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…
Spring, the marvellous, colourful, scented Spring is approaching: step by step, brick by brick, meadows are getting greener, howthorn trees are delightful in their white delicate flowers, peach trees start to bloom, daylight is longer. Even though the initial days of March were cold and rainy, Spring’s arrival is just…
December is definitely one of my favourite months of the year: even though the days are short and cold is intense, the upcoming holidays with their lights and ornaments, the delicious Christmas sweets and the several events such as markets and nativity scenes make Christmastime always very special! I love…
A few kilometres before Chianciano Terme the gently undulating hills of the Val d’Orcia come to meet the white and arid badlands of the Sienese Crete. Here, on the point where the four roads to Pienza, Montepulciano, Sarteano and Chianciano intersected and still converge, there is an enchanting place that…
