Imagine a medieval Manhattan - 14 powerful towers, scraping the sky no worse than the brilliant high-rise buildings of the historic center of New York. Approximately so it looks San Gimignano (San Gimignano) - a miniature town, to which it is equally easy to get from Florence and Siena. The unique architecture, fantastic landscapes that, it would seem, could only have been born in the imagination of the designer and "Photoshop", and only 7 thousand people of the population, make this city one of the most picturesque and visited by tourists in all of Tuscany.
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In ancient times San Gimignano was an ordinary village of Etruscans and wore a completely different name, while, wanting to save the city from the barbarians, the bishop of Modena did not give him the current name and new owners. This was the beginning of the fascinating history of the city, which for a long time could not share two influential surnames. Approximately at the same time, in the 12th and 13th centuries, towers were built, giving the present appearance of San Gimignano an amazing color.
Information Office
The Information Office is located in Piazza del Duomo. Working hours: March-October 9: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00, November-February 9: 00-12: 00 and 14: 00-18: 00. Here you can find free maps, book a hotel room, buy tickets for a bus, and audio guides through the streets of the city for 5 EUR. In addition, the office organizes walking tours that start from March to October every Sunday at 15:00 in English and Italian for 15 EUR
How to get there
The bus station of the city (Piazzale dei Martiri di Montemaggio) is outside the city walls (Porta San Giovanni), from there it will take 5-10 minutes walk to the center of San Gimignano . Approximately there is one of the large parking lots (2 EUR per hour). Buses from Florence (5-8 EUR, 1 hour 45 minutes, 12 departures per day) and Siena (5-8 EUR, 1, 5 hours, 10 departures) arrive at the station. In addition, several buses a day run to Poggibonsi. The return flight schedule and cost can always be checked at the information office Volterra can be reached only with a transfer in Colle di Val d'Elsa and possibly also in Poggibonsi (4-6 EUR, 1, 5 hours , 4 departures per day except Sundays.)
Free parking in San Gimignano is also there, but is far enough from the center - on the northern outskirts, in the so-called new district.
The city itself should be moved on foot only. Only to the bus station and the parking lot some lazy individuals can use either the hotel shuttle or, if they did not book a night in San Gimignano, an electric shuttle bus that runs during the day from Porta San Giovanni to Piazza della Cisterna and then to Porta San Matteo. The fare is 1, 5-2 EUR, tickets can be bought at the tobacco kiosk, on the way back - at the information office.
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Shops and restaurants
@ Along the main street of the city there are many cafes and restaurants where you can try the stunning Italian cuisine from the freshest, selective products grown literally outside the walls of the city. There are more shops and souvenir shops here. Tourists traditionally acquire magnets and plates with images of Tuscan pastors and meadows, but it's worth to be smarter and ask the price for all sorts of wines, tinctures and limoncello. All of them in San Gimignano are characterized by amazing quality, taste and a wide choice.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions San Gimignano
Apart from the majestic towers (of the 72 only 15 are preserved), San Gimignano is also interesting with its luxurious Palazzo Nuovo del Podesta and the Palazzo del Popolo. The latter was built again in 1288-1323 and today it attracts attention not only with its architecture, but also with an art gallery with a collection of works by Filippino Lippi, Pinturicchio, Benozzo Gozzoli and other masters of the Florentine Quartrocento. Noteworthy is the Cathedral (1148) and the church of St. Agostino with the unique frescoes of Gozzoli (1298).
The museums of the city deserve special mention. For example, the City Museum, which is located in the former halls of the palaces Gamucci and Ficarelli. Here you should see all 10 exhibition galleries, paying special attention to the impressive model-reconstruction of the city, depicting San Gimignano in the Middle Ages
Another museum that did not miss any curious face of the schoolboy is the Museum torture and torture. Situated at the very entrance to the city, literally just behind the walls, he draws attention to his collection of the executioner standing in the street at the door (is it real, no one can check it yet).
At the end of June, tourists in the city become more, and all because of the harvest festival being held here, which is celebrated every year for a long time. In these days, crowds of citizens in traditional clothes rush through narrow streets to Piazza della Sisterna to watch the tournament of equestrian knights. In addition, the Giostra dei Bastoni tournament is held every year (battles on sticks)
Photo San Gimignano (12)