Tuscany Podere il Casale and Pienza

Val d'Orcia View 8x10 oil

 Another beautiful journey around the Tuscan countryside. A visit to the town of Pienza. Just missed George Clooney filming his next movie there about an author. So close.

 

Walled  town of Pienza

 

a view to relish of Val d'Orcia

 

a view every side

 

Strolling through the town

 

taking in the ambience

Streets of Pienza

Another Agritourism venue on a hilltop in Tuscany, campers welcome

Podere il Casale-cheese makers extraodinaire

The tour begins

The aging raw milk cheeses from goats and sheep

A venue for celebration

Pistachios

Pomingranite

Persimmons

Sheep

Goats

Pecorino  Cheese Tasting and lunch

Dining alfresco, overlooking the Val d'Orcia

Okay you may be asking what is Val d'Orcia-

Taken from the Internet

 Val d'Orcia, included in 2004 in the UNESCO World Heritage List. A unique encounter of art and nature, rich in evidence of the past, with a natural landscape redesigned during the Renaissance to reflect the ideals of 'good government' in the Italian city-state. 

Set in the rolling hills covered by olive groves, beech and chestnut trees and vineyards along with medieval Villages and Fortresses in Tuscany along the Orcia River. An example of Renaissance agriculture.