Localita San Donato 6, 53037 San Gimignano, Italy
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San Gimignano old town
Torre Cugnanesi on the left
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San Gimignano, central square with well
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Last year I visited the Fattoria San Donato and had a Tuscan lunch there, complete with a wine tasting. Simply excellent! It was part of a guided tour and I had been afraid it would be a tourist trap, but far from it. We got a tour of the wine cellar, a wonderful meal and some really good wines to taste. Definitely a place to go back.
http://www.sandonato.it/english/fattoria-san-donato.html
The old core of the town is full of archways, corridors, passageways which make it very charming and pitoresque. The first impression that crossed my mind was, people in medieval times used to live a kind of social life we miss today. The community and the common life meant something to them.
On Piazza del Cisterna you can have the best icecream of Italy. Gelateria di Piazza received a prize for its icecream. They have all kinds of flavours from traditional to fruity icecream.
For a cone with three scoops you'll pay 2.5 EUR
We came across this tree in a quiet part of the town of San Gimignano. A huge tree about 150 years old, and its circumference is about 4.80 meters. A must see! We later found that the Italians call it a 'bagolaro', but at the time we only happened to remember and write down the German name "Zürgelbaum" - so that is how we kept referring to it afterwards. Hey look, it's the Zürgelbaum! ... In English, this tree is called a hackberry (Latin: Celtis occidentalis).
The church dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption was built in the 12th century. The church originally overlooked Montestaffoli but was then turned around, with the creation of a new façade and stairways on Piazza del Duomo. The Romanesque building has three naves and its walls guard numerous art treasures.
On the left side of the Collegiata there is the interesting Museum of Holy Arts of the Collegiata. It was settled in 1930 to recover objects and paintings which came from the Coleggiata and the others churches of the town. In the museum you can see interesting paintings made by the Brothers Memmi and works of the 14th century.
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Q: Driving from San Gimignano to Cinque Terra "We will be staying in San Gimignano and would like to do a day trip to the Cinque Terra. Will trying to do a day trip give us..."
A: "The Cinque Terra walk will take quite a few hours and it is then best to get train back to where you started from before driving back, I am not sure how long the drive..."
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