautiful cypress-lined road with sweeping views over the hills around Pienza.

💡 Tip: Check opening hours before you go — the complex is not consistently open to visitors every day.
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🚗 15 min · 10 km

San Quirico d'Orcia

A quiet, authentic medieval gem. The 12th-century Collegiate Church is a masterpiece of Sienese Romanesque. The Horti Leonini — a formal Renaissance garden from the 1500s — are a place of complete peace, hosting summer concerts and the Land Art show Forme nel Verde (since 1971).

💡 Tip: The Horti Leonini are free to enter and almost always quiet — one of the finest afternoon walks in the whole region.
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Plan your stay

You've chosen your destinations — now plan your days

Ready-made day itineraries, weekly market schedules and the region's best festivals — all in one place.

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Ready-to-use programmes for 1, 2 or 3 days — farm experiences, Renaissance villages, thermal springs and wine tastings.

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Markets & Festivals

The complete guide to weekly markets, traditional festivals, antique fairs and seasonal events across the Province of Siena.

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Your base in Val d'Orcia

All of this within a day's reach

Podere Spedalone is a certified organic agriturismo in the heart of UNESCO Val d'Orcia — minutes from Pienza, an hour from Siena, Cortona and Montalcino.

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