Right in the heart of Tuscany, between Siena and Firenze, the Chianti area is one of the most evocative, romantic and popular places in Tuscany: all the year round, it’s always a great and pleasant experience to either drive or ride a motorcycle/bicycle up and down its winding roads and…
The night of August 10th is a special and magical time in Italy: every year Italians head to the hills with blankets and turn their eyes skyward to see the stars of San Lorenzo. It is around this period in the year that the Perseids meteor showers dance in the…
The Chianti area is marvellous in every period of the year, but in Autumn its beauty comes to peak: in the season that goes from the grape harvest to the olive picking, fields, woods and vineyards turns yellow, red and brown, the temperatures are still pleasant and allow to spend…
There is wood of oaks in Pievasciata, a tiny village in the midst of the most beautiful hills in the Chianti area, where trees, meadows, glimpses of the sky above, and little creeks meet statues, bridges, the keel of a ship and a labyrinth where to search for yourself, all…
We have already devoted a post to an itinerary in Chianti, but this time we are writing about a vintage bike race, called “Eroica”, that every year, on the first Sunday of October, runs on the gravel hill roads (strade bianche) of the most spectacular areas of the Sienese territory:…
