Marco Ramuzzi Via Italo Stecchi, 23
50022 Greve in Chianti (FI)
Tel/Fax: 055 853037
ramuzzi@ramuzzi.com
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Motorbike and bicycle hire Marco Ramuzzi Via Italo Stecchi, 23 50022 Greve in Chianti (FI) Tel/Fax: 055 853037 ramuzzi@ramuzzi.com |
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Guided tour in bike around Greve in Chianti Day of departure: every thursday Entrance fee (price for excursionist) Wine tasting free for every excursionist. The territory of Chianti is made up of a broad hilly area situated in
the centre of Tuscany, between Florence and Siena. It is famous in the
world over for its excellent wine, the Chianti landscape is characterised
by a continues alternation of valleys and gentle hills cloaked in vines
and olives, but also of harsh peaks covered in woods of oaks, cypresses
and pines. The entire area is scattered with ancient hamlets, churches
and abbeys, turreted castles and fortresses, farmhouses and villas. It
is an architectural landscape made up of simple and warm materials such
as limestone, pietra serena and terracotta. Inhabited since ancient times
by the Etruscans, who it appears were the first to grow the vines and
many archeological traces of whom survive, the area also underwent a significant
domination by the Romans. In the mediaeval period it was at length the
scene of violent clashes between the republics of Florence and Siena,
wich only ceased in the mid sixteenth century with the defeat of the Sienese
Republic.
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