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2nd Day: Excursion in San Gimignano - Volterra Curiosity: San Gimiggnano: there are the twin
Ice cream making: the ice (80 Km) towers! Volterra is known for the alabaster, the
cream was born in Tuscany San Gimignano, “the city of beautiful towers” an most refined in Europe. You can find it in gallery
UNESCO patrimony, in the heart of Chianti. The
or in different opened caves. Some scenes from
400 years ago! towers, are the symbols of San Gimignano and the movie “Twilight” were filmed in Volterra,
3 days during the Medium Age the noble families were making it today the city of vampires.
competing to erect a tower. The highness of the
1st Day: Florence tower was a synonym of the family’s power. The 3rd Day: Siena (75 Km)
Not everybody knows that the ice cream was highest arrived until 52 m highness. Siena the city of Palio of the districts. From Saint
born in Florence 40 years before; in one occasion Caterina Square, near to the homonym Church
of wedding party of Maria de Medici Bernardo You can’t miss the particular triangle square, the Saint Caterina that dominated the city, you are
Buontalenti invented the ice cream. Before start- Cisterna Square. going to be immerged in the city’s abbeys, un-
ing the tour, we will learn hot the ice cream is til the arrival in the Campo square. The Campo
made, with a course very famous between the Generally every touristic visit of San Gimignano is square, the square in a shape of seashell, where
tourists from all around the world, the “gelato making a stage in the famous Dandoli ice cream the Palio of Siena is been run. Business Proposals in Tuscany
making”. The course lasts 3 hours and together parlor.
with the master baker we will go to do the shop- In Siena also is famous the bakery, not only for
ping, which means go to the market to buy the Famous by art and by experimenting new flavors, the ice cream, but also the Ricciarelli which are
needed ingredients for the ice cream. Not only has received international prices of elevation and the typical sweet of the city. Our “bakery” tour
creams and milk ice cream, but also fruit ice is considered the best ice cream in the world! must make a stage in one bakery shop which has
cream and seasonal fruit. We conclude the day the name of the famous singer, also owner and
with a stage in the historic ice cream parlor an Tourists from all over the world are coming to San honored citizen of Siena: the “bakery Nannini”.
excellent one in Florence. “Vivoli” in the Stinche Gimignano not only for the excellent wine of Chi-
square from the 1932. A very small shop, but in anti, also to taste the best ice cream in the world! A degustation to a coffee with Ricciarelli and ice
the same moment when you arrive there you’ll cream of local production…
be surprised of the number of tourists outside After the visit of San Gimignano lunch in the fac-
waiting for an ice cream…and what an ice cream! tory based on typical Tuscan products, enjoying In the notes of the song of Nannini, Toscana… ‘sei
the view of the Chianti hills. nell’anima,…’
Curiosity: Buontalenti was the first in the his-
tory to insert in the process of refrigeration in- In the afternoon a visit of Volterra one of the Curiosity: Siena: the districts which run the
gredients like the eggs and the milk. It is his the most fascinating villages of Italy. The historic Palio are 17 and each one of them has its own
invention of the taste “cream Buontalenti”. The center is from the Etruscan period. The Etruscan standard. The “eat tower”, was nicknamed like
“VIvoli” ice cream is sent generally in all over the museum Guarnacci is very popular. The funda- that, in honor of the old bell ringer who had the
world. mental points of the historic center are the Priori pierced hands and was called “eat earnings”.
Palace, Duomo and Battistero.

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