San Quirico d’Orcia Trip Overview
San Quirico and Bagno Vignoni towns offer a dreamy landscape of Val d’Orcia. At the end of the tour, you will have the chance to visit Bagno Vignoni’s natural thermal baths, whose mineral-rich spring water offer various health treatments. So, if you want bring your swimsuit and a towel! During the Middle Ages San Quirico has been an important stop-by along the Frankish way for pilgrims, it still shows the signs of its medieval structure, as it is surrounded by the ancient defending fortress. You will visit the charming Romanesque Church of San Quirico and Giulitta, and then the enchanting Horti Leonini, un example of Italian Garden of the 16th century. The visit continues in Bagno Vignoni, which presents a singularity: all the main monuments have been constructed around the natural source of the thermal bath. Therefore, Bagno Vignoni does not have a real square, but a large pool. Saint Catherine of Siena is linked to this place, come discover why she came here.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: San Quirico d’Orcia, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting San Quirico d’Orcia, Toscana, Italy
San Quirico and Bagno Vignoni towns offer a dreamy landscape of Val d’Orcia. At the end of the tour, you will have the chance to visit Bagno Vignoni’s natural thermal baths, whose mineral-rich spring water offer various health treatments. So, if you want bring your swimsuit and a towel! During the Middle Ages San Quirico has been an important stop-by along the Frankish way for pilgrims, it still shows the signs of its medieval structure, as it is surrounded by the ancient defending fortress. You will visit the charming Romanesque Church of San Quirico and Giulitta, and then the enchanting Horti Leonini, un example of Italian Garden of the 16th century. The visit continues in Bagno Vignoni, which presents a singularity: all the main monuments have been constructed around the natural source of the thermal bath. Therefore, Bagno Vignoni does not have a real square, but a large pool. Saint Catherine of Siena is linked to this place, come discover why she came here.
Itinerary
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Stop At: San Quirico d’Orcia, San Quirico d’Orcia, Tuscany
The tour begins in the small medieval village.
San Quirico is situated in the heart of Val d’Orcia, during the Middle Ages it has been an important stop-by along the Frankish way, where pilgrims traveling to Rome, could find crucial aid and places to rest. The small village still shows the signs of its medieval structure, as it is surrounded by the ancient defending fortress, crossed by the main street.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Collegiata di San Quirico, Via delle Carbonaie 1, 53027 San Quirico d’Orcia Italy
You will visit the Church of San Quirico and Giulitta, a charming church in Romanesque style decorated with gothic elements. The peculiarity of this church is defined by three large portals with sculptures of lions in sandstone. The three portals make us understand that there were many pilgrims who passed along this road.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Horti Leonini, Piazza della Liberta, San Quirico d’Orcia Italy
The visit continues towards the enchanting Horti Leonini, un example of Italian Garden, which has been designed by Diomede Leoni at the beginning of the 16th century. At the centre of the garden you will find a statue of Cosimo III de’ Medici and not far from there the tower “del Cassero” (of the castle), a unique medieval tower of more than 35 meters, which has been destroyed in the Second World War.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Bagno Vignoni, Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany
Ten minutes from San Quirico away, there is the small medieval village Bagno Vignoni, which presents a singularity: all the main monuments have been constructed around the natural source of volcanic thermal bath waters. This particular construction and the unique location of the source, make the pond the natural main place of the town. The village, therefore, does not have a real square, but a large pool which collects the water from the source, which is located over 1000 meters underground. Discover also the story of the young Saint Catherine of Siena who was persuaded by her mother Lapa to go to Bagno Vignoni to devote herself to the worldly life, so as to abandon the religious vocation.
Duration: 1 hour