Montaione

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Local legend says a young noble of Volterra named Ajone founded the village after rescuing a stolen bride, a tale Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger retold in verse during a stay here in 1623. Set in the Florentine Valdelsa near the border with the province of Pisa, Montaione once had furnaces making glass beakers and is ringed by a scatter of old castles.

Highlights

The convent of San Vivaldo, with works attributed to Giovanni della Robbia
San Regolo church and its late 13th-century Madonna by Guido da Graziano
Castelfalfi, a castle rebuilt after the wars between Florence and Pisa
The oratory of San Biagio, with an early Christian crypt

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Montaione (IT), Montaione (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 3,492

Things to see

Chiesa di San Vivaldo (IT)
San Bartolomeo a Santo Stefano (IT)

Events through the year

Feast of the Holy Crucifix Religious · 3 May
Liberarti Music and arts · Last week of JuneFestival in the village streets and squares
Festival della Musica Suonata Music and arts · August

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Montaione). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

EduardoItalian DOCG Chianti label CC BY-SA 2.0
Chianti DOCGWine
Extra virgin olive oilOlive oil
ZafaridiPackaged Saffron CC BY-SA 4.0
SaffronLocal produce
Scott Bauer, USDA ARSRunny hunnyPublic domain
HoneyLocal produce

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Where to sleep

16 places to stay within 3 km

B&Bs and guest houses 10
Hotels 5
Hostels 1

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Terme di Gambassi · ~8 min by car
Hot spring: Sorgente il Palagio · ~17 min by car
Hot spring: Mofeta dei Borboi · ~45 min by car
Thermal spa: Le Caldane (IT) · ~46 min by car
Hot spring: Terme di Casciana · ~51 min by car
Thermal spa: Grotta Giusti Terme · ~55 min by car
Hot spring: Pozzo Landa · ~1 h 03 by car