HOW TO REACH US
By car:A1 motorway Exit “Chiusi - Chianciano Terme”; follow directions for Chiusi and then San Casciano dei Bagni; after San Casciano dei Bagni follow the signs for Celle sul Rigo. 50 meters before the village of Celle sul Rigo turn left following the indications for Podere San Lorenzo.
S.S. Cassia at Km 145, village of Ponte al Rigo, follow the indications for Celle sul Rigo. 50 meters before the village of Celle sul Rigo turn left following the indications for Podere San Lorenzo.
By train:Railway station “Chiusi-Chianciano Terme bus or taxi for Celle sul Rigo (30 km).
WHERE WE ARE
We are located in Tuscany:
On the southern side of the Siena county;
On the only piece of land on the border with Umbria and Lazio;
In the San Casciano dei Bagni area, at few hundreds of meters from the village of Celle sul Rigo, between the Val d’Orcia and the Val di Chiana, on the edge of the “Natural, cultural and artistic park of the Val d’Orcia”, in an authentic agricultural landscape, cultivated with grain, vineyards (wine DOC Orcia) and olive growth (extravergine olive oil DOP Terre di Siena).
SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI: it’s only 5 km away from us. Its 46 thermal water sources, known and appreciated since ancient roman times, rich in minerals they are therapeutic and healthy and gush out in bathtubs of water in opened countryside, where it is possible to bathe also during the winter period because of the warmth of the water. If you like you can take a complete program for wellbeing and relax, the Centro Termale Fonteverde (sulphur spring and bath), recently inaugurated, offers treatments of health and beauty.
CELLE SUL RIGO: ancient Castrum de Cellis, is located on a hill 586 meters above the sea level. The name of the country derives from the numerous underground cells dug under the land and from the Rigo torrent, affluent of the river Paglia, that flow through its territory. Its particular structure in urban planning, a quadrangular plant with wide and straight ways, testifies that the village in origin, was a “roman castrum”. The medioeval tower dominates the great public square that on one side shows a landscape of rolling clay hills topped by solitary cypress tree flanking medieval farm houses, enlivened by clefts, oak forests, … ideal places for long walks on foot, on horse, by bicycle.
One must not miss out on the cellese typical kitchen: the pici, a particular hand made pasta; the buglione, lamb and game in a spicy sauce; zuccherini (hard cookies) and vinsanto. They all make Celle a country well known from a gastronomic point of view.
IN THE OUTSKIRTS:
ART:Montepulciano, the paerl of the 16th century and the native land of Poliziano (45 Km);
Pienza, the city of Pope Pio II to which it must to its monumental reconstruction (30 km);
Chiusi, famous Etruscan city, making part of the Dodecapoli, whose outskirts are scattered by numerous and remarkable necropolies (28 Km);
Città della Pieve, in the Umbria region, is where Perugino, the famous painter was born and where a number of his woeks are kept (25 Km);
Siena (90 Km); Florence (160 Km); Perugia (68 Km); Rome (160 Km); Assisi (85 Km); Orvieto (55 Km); Arezzo (100 Km); Cortona (70 Km).
SPRINGS
San Casciano dei Bagni (5 Km); Bagno Vignoni (35 Km); Chianciano Terme (30 Km); Bagni di San Filippo (30 Km).
NATURE:Monte Amiata (km 27); Monte Cetona (Km 10); Natural reserve of the Monte Rufeno (20 Km); Natural, cultural and artistic park of the Val d’Orcia. They offer: naturalistic museums, fields and equiped paths, forests of oaks and chestnut trees where every season reserve their particular attraction: mushrooms and chestnuts in autumn, snow in winter, walks in the green in summer. Chiusi lake (30 Km); Bolsena lake (35 Km); Trasimeno lake (Km 45).
WINE AND FOOD TOURISMMontepulciano, city of the vino Nobile (Km 45); Montalcino, land of the Brunello wine (60 Km); Pienza famous for the pecorino cheese There is something for all tastes and even the more demanding visitor cannot but remain fascinated.
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