La Fortezza
Cultural siteVal d'OrciaAbout 1.5 hours
The fourteenth-century fort at the top of Montalcino, with ramparts you can walk and an enoteca inside the walls pouring the Brunello the town is built on. The view runs across the whole Val d'Orcia. The obvious place to end an afternoon of driving.
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