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Montalcino
A hilltop town crowned by a fortress, home of Brunello, one of Italy's greatest red wines.
- Open
- Always; the fortress keeps its own hours
- Price
- Free; paid for the ramparts and tastings
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Piazzale Fortezza, 53024 MontalcinoDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour by car south of Siena.
Why Go
The 14th-century fortress has a wine bar inside its walls and ramparts to walk for the view over the Val d'Orcia. Wineries ring the town, and 6.2 miles south the Romanesque abbey of Sant'Antimo sits in a valley of olive trees.
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