The Val d`Orcia is a region of Tuscany stretching in the provinces of Siena and Grosseto. Its landscape is made of vineyards and cereals fields, of bright green gentle hills and cypresses with a dark foliage.

Renting a villa in this corner of Tuscany means spending your holidays in a place that has been listed among UNESCO`s World Heritage Sites since July 2004.

You cannot certainly ask for more, if you are looking for the right destination for your next holiday in Tuscany!

Indeed a stay in a villa in this part of Tuscany offers many advantages:

• all the most important cities of Tuscany (Florence, Prato, Arezzo Siena and Grosseto), of Umbria (Perugia, Assisi and Gubbio) and of Upper Lazio (Viterbo) are easily reached from the Val d`Orcia;

• the area has been renowned since Etruscan and Roman times for its many hot thermal springs: relax and well-being will the watchwords for a vacation in Tuscany made of "massages and dips in swimming pool";

• last but not least, if it is true that Tuscany is renowned all over the world for its culinary specialities, Val d`Orcia contributes to its reputation with products such as "Brunello di Montalcino", the "pecorino cheese" made in Pienza and the "pici" (fresh hand rolled fat spaghetti with game or tomato-and-garlic sauce).

There are many good reasons for deciding to rent a villa in Val d`Orcia in Tuscany in one of the five municipalities of Val d`Orcia (Castiglione d`Orcia , San Quirico d`Orcia, Radicofani, Pienza and Montalcino).