Surroundings
SURROUNDINGS
Holiday home between Tuscany and Umbria
The Giglio Dorato Holiday Home is the ideal starting point for discovering the beautiful and interesting surrounding area of Castiglion Fiorentino.
Castiglion Fiorentino in Tuscany are located in the Valdichiana aretina in a position extremely favourable position for visiting various towns, ancient villages, and localities among the most interesting places in both Tuscany and Umbria.
Visit the Valdichiana
The Valdichiana is a valley of alluvial origin stretching between Tuscany, in the provinces of Siena and Arezzo, and Umbria between the provinces of Perugia and Terni.
The Valdichiana is particularly famous for its numerous settlements of Etruscan origin. The area is rich in history, beauty landscape and architecture are the perfect place to spend a holiday in tranquility to discover the many typical dishes and good wines that are produced and found here.
The Valdichiana aretina
The most famous villages in the Valdichiana are Arezzo (18 km) and Cortona (12 km), but also worth a visit are the nearby Foiano della Chiana (17 km), Lucignano (20 km) and Monte San Savino (18 km).
The Valdichiana senese
In the Valdichiana Senese near the most famous Montepulciano (36 km) and Chianciano Terme (50 km) are Chiusi (48 km), San Casciano dei Bagni (68 km) and Sarteano (56 km), the beautiful Torrita di Siena (26 km) and Trequanda (32 km).
The umbrian Valdichiana
In the Umbrian Valdichiana on Lake Trasimeno are Castiglione del Lago (32 km) and Tuoro sul Trasimeno (27 km), further south Panicale (45 km), Paciano (47 km), Città della Pieve (54 km) in the province of Perugia and further on to Orvieto (99 km), Monteleone d’Orvieto (61 km), Fabro (70 km) and Ficulle (75 km) in the province of Terni.
The Valdichiana by bike or on foot
A place rich in history and nature
The cycle/pedestrian path of the Canale Maestro della Chiana between Arezzo and Chiusi
The Canale Maestro della Chiana trail is an equipped 62 km route suitable for slow mobility on foot or by bicycle that connects Arezzo with Chiusi along the ancient road used to maintain the canal and locks.
Along this path you cycle or walk in the heart of the Etruscan civilization and in the sign of the waters in a territory designed by the forces of nature and by the hands of man.
The path is a natural path with no differences in height and particularly suitable for family.
Main distances from the Giglio Dorato Holiday Home to other places of interest between Tuscany and Umbria
34 km – Anghiari – 35 minutes
40 km – Sansepolcro – 40 minutes approx.
45 km – Pienza – 58 minutes approx.
54 km – San Quirico d’Orcia and Bagno Vignoni – 70 minutes approx.
66 km – Montalcino – 84 minutes approx.
72 km – Siena – 70 minutes approx.
61 km – Perugia – 63 minutes approx.
81 km – Assisi – 76 minutes approx.
93 km – Florence – 73 minutes approx.
