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In medieval San Gimignano, saffron was worth more than gold. And the town paid its entire debt in tiny red threads picked at dawn. Also, this town of a few thousand people once had a skyline that bristled with seventy-two stone towers built not for defense but for bragging rights.
This self-guided audio tour on the Tourific app covers seventeen stops across the walled old town, taking you along the pilgrim road where the wealth was traded. On the way, you’ll hear how rival families turned the town into an arms race in stone, and meet Fina, whose quiet suffering gave the town its gentlest legend.
No group, no fixed start time. The tour runs on your phone with offline maps and audio. Pause for wine tasting at the hilltop fortress, duck into a frescoed church, and resume whenever you're ready.
Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours. Every booking comes with a full refund guarantee. For travelers who want depth from a San Gimignano walking tour, not a checkbox visit.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from the app or your booking platform, sent right after booking.
Itinerary
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1Porta San Giovanni
Stand at the door that every pilgrim, merchant, and bishop walked through for three centuries.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Torre e Casa Campatelli (Pass by)
Step inside the only tower in town that kept its hollow heart.
Admission ticket free -
2Piazza Della Cisterna
Search the wellhead for the grooves that hundreds of years of rope left behind.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Look up at two towers built to answer a rival family across the square.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Piazza del Duomo
Cross the square where Dante once stood and delivered a speech that history still remembers.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta - Duomo di San Gimignano (Pass by)
Enter a plain stone box and discover why every surface inside explodes into colour.
Admission ticket free -
5San Gimignano 1300
See all seventy-two towers restored in miniature, the skyline this town has lost.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Rocca of Montestaffoli
Climb to the highest point and taste the wine Dante named in his greatest poem.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Church of Sant'Agostino
Meet the painter who fled plague in Florence and found it waiting for him here.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Pause at the church where a Templar cross and a Crusader legend guard the old pilgrim road.
Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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