We had such a big day yesterday that I couldn't load everything we did, so here are the final photos from the Firenze leg of our trip. These photos are of the 13th century walled town of San Gimignano. It's like the set from a 3 musketeers movie or the backdrop to the Assassin's Creed game. The main feature of this town is the towers. Reputedly San Gimignano, originally had 100 towers. Now there are only 13 towers with only one open to the public. San Gimignano was a town on the pilgrimage route from Canterbury, England to Rome in Italy. The town acquired great wealth as a pilgrim stop. To demonstrate their wealth families began building bigger and better towers than their neighbors. Today only a small number survive, but they're still very impressive.
The photo above is. View of Tuscany from the walls of the town.
The main gate.
The town even boasted a torture museum!
The shops were all so quaint with beautiful window displays.
Chianti is the most famous wine of the region. We managed a special wine and olive oil tasting at the of the day at a local winery. The bottles below we're VERY old - check the dust!
Towers everywhere!
This was the main local well.
Leaving by the main gate, we say arrivaderci to San Gimignano! Tomorrow we're off to Milano and our final day before flying home. One more blog post to go.
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