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Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano
Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano
Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano
Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano
Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano

2 hours - Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano

By Guida Turistica in Toscna
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$240 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This tour will be a slow one, giving you the opportunity to decide if you wanna stop for an unplanned visit or, just to get a taste of the typical food and/or wine offered along the way, getting the opportunity to save time and to discover the best corners and to get the shots of the medieval town… how can you miss it?

Activity location

  • Torre del Pulcinella
    • Piazza Michelozzo, via di Gracciano al Corso
    • Montepulciano, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Piazza Santa Agnese
    • Piazza Santa Agnese
    • 53045, Montepulciano, Toscana, Italy

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2 hours - Private Walking Tour in Montepulciano
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Price details
NZ$239.88 x 2 AdultsNZ$479.76

Total
Price is NZ$479.76

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAlong the path we can decide to make a break to get a coffee or just a bottle of water
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets of Comune di Montepulciano for EUR 8,50 per person

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Torre del Pulcinella
  • 5m
The legend of the Pulcinella Tower in Montepulciano has it that this was brought here by a bishop of Neapolitan origins, but since there was no figure of this type in the history of the village, more likely it was a priest. In 1524, in fact, a statue inspired by the "Mangia" of Siena was placed on the clock tower of Montepulciano with the task of marking the hours, but due to the deterioration suffered by the same, already in 1680 there was a first restoration and, on that occasion, presumably on the proposal of the priest (or in any case of a benefactor) of Naples, the automaton was covered with the colours of Pulcinella. According to some, however, this character was chosen as a tribute to the Theatre.
Montepulciano
  • 15m
Next to the Clock Tower is the white facade of the church of Sant’Agostino, of which the tower is part. Built earlier than this (in 1285), the church was renovated by Michelozzo himself in the sixteenth century and combines the neoclassical style of the Renaissance with the Gothic of the Middle Ages. Its front staircase has become, over time, a meeting point for many residents of Montepulciano.
Caffè Poliziano
  • 20m
coffees spread throughout the cities, and with the progress of bourgeois life they become more and more elegant and refined: even in the "minor" towns they take hold (we mention for all the beautiful Caffè dei Costanti in Arezzo, still today the meeting place of “chic” youth) and of course Montepulciano is no exception. There is very little documentation found so far on the "coffee" in Montepulciano and this does not allow us to speak about it with full knowledge of the facts. The habit of sipping the drink in company (and not only that, of course) had long been well known to the police. Already at the time of the construction of the first Academic Theatre in the Town Hall (1759), a space was provided for the coffee and the "diacciatine", ie sorbets, cool drinks, etc., which were served on the occasion of theatrical performances.
Piazza Santa Maria
  • 5m
The Church of Santa Maria dei Servi is the first Sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the oldest church in Montepulciano that has come down to us. The church dates back to the Sienese fourteenth century, even if the brick bell tower dates back to the eighteenth century.Of the original church, beyond the facade, little remains as the renovation by the Jesuit architect Andrea Pozzo between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries transformed it into a Baroque church with a single nave, with a central altar and three side altars on each side.After this restructuring, the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi has become a true museum of sacred art with works of primary importance inside.
Comune di Montepulciano
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Town Hall of Montepulciano overlooks Piazza Grande. The building was built in the 13th century in the Gothic style and renovated by Michelozzo during the 15th century. The similarity between the Palazzo Comunale di Montepulciano and the Palazzo della Signoria in Florence is striking, it was personally commissioned by Cosimo I dei Medici. The ground floor is covered in ashlar, while the rest of the facade is in travertine. The battlements of the terrace are in Guelph battlements. Worth seeing are the interiors with the well and the nineteenth-century tombstones. The Palazzo Comunale di Montepulciano is the seat of the town hall. From its tower you can see a splendid panorama: on clear days you can see, from the side of the Val di Chiana the pre-Apennine peaks, Perugia, Subasio, Lake Trasimeno with its islands, and the lakes of Montepulciano and Chiusi.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTorre del Pulcinella
    • Piazza Michelozzo, via di Gracciano al Corso
    • Montepulciano, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPiazza Santa Agnese
    • Piazza Santa Agnese
    • 53045, Montepulciano, Toscana, Italy

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