USEFUL LINKS

IN MONTALCINO 

• Nothing but great wines: CONSORZIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO

• MONTALCINO - TOURIST OFFICE Historical notes about the area, lists of Montalcino's hotels, B&Bs, restaurants and plenty of background information (for an example about Montalcino's lovely museum). Their office is open every day from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5:50pm

• Timings of the daily Gregorian chants and mass at SANT'ANTIMO abbey

• MONTALCINONEWS updates about wines, village life and everything Montalcino (so far only in Italian)

• Go beyond Brunello and learn how to make fresh pasta during a gourmet lesson at Montalcino's cooking school

MONTALCINO'S NEIGHBORHOODS

Info (mostly in Italian) and some nice past and present photos of Montalcino's four neighborhoods (called quartieri). 

• Quartiere Borghetto
• Quartiere Pianello
• Quartiere Ruga
• Quartiere Travaglio

Every year the four neighborhoods compete in the Sagra del Tordo, Montalcino's most important village festival, which takes place on the last weekend of October. 


AROUND MONTALCINO

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites: VAL D'ORCIA

• TERRE DI SIENA: The official website of the city of Siena and its province 

• TURISMO IN MAREMMA: Official website of the province of Grosseto and the pertaining Maremma region 

• MAP IT OUT - SOUTHERN TUSCANY: Unique and updated travel info about Tuscany's southern territory

• MAP IT OUT - SIENA: Restaurants, museums, shops, and last but not least - the Palio horse race in Siena