The Best Views in Tuscany: Montepulciano & Pienza (Tuscany is Pretty Cheesy) | Italy Road Trip Ep. 5
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- Italy Vlog episode 5: In the fifth episode from our road trip through Italy we explore two great towns in Tuscany that offer some of the best views that we have seen on our trip: Montepulciano and Pienza. Montepulciano is famous for its wine production, but the town of Montepulciano itself is a fantastic sight. Renaissance buildings, great restaurants and beautiful views over the Val d'Orcia made us fall in love with Montepulciano. We also have an overly long discussion of signposts that lead to viewpoints.
We then leave Montepulciano to visit the town of Pienza, which is nearby. It’s a smaller town, but equally as beautiful and with almost even more stunning views over the Tuscan countryside. Pienza is also home to the famous cheese Pecorino di Pienza. The cheese has a distinctive flavour and comes in a broad variety of ages and varieties. Of course we had to give it a taste! We tried a really nice cheese platter and also Cacio e pepe with Pici (thick, hand-rolled pasta, like fat spaghetti).
In the previous episodes we spent some days eating and sightseeing in Rome, rented a classic Fiat 500 and drove to the Le Marche region in Italy, before heading off to Tuscany.
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In Tuscany we’re staying close to Montepulciano and San Gimignano, but we’ll also explore many more towns from there, such as Siena, Pienza and Volterra. Our road trip ends in Florence, where we’ll also spend a few days sightseeing and trying out food specialities.
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Restaurants and places in this video:
0:00 - Start
0:46 - Agriturismo Merigge Montepulciano: g.page/agriturismo-merigge?share
2:15 - Montepulciano
3:49 - The beautiful viewpoint in Montepulciano
5:17 - Pienza
5:25 - Beccofino (for Pecorino): g.page/beccofinopienza?share
9:10 - Osteria del Borgo: goo.gl/maps/Hru1GemqNom2XEjn7
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No cows 😂 but sheep eat the particular grass of Tuscany, great video by the way! Thank you guys 👍
Good to know, thanks! 😁
Pienza is so beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️
lovely places ♥️
My daughter did her study abroad (5wks) in Montepulciano & didn’t want to comeback home. We are going to visit Tuscany this year. 🍷
bel video, in quella zona è davvero difficile dire quale sia la vista migliore. Ogni volta che giro in quelle zone mi sembra di essere fuori dalla realtà per la bellezza degli scenari.
Thank you! Yes it's true, Val d'Orcia is one of those areas where pretty much everywhere you look the view is stunning! Definitely dangerous for photographers, as they will never want to leave 😁
lovely video. Hope for more
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Thank you for very good video ))) Remember Tuscany)))
Thank you, we will 😊
I love Tuscany and CONVERTIBLE TIME! 🙂
I just subscribed and can't wait to see more Zoe + Simon!
Thanks for subscribing! 😊
Nice video!
Thank you! 🙂
So beautiful!!❤
In which month did you guys filmed this video??
Thank you! 😊 This was filmed in June 🙂
WOW, those views! Tuscany has been on my list for a long time and this makes me want to book flights immediately 😄I also wouldn't mind having that cheese platter for lunch right now 🧀👏
It's never too late! Autumn is also supposed to be a great time to visit Tuscany 🙂
@@ZoeandSimon Yes, that must be lovely, too! I think I'll definitely have to go next year.
Cheese heaven 😍🧀
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Awesome episode, Zoe and Simon! We now know how to find the best view by following the viewpoint signs 😂 What an incredibly beautiful region of Italy and your agriturismo looked stunning! 👌🏽 Micha learned the hard way with the melting gelato in a cone, she dripped chocolate onto her new white shoes... she now gets it in a cup! 🤣
Thanks! Reading signs is definitely a good skill to have while travelling 😁 You'll also get to Tuscany on your trip, right?
@@ZoeandSimon Yes, we just have no idea when, Florence is our favourite city in Italy so we're excited to get back there! 😅
Well, not being on a schedule is a big part of the fun 😄 We also really liked Florence, lots of great food and just very pretty overall.
Thank you for your nice video, I appreciated the way you describe those places so dear to me. The Val d'Orcia during WWII was one of those areas where Italian partisans struggled to fight the German Nazists. That's why Pienza is where the Award Winning movie "The English Patient" is set. It's a beautiful 1996 movie based on a 1992 novel, it received 12 nominations winning 9 Oscars. You are very young and probably don't know it however it might deserve some attention, it's also a beautiful love story. :DDD
Thank you for the kind words Barbara, we're glad that you enjoyed the video! 😃 While we did learn a lot about WWII in school in Germany, we didn't know that much about the events that happened during this time in Tuscany. So it was definitely very interesting for us to learn more about the history of the places that we visited. And thank you for the film recommendation, we'll check it out! 🙂
@@ZoeandSimon I totally understand, I too happen to know these things because that's where I am from, my father's family is from Montalcino and I have lived few years of my childwood there. My grandmother is one of the civilians who died under the last bombing at the end of the conflict so these events were told and passed to the following generations. The whole area, in most of the little villages, you can spot little memorials or even just marble stones on building walls listing the names of the many civilians who perished by bombing or shooting. These things are not taught in school but that's how it works in real life. Anyway I didn't mean to make you sad just wanted to share a piece of history of the area. Stay safe and enjoy the rest of your trip.
Looking at how beautiful the towns and countryside look now it's always so hard to imagine that these kind of atrocities happened in the same place less than 100 years ago. Of course these stories are dark and sad, but important to remember, so thanks for sharing! Stay safe!
How many days in total was your trip?.... seems very very beautiful
Yes, the whole trip was really great and Tuscany was one of the highlights, especially the views! In total we had 16 days, but it feels longer with everything that we saw 😁 We can definitely recommend our route through Italy - it was a good balance of city exploration and time in the countryside.
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Zoe what shoes would you recommend?
I actually spent the whole trip in my black Birkenstock sandals 😊 But I also always pack a pair of sneakers just in case.
@@ZoeandSimon thank you so much!!
Io vivo a sorano
Nice! 😊
I see many foreigners who eat pasta with the help of a knife. Probably accustomed to dishes where pasta, main course and side dishes are served in the same plate.
But a plate of pasta cannot be eaten with a knife, not even the largest pasta shapes that need to be cut like ravioli or lasagne, always cut with the side part of a fork.
If the pasta hasn't committed a crime, I think is better let the knife down.
😁 It's true, instinct tells me to pick up a knife when I see one. But believe it or not I only used the knife to gesticulate wildly and steal pieces of cheese from Zoe's plate, not to cut the pasta 😄
Horrible music...couldn't take it...Why not beautiful Italian music?
Make a video in which you talk about cheese, pecorino in particular and you don't know (6'08") that this cheese is made with sheep's milk and NOT COW'S!!.