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Discover Montaione

the right place to stay for your holidays in Tuscany

Montaione lies on the top of a hill in the heart of the Tuscany countryside, at 373 mt on the sea level, surrounded by the typical landscape of Elsa Valley, characterised by Chianti vineyards, olive trees, rows of cypresses and extended woods, which occupy great part of the common territory for and extension of 10490 hectares.

Montaione, which ancient origins comes from the Etruscan-Romans settlements, it's today a town with 3.500 inhabitants, and offer every kind of service useful for your holiday, from banks to supermarkets, postal offices and tourist information desk, bus service handicraft shops and typical restaurants.

Thanks to the strategic and geographic position in the heart of Tuscany, Montaione is in an average of only 50 Km far from the most important and famous cities of art like Florence, Siena, Pisa and Lucca, without consider that to get San Gimignano and Volterra by car are sufficient only 30 minutes of driving.

In that way, those who decide to spend their holiday in Tuscany in Montaione, can visit these important cities of art with daly trip, and taking advantage of a huge selection of accommodations like holiday homes and self catering apartments, farmhouses, hotels and bed & breakfast, while at evening it will be possible to rest on the swimming pool or to have dinner in one of the typical restaurants of the area.

The surrounding countryside is rich in chianti vineyards that thanks to the right climate produce an excellent wine and also olive groves to produce an Extra Vergine Oil of Olive kept as garden by punctilious farmers.
In fact is possible to taste and buy these products directly from producers in the farmers or during the festival in the historical centre of Montaione in summer and winter time.