Pienza

The ideal Renaissance city, realized from the utopian dream of Pope Pius II, Pienza is considered the first city in the world to have been built after the creation of a town plan. Built on a terrace of the Val d’Orcia, there is a treasure chest of rare beauty among its narrow streets, breathtaking views, shops and historical monuments such as the Duomo and Palazzo Piccolomini with its lovely hanging gardens. From here we find beautiful, photographic and cinematic trails for trekking, and in fact on one of these roads the celebrated final scene of Gladiator was filmed.