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    • TravelerToskana
      1
      Day 10

      Pienza

      March 5, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Nach dem Einchecken in unsere schnuckelige Unterkunft machten wir einen Rundgang durch die Stadt. Nachdem Petrus am späteren Nachmittag dann mal wieder die Schleusen öffnete, flüchteten wir erst in eine Bar und dann in unser gemütliches Zimmer.Read more

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    • Toskana
      Day 7

      Pienza und „spontan“ weiter

      March 29 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Nach einem leckeren Frühstück mit frischer Hamma zum selber schneiden, fuhren wir nach Pienza. In diesem wunderschönen Dörfchen mit engen Gassen, bei fast 20 Grad, liess es sich gut aushalten. Wir waren gerade im Begriff ein Plätzchen zum Mittagessen zu suchen. Nur deshalb schaltete Dany das mobile Netz ein. Als er merkte, dass die Unterkunft uns eine Mail geschickt hatte. Tatsächlich haben wir unseren Checkout vergessen. Uns blieb nichts anderes übrig, als zurück ins Auto zu steigen, im Hotel unsere Sachen zu packen und dann 300km nach La Spezia zu fahren.

      Gegen 18:00 Uhr erreichten wir das Hotel und suchten uns ein Restaurant, um eeendlich unseren Appetit zu stillen.      Read more

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    • Italien Sommer 2023
      2
      Day 9

      Pienza

      September 8, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Nächster Stopp für heute: Pienza

      Pienza ist eine Kleinstadt mit ca. 2.000 Einwohnern im Val d'Orcia in der südlichen Toskana. Es liegt nur 15 Kilometer von Montepulciano, 20 Kilometer von Montalcino und ca. 50 Kilometer von Siena entfernt.

      Der Name geht auf Papst Pius II. zurück, der hier geboren wurde, und bedeutet so viel wie die Stadt des Pius.

      1996 erklärte die UNESCO das historische Zentrum Pienzas zum Weltkulturerbe; 2004 wurde zudem das ganze Orcia-Tal in die Liste aufgenommen.      Read more

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    • Europe 2022 - 2023
      2116
      Day 31

      Pienza, Tuscany

      June 8, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      This charming and very tiny (population 2000) village is widely known as the "ideal city of the Renaissance", the creation of the great humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini who later became Pope Pius II. Piccolomini had the money and influence to transform his birthplace village into what he considered the Utopian city should be. It is also one of the most picturesque towns siting in the Val d'Orcia, essentially quintessential tuscan topography. Not only that but there's cheese! Every first Sunday in September, Pienza celebrates one of its main products, pecorino cheese. In fact, Pienza is considered the “capital” of pecorino cheese, because of its high quality due to the fact that the cheese is made from an especially flavoursome and aromatic milk thanks to sheep pastures in Val d'Orcia.Read more

    • TravelerItaly
      Day 4

      Walking from Pienza to Montepulciano

      October 24, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      The next day we enjoyed breakfast at a lovely restaurant in Montepulciano. Then a driver picked us up with just our backpacks and drove us 10 miles to Pienza. Pienza is a beautiful old town high up on a hill. He dropped us off and we hiked back to Montepulciano on narrow, quiet gravel roads through the amazing countryside of Tuscany.Read more

    • TravelerL’Italia, Il Mio Cuore - 2022
      Day 13

      La Vecchia Bottega, Pienza

      September 16, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      To end our visit to Pienza we decided to enjoy a glass of wine and a meat and cheese board. Brad somehow managed to communicate our order in sign language (as very little English was spoken here) and we were very surprised with what we received, a platter of cheese, olives, spreads and more, under a “clothesline” of different meats. It was a very unique presentation, so much so passers-by kept asking if they could photograph our food. We should have charged them for each photo so they could contribute to our lunch, especially as it was some time before we could actually eat it. Thankfully it tasted as good as it looked and we somehow managed to eat most of it. Suffering from the meat sweats (there was a lot of meat), we decided to call it a day and head back to our apartment for our Italian siesta. It was a fantastic day playing tourist and getting to explore yet another beautiful town. Pienza is another town on my list to revisit as I think it would be the perfect town to enjoy some down time. We just loved it.Read more

    • Kerstin und JörgToskana 2024
      Day 3

      Pienza

      February 20 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Als der Humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini 1458 zum Papst Pius II. gewählt wurde, verwirklichte er in seinem Heimatort mit Bauten einheitlicher Gestalt den Traum von einer Idealstadt der Renaissance. Er erklärte Pienza zum Bischofssitz, und so hat der geruhsame Ort einen Dom. Die dreischiffige, leicht und hell wirkende Basilika Santa Maria Assunta trägt auf ihrer zurückhaltenden Travertinfassade im Giebel das päpstliche Wappen. Nebenan steht der Palazzo Piccolomini, der Wohnsitz der Papstfamilie mit Loggien zur Gartenseite.
      Also dieses kleine Pienza ist ein absolutes muss.      Read more

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    • TravelerEpic Europe
      Day 75

      Montepulciano Day 2 Pienza

      November 24, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      A car is very advisable for this region. We have had the most difficult time planning day trips with public transport. Even after we had checked with the tourist information and got the bus times from them, when we got back to the accommodation to check, the times of the buses didn't match up. We had planned to go to Bagni del Fillipo, which is a natural thermal bath.
      We had to change plans and went to Pienza instead.
      Pienza was lovely and magical medieval town. We walked the length and breadth of the town and also found a lovely market that sold the juiciest dried apricots and roasted almonds in the shell.
      We also meet a lovely Benedictine nun who was making a rosary with string at the gate of a convent. We found out that she was born in Melbourne and she invited us in to see the produce that the nuns made.
      She told us that Benedictine nuns are committed to prayer and work. We bought an onion jam and pistachio spread that the nuns made.
      With the Bagni bus tickets, we found that we could also visit San Quirico d' Orca too. We waited and waited and waited for 30 mins and the bus didn't appear so we crossed over and caught the bus back to Montepulciano. With a car, the destinations would have taken no more than half an hour each.
      We still had a nice day regardless of the transport issue.
      Tomorrow, we are supposed to walk to Montefollicino and bus back but again, there is a bus there but none to come back. So we are going to bus there and walk back instead. We will see how it turns out tomorrow.

      Distance walked 7.7 km      Read more

    • TravelerToskana 2023
      Day 4

      Pienza

      August 3, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Pienza ist ein hübsches Städtchen mitten im Val d‘Orcia. Definitiv eine Besuch und ein Gläschen Wein wert. Zum Essen würde ich hier nicht bleiben, es ist definitiv ein Touri-Ort mit dementsprechenden Preisen. Bei Pasta für ab 16 Euro aufwärts bin ich dann raus 😃. Dazu kenne ich italien viel zu gut und weiß, wo man isst und wo eben nicht 😉 Ein Gläschen an der Bar an der Stadtmauer ist aber sehr zu empfehlen. Man ist zwar umgeben von Deutschen, Engländern und Holländern, aber die Chefin ist Italienerin, super süß und man hat einen fantastischen Blick übers Tal! Worth a visit!
      Ansonsten genügen meiner Meinung nach 1-2 Stündchen in diesem Ort, um einmal durch zu schlendern, Fotos zu machen und ihn gesehen zu haben.      Read more

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    • TravelerL’Italia, Il Mio Cuore - 2022
      Day 13

      Pienza Cathedral

      September 16, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Of course we checked out the Pienza Cathedral, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta Pienza, and while it is a pretty church, the most fascinating part is that it is still standing. You can feel where the rear of the church has “dropped” and the cracks in the wall are not hard to miss. Knowing that Brad has recently offended the gods, I did not spend too much time standing in the rear of the church… just in case. Restoration work has been ongoing to prevent the church from further collapse and this was evident by the supports and documentation on display in the Church of San Giovanni, which is also known as the Crypt, as it sits under the Duomo. There was also a labyrinth under the church, which although it didn’t have much in it, explains why the Duomo above has started collapsing. It was all very interesting.

      I think the most surprising and interesting place we visited today was the Diocesan Museum. Usually museums are overfilled with so many pieces that they become very overwhelming. This one was perfect and had some stunning pieces of ancient art and antiquities dating back to the 13th century. It was just enough and well-spaced out so we could appreciate each piece.      Read more

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