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San Gimignano Holidays

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Tuscany’s famous town of towers

San Gimignano is nicknamed ‘the medieval Manhattan’ for the stone towers that rise from its rooftops, remnants of around 70 that once dominated this Unesco World Heritage Site. San Gimignano holidays are best spent wandering the streets and piazzas of the walled town – it’s like walking into a film set, surrounded by the Tuscan hills.

Over the centuries, the town has weathered Attila the Hun, the bubonic plague and a conquest by the Florentines, flourishing thanks to its position on the Via Francigena pilgrimage and trade route to Rome. Holidays to San Gimignano are enriched by historic buildings such as Chiesa di Sant’Agostino, a 13th-century church with frescoes illustrating the life of St Augustine. It’s also a pleasure to just explore the town with no destination in mind. With its famous towers overlooking a lush blanket of green hills, San Gimignano offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk right into the past.

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    Your San Gimignano questions, answered

    You can walk a section of the Via Francigena, buy some local ‘zafferano’ (saffron) at the Thursday-morning market or follow the Vernaccia di San Gimignano wine route.
    San Gimignano provided the cinematic backdrop for ‘Tea with Mussolini’ (1999) starring Judi Dench, ‘The Meadow’ (1979) with Isabella Rossellini, and ‘Prince of Foxes’ (1949) with Orson Welles.
    Climb the 200-plus steps of the tallest tower in town, Piazza Duomo’s 54m-high Torre Grosso. Unchanged since its construction in 1311, it gives sweeping views over the Tuscan landscape.