San Gimignano → Monteriggioni
Walking distance 30.5 km
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Stage information
- Ascent
- 389 m
- Descent
- 486 m
Difficulty: moderate
Walking the stage
Walk 30 km from San Gimignano to Monteriggioni, with 389 m of climbing along the way, passing through Monteoliveto and Montauto.
Before leaving San Gimignano, locate TORRE DEGLI ARDINGHELLI on the map. It is close to the starting point.
Look for these places on the stage map: Monteoliveto, Camaggiori, Onci, and Abbadia Isola.
What to see on this stage
History and landmarks
Santa Maria delle Grazie
< 100 m from the trail as the crow flies
Fifteenth-century oratory built by the Luci brothers, turned into a convent in 1501. Its gabled brick front has a small round window wreathed in a Robbian-style ceramic garland, and inside are sixteenth-century Florentine frescoes and a brick Renaissance cloister.
TORRE DEGLI ARDINGHELLI
Tower · < 100 m from the trail as the crow flies
Buildings with a trapezoidal plan; vertical structures in brick and stone; flat roof.
Map · San Gimignano → Monteriggioni
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