Surroundings
Discover the beauties of Tuscany with day trips
Borgo Santinovo enjoys a strategic position, only 5 km from Colle Val d’Elsa (shops, supermarket, all facilities), well-known as the town of crystal, with its quaint medieval upper part.
In few minutes drive you can reach wonderful places such as:
Monteriggioni (10km)
Wonderful fortified village, built on the eleventh century for defence purposes, well-known for its evocative medieval party, celebrated in July since 15 years.
San Gimignano (16km)
Part of the Unesco’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage, it is well-known all over the world for its towers and for its architectonic masterpieces, such as the outstanding Romanic Duomo.
Siena (25Km)
The city is known worldwide for its cultural heritage, its unique medieval urban style, its peculiar shell-shaped square, as well as for the famous “Palio” (traditional horse race). The city is part of the Unesco’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Volterra (30km)
This town, well-known for its alabaster mining and manufacture, preserves an historic central part of Etruscan origins, with Roman ruins and medieval buildings such as the Cathedral and the Palazzo dei Priori on the homonym square, which still is the heart of the town.
Florence (50km)
From Colle Val d’Elsa, buses leave each 50 minutes for the Tuscan main city, in which the Renaissance originated. Extremely rich in historic buildings, monuments and museums, it is considered all over the world as being the crib of art and architecture.