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Simon in MONTEPULCIANOWhen Page "&" Moy's "Christmas Holidays" brochure dropped on my mat, I saw the chance to escape the confines of Cornish Christmases and do my own thing. Having enjoyed that experience (see DOLOMITI) I decided to repeat.For Christmas 2000 I decided to join Page & Moy again, and take my first look at Toscana. "Chiantishire" is the English nickname for the region that Italians call TOSCANA and which we know as TUSCANY. Our tour left London Heathrow midday on December 23rd 2000 and flew to Rome before a 2hour coach transfer to the Hill town of MONTEPULCIANO, though in fact we stayed below its slopes at ALBERGO SAN BIAGIO. Christmas Eve was spent on local excursions to MONTEPULCIANO, to the Hilltop town of PIENZA the birth place of Pope Pius II, and A Thermal spa (shown below). Weather was grey and damp. In September 2005 I paid a second visit to Montepulciano. This time my visit was a day trip excursion from the Tuscan town of Chianciano Terme where I stayed with my sister on a COSMOS holiday. The day was very, very wet, but the sun did come out after lunch to give us glorious views. click pictures below for full size views |
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 Town on a Hill |
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 Chiesa San Biagio from Albergo |
 Chiesa San Biagio |
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 Memorial avenue to San Biagio Each tree commemorates a soldier killed in The Great War and named on a stone beneath |
 One of the Memorial Stones beneath one of the trees on the memorial avenue |
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 Arches and Narrow Streets |
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