
Surroundings
Beautiful Tuscan cities around the village
Borgo Poneta is located in the heart of Tuscany, in the Barberino Val d'Elsa countryside, between Florence and Siena, on a Chianti hill overlooking San Gimignano.
From Borgo Poneta, in just half an hour’s drive, you can reach both Florence, an authentic Tuscan pearl, a true cradle of art and history of this region, that Siena; even closer is the town of San Gimignano, an ancient and perfectly preserved medieval village where you can still breathe the magical atmosphere of the year 1000, as well as Volterra, a suggestive stronghold of Etruscan civilization, Certaldo, a medieval town, home of Boccaccio, where many novels are set del Decameron, Monteriggioni, a delightful fortified castle near Siena...
San Gimignano
UNESCO World Heritage Site
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as th...
Colle di Val d'Elsa
Picturesque perched at the top of the hill
Colle di Val d'Elsa is perched in its oldest part on a high hillock. The urban map is divided into Colle Alta and Colle Bassa.
The town is the most...
Sant'Appiano | Discover Tuscany
Famous for the Romanesque church
Sant'Appiano is considered the first evangelist of the Valdelsa and he give the name to the church dedicated to him.
The parish church in 990 becam...
Barberino Val d'Elsa
Medieval village with extraordinary panoramic views
Its history is linked to the destruction of Semifonte by the Florentines in 1202. Its development was linked above all to the fact of being on the Str...
Monteriggioni
Characteristic medieval village still fortified
The nucleus of Monteriggioni is a small fortified village. The castle is surrounded by a massive elliptical wall, interspersed with 15 towers and two ...
Semifonte - Petrognano
Ancient village with an evocative past history
Semifonte was a fortified city, which at the end of the twelfth century became an opposing fair in Florence. Today it is only the toponym of a town ne...