A list of news and spot events concerning the territory of the Val d’Orcia and Monte Amiata.

Il Crastatone in Piancastagnaio

Crastatone 2022 in Piancastagnaio

On 29,30,31 October and 1 November 2022 chestnuts will be the protagonists at the Crastatone 2022 festival which takes place every year in Piancastagnaio. Crastatone is always a good opportunity to visit one of the most characteristic villages of the Amiata which, with its Rocca Aldobrandesca, fascinates thousands of tourists. But it is also an…

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The chestnut festival, Arcidosso 14-15-16, 21-22-23 October 2022

On 14-15-16 October 2022 and the following weekend, 21-22-23 October, the chestnut festival returns to Arcidosso, the traditional chestnut festival in one of the most beautiful and characteristic villages of Mount Amiata. During the festival, now in its 36th edition, it will be possible to taste the typical products based on chestnuts accompanied by excellent…

I love francigena termale by rurAllure

I love francigena termale by rurAllure – May 28 and 29

Spring is back and with it come the walks organised by our Association, free of charge, to discover villages, heritage and territories crossed by the Via Francigena at a slow pace. The next appointments will be on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May in Tuscany, to discover on foot the thermal heritage locations mapped thanks to the European project rurAllure along…

Val d'Orcia Art Festival

Val d’Orcia Art Festival 10-12 September 2021

Val d’Orcia Art Festival, in its first edition, will take place in Radicofani on 10, 11, 12 September 2021. An exhibition that aims to combine art in the forms of painting, sculpture and photography and the splendid territory of Val’Orcia . It will be the city of Ghino di Tacco with its splendid fortress, to…

Jazz&Wine In Montalcino

Jazz&Wine in Montalcino 20-25 July 2021

In Montalcino, in the heart of Val d’Orcia, the great Jazz&Wine event returns from 20 to 25 July 2021 where jazz music becomes the protagonist of midsummer evenings. Many appointments with important names of the Italian jazz scene. It starts on the 20th with Stefano Bollani and ends with Alex Britti on the 25th. The…

Salitredici 2021

Salitredici – July 18 2021

Salitredici 2021. The famous sporting event that takes place on Mount Amiata on 18 July 2021 returns this year, after a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Registration is open to everyone, both for the competitive and non-competitive sections. The event kicks off at 9 am on 18 July from the Abbadia San Salvatore…

Snow situation on Monte Amiata

Snow situation on Mount Amiata

Snow situation on Mount Amiata Date: 03/09/2023. Snow situation Amiata. A new snowfall on Monte Amiata. We have about 15 cm to the summit and 10 to the Macinaie meadow and to the Secondo Rifugio Amiatino. In the hope that March will still give us a few more sprinkles of snow, we leave you with…

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2° Festival of mining traditions, 3-11 August

From August 3rd to 11th 2019 the second mining traditions festival will be held in Abbadia San Salvatore on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the miners’ occupation of the mine. Many events in which to participate to find out more about the mercury mine in Abbadia San Salvatore, which for many years supported…

NarraStorie, the festival about street tales

NarraStorie”, the festival about street tales

The second edition of “NarraStorie”, the festival about street tales will take place in Arcidosso from the 21th to the 27th of August 2017. NarraStorie is born from Simone Cristicchi‘s idea to report oral tale and narration theatre there where it was born, in the street indeed, and so reconcile artist and spectators. There will…

The Amiata lights up

Mount Amiata lights up

“L’Amiata si illumina” is born from the idea of “activating” a lighthouse on Mount Amiata to make the monumental Cross shine. To illuminate the Cross will be used over 1 km of led cordons, for a total of over 30,000 LEDs that will make it visible from over 70 km away. The photo is taken…