Private Guided Tour of Pienza on Foot

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3 hours (approximately)
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Born from a "dream of love and an idea of beauty", Pienza, the ideal city of the Italian Renaissance, is still today an intact testimony of an illustrious architectural project, commissioned by Pope Pius II Piccolomini and made concrete by the great Florentine architect Bernardo Rossellino.

Built in a very limited period of time (1459-1462), the city of Pio is the result of a single master plan marked, by the will of the great humanist pope who gave it the name, by design criteria of harmony and aesthetic perfection still today. clearly visible in the small urban center that was Corsignano in the Middle Ages.

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes
Private transportation
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
You can choose from multiple locations at checkout.
End point

The tour will end in different locations depending on the client's needs

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    A striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Palazzo Piccolomini

    Ancient papal residence dating back to 1462

    30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 3

    Renaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4

    Thirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 5

    Ancient rural parish church of early Christian origin built on an ancient immersion baptismal font. The main portal offers a peculiar decoration with pagan features from the 9th century AD. The interior shows the baptismal font where the two pontiffs of the Piccolomini family were baptized: Pius II and Pius III and a crypt.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 6
    Corso il Rossellino

    Ancient main street of Pienza dedicated to the architect Bernardo Gambarelli known as Rossellino, architect and designer of Pienza. It shows the main cardinal palaces of the papal city.

    20 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 7

    Amazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy

    45 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
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