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Crete Senesi
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#1 of 34 things to do in Asciano
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La Botteghina
475
464 ft$ • Italian • Mediterranean • Tuscan
Locanda Amordivino
1,179
101 ft$$ - $$$ • Italian • Mediterranean • Barbecue
Ristorante La Mencia
462
415 ft$$ - $$$ • Italian • Pizza • Mediterranean
L'Angolo dello Sfizio
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0.1 mi$ • Italian • Pizza • Mediterranean
Ristorante La Giomella
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0.2 mi$$ - $$$ • Italian • Mediterranean • Tuscan
Pizzeria Fantasia
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469 ft$ • Italian • Pizza • Vegetarian Friendly
La Garbata Pasticceria Gelateria
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0.2 mi$$ - $$$ • Dessert • Italian
La Mencia Piz
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419 ft$$ - $$$ • Italian
Il Forno delle Crete
14
0.1 mi$ • Bakeries • Italian
Salsedo Valle Delle Fonti
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0.2 mi$ • Dessert • Italian
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Attractions
43 within 6 miles
Ufficio Turistico
4
56 ftVisitor Centers
Archaeological Museum, and Sacred Art Palace Corboli
60
62 ftArchitectural Buildings • Art Museums
Torre e Fonte della Mencia in Asciano
1
307 ftHistoric Sites • Fountains
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
5
462 ftChurches & Cathedrals
Piazza del Grano
2
0.1 miPoints of Interest & Landmarks
Museo Cassioli
12
0.1 miArt Museums
Collegiata di Sant'Agata
23
0.2 miPoints of Interest & Landmarks
Antica Farmacia ad Asciano
309 ftHistoric Sites
Porta Senese
208 ftHistoric Sites
Scuderie del Granduca
208 ftHistoric Sites
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Maria S.
Athens, Greece70 contributions
Road trip to Dreamland...
Sep 2014 • Friends
Surely one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world! If you travel by car from Siena to the south, forget the highway and take Via Lauretana (SS 438) towards Asciano. The route makes you feel you're travelling in a dream. Unique images, absolutely beautiful with a touch of magic, I daresay. It's a road trip never to escape your memory and one you'll want to experience more than once.
Written October 15, 2014
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dskid
Overland Park, KS2,552 contributions
Beautiful drive
May 2019 • Couples
We drove this area after reading a Rick Steves guidebook where he highly recommends a loop drive south of Sienna. It is absolutely beautiful countryside with very little to mar the views that go on for miles. No photo can really do it justice. We went in May when everything was green, so I didn't think there was anything that I would call a lunar landscape. We stopped for lunch in Asciano and visited the monestary. We probably spent 5-6 hours for the entire trip and it was well worth it. I don't, however, think this is something you should worry about doing on your first, or even your third, trip to Italy as there are so many other places to visit that have so much more to offer. We were staying in the Tuscan countryside for the first of our two-week visit and had no specific itinerary, so this was a perfect use of some of our time.

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Written June 30, 2019
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Written March 5, 2023
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Stefano R
Carouge, Switzerland317 contributions
Feeling at home
Aug 2020
I simply love this Osteria. The food is simply great and the location so cute. Do not miss pici and the cake
Written August 13, 2020
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Ashfield531
Ringwood, UK1,026 contributions
Why all the fuss?
Jul 2014 • Couples
I simply don't understand the fuss and reviews on the basis of this being a classic Tuscan view as it isn't; the best views are to be had from the hilltop towns and include vines, olive groves, rolling hills with mountains beyond punctuated by cypress trees and old buildings. This however is a far more bleak and desolate landscape with eroded clay escarpments as scars on a normal cultivated agricultural area.

It is on route to a number of very attractive places to the south of Siena so if passing through the area you are going to see it but I would not go out of my way for this.
Written August 9, 2014
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Tom C
Albany, NY63 contributions
Great views
Sep 2014 • Couples
We recently (late sept) went through Asciano going from Siena and eventually winding up in montepulciano. What amazing views generally from both sides of the road. The camera got a workout. Not quite what one expects in tuscany. The grey fields were so unusual although my agriturismo owner noted that in the spring when the wheat begins to grow, the fields are lush green and the whole area look like a golf course. A must see if you're anywhere near Siena.
Written November 12, 2014
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Wanderwoman19
Exeter, UK164 contributions
Classic Tuscan views
Jun 2014 • Couples
If you are looking for classic Tuscan views of lone cypress trees, rolling fields of greens and multiple shades of brown punctured with the white of the sharp ridges, isolated farmsteads with drives line with trees - then drive through The Crete. It is stunning and there are places to stop safely and take those wonderful pictures. There are a number of routes we started at Taverne d'Arbia and headed towards Asciano. Some of the roads are twisty and some are very narrow but it is well worth it. End the trip at Montalcino and you will be rewarded with the views from the Fortezza, a lovely lunch and excellent wine - this is the home of the Brunello. Driving back - the shadows and colours will have changed so you'll have a whole new set of photos to take.
Written June 28, 2014
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donnaw0870
Groton, VT42 contributions
The heart of Tuscany
Jul 2013 • Family
Beautiful rolling hills, farms and crowned by Siena--a spectacular Renaissance city. Winding roads go through tiny towns and by monasteries, wineries and lead to lovely villages, such as Montalcino.
Written August 8, 2013
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Gimamo
Cumbria, UK147 contributions
Ditch the car and walk
Sep 2012 • Couples
Walk through this area and avoid all the crowds and get to know the real Tuscany and meet real people where they live and work We had 2 weeks of it . Superb
Written October 30, 2012
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BartMuur
Zuid Scharwoude585 contributions
The most beautiful view of the world
Apr 2014 • Couples
The Crete Senesi, the spectacular landscape between Asciano and Siena, is definitely one of the most spectecular regions in the world. Unesco inheritage, stunning views and sometimes really dangerour because people stop their cars wherever they like in order to take the picture of their life.
Written May 28, 2014
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Christine B
Houston, TX2,859 contributions
Beautiful rolling landscape
May 2019 • Couples
What a wonderful drive we had through the Crete Senesi, especially between Asciano and San Giovanni d'Asso. The landscape was so green and was punctuated with swaths of wheat, fields of yellow rapeseed (used to make canola oil), and poppies. Here and there the clay soil peeked through the green, providing an interesting contrast. If you're in this area, seek the road less traveled and explore this beautiful landscape.
Written June 28, 2019
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Written March 5, 2023
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