Wednesday 11 August 2010

Day 124

Day 124. Sun 1st August.
San Gimignano

San Gimignano with its profusion of bonkers medieval towers, (they were all the rage at the time) is today’s adventure. The Towers built by rival feuding families (see Romeo and Juliet) dominate the skyline like a miniture Italian Manhattan.
The most visited town in Italy we are soon drowning in tourists. Manage to find a great gallery with contemporary art and even wanted to buy a couple of painting. They are so out of our price league we comfort ourselves with lunch in a very smart restaurant. In the main square an award winning ice cream makers sells the best Pistachio gelati we have tasted(so far). The place is more of a theme park than a living town and the theme of this attractive Tuscan hill town is Oven Baked Italian Medieval. Drowning in Tourists.




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