Another great example of the southern Tuscan hill
"More Medevil than Renasance"
The renacance cities of nother Tuscany may get most of the play in the guide books but I think I perfered the cities that were older, clearly built as hitlop forts. Sorano and Pitigliano is a great examples of this while the wine towns, Montapluciano and Montalcino are a bit more renasance, Siena is Renesance with a touch of the old thrown in and Florence and Pisa completely break into the new style.
"I think I perfer the old to the new"
I don't know if this is the most common feeling but I liked the cosey, closed towns of the south, with their twisting roads and blind allys. A visit to Pisa and Florence are required on your trip but try to save a day for the southern towns.



Arial view of town adn clock tower
View of the town and hills
Etruscan etchings in the tufo rock
Streat in Sorano