Day trip in Tuscany

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The hostel organises day trips of Tuscany every few days. Today I and 3 others went on a day trip. We went to Volterra, San Gimingano, two wineries and another little hilltop town.

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Photos

01 Sign
The first stop for the day was this convent.

02 Little Chapels
Some of the many little chapels.

03 Roman Theatre
An old Roman Theatre in Volterra.

04 Still standing
Part of the theatre that is still standing.

05 House on a hill
From here I could see this house on a hill. They would have a great view!

06 Theatre
Another view of the theatre.

07 Volterra
Walking around Volterra.

08 Main square
The main square of Volterra.

09 Wine barrel
We took this photo after our first winery stop.

10 Sunflowers
In the background is the next town we visited, Monteriggioni.

11 Entrance
Entrance to Monteriggioni, pretty typical that it is surrounded by olive trees!

12 Quiet street
A quiet part of town.

13 Looking out
This is a isolated hilltop town, a natural defence system.

14 City walls
Toursits walking along the city walls.

15 Next town
This is the next town that we visited. This is the view from the carpark of Colle di Val d'elsa.

16 Entrance
Entrance to Colle di Val d'elsa.

17 Looking out
Looking out from the old part of town to the new part of town.

18 Old buildings
Some of the old brick buildings in town.

19 Colle di Val d'elsa
Looking at the town from a view point.

20 San Gimmy
This is the view of San Gimmy (to the right, point towers) from the second winery.

21 Tuscan views
We stopped by the road for a few photos.

22 San Gimmy
From here we were very close to San Gimmy.

23 City walls
The city walls of San Gimmy.

24 Tower
One of the few remaining towers.

25 Square
One of the few open areas in town.

26 Busy
This shows how busy San Gimmy was the day we were there.