Introducing Volterra
A 29km drive from San Gimignano, Volterra’s well-preserved medieval ramparts give the windswept town a proud, forbidding air – particularly if you’re trying to drive up to your hotel to drop off luggage (forget it). Where San Gimignano has its towers, Volterra has its modest archaeological sites, a more extensive network of mysterious alleys and steeper calf-blasting stone stairways – all that and slightly more elbowroom. The surrounding gentle Tuscan countryside provides the perfect contrast.
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People looking for that perfect alabaster figurine will have plenty of shops to choose from and the local collection of Etruscan artefacts is arguably unmatched.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Tuscany in May
by richiavo 01 September 2011
Park Hotel Fonti, lovely hotel just a 10 minute walk form the centre of Volterra, easy to drive to as not in the centre. If you are looking…
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RE: Tuscany in May
by richiavo 31 August 2011
Base yourself in Volterra it is a really nice underated city. With a car it is easy to visit San Gimignano, Siena, Pisa, Lucca and Florence…
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