Tuscany (Chianti)

Tuscany's 70,000 km2 region is defined by rolling vine-covered hills, more than 350 medieval castles, and the internationally celebrated Chianti wine corridor between Florence and Siena. The Val d'Orcia UNESCO landscape, inscribed in 2004, offers the quintessential Tuscan panorama of cypress alleys, wheat fields, and Renaissance farmhouses. This is Italy's greatest open-air museum of rural beauty.