MEDIEVAL ITALY! How to Spend Your Day in San Gimignano | Everything to See and Do in Tuscany's Gem

[@mukkins555]

Excellent review of San G. I was there and missed so much-wish I had watched this before I went! thanks

[@NearFromHome]

It's great! :)

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Oh! also for the LotR reference earlier, back to your home, in particular south of St Albans (very easily accessible from London), there is a lovely footpath that matches the film even more, plus it is in the author's home turf. And visited in autumn to have all different tree leaves make it colourful red/yellow, and with less "traffic", you will also get a leaf carpet, even though that will be against the book's visual, since it was early summer and everything was green, humid and mossy :D

[@NearFromHome]

Thanks so much! That sounds lovely! Could you link it please? Southern England is the one place we have not seen much of, and have been meaning to!

[@kcrossleKMC]

We just got back! Great video. We didnt walk there(!) but there are some drives (not the 'main' roads) that take you through scenic countryside with views. We stayed at a lovely B&B just outside the city; as we left we bought a couple of bottles of wine from our hosts.. Imagine my pleasant sutprise when i saw you visit Cesani Winery.

[@NearFromHome]

Thanks so much! Glad you could experience some of the hills. Love Cesani! haha

[@jimbrennan1181]

Un altro bel video! Amo San Gimignano. Mi ci sono voluti 3 giorni per imparare a pronunciarlo correttamente, ma sono stati tre giorni ben spesi in un posto bellissimo.

[@NearFromHome]

Grazie mille! Ci è voluto anche un po' per pronunciarlo. Un tassista molto gentile ci ha aiutato.

[@RobbZipp]

Thanks for virtually taking us! I would have totally checked out the diorama, too!

[@NearFromHome]

Thanks! It was really cool.

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Folks, considering this and my hometown's video (Thessaloniki), I think that you should start considering Carcassone in France (easy access but quite touristy, although smack in the centre of the Albigensian crusade), Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria and the fortified churches of Transylvania... I did the crusade part, which was easy this year, doing the later two next myself... after I am going to have a drink watching the bay from the old roman/byzantines walls next to my home at night ;)

[@NearFromHome]

Thanks so much! We have been meaning to one day go to France! Fortified churches sounds really cool.... Thessaloniki is such a cool city!

[@shadmere]

That view from the tower is amazing. Makes me want to start planning my next European trip even though I'm still a month out from my first European trip!

[@NearFromHome]

It really is! There is just too much cool stuff to see :O

[@elijahdodd]

Great vid, I’m heading there next week so this has been so helpful !

[@NearFromHome]

Thanks! Hope you have a nice time!

[@catherinesp]

Thanks for showcasing this beautiful town that we will tour when we get to Italy , now off to watch your tour of Istanbul to see how it compares to all the others I have watched as Turkey is our first port of call when we leave Australia...Just Hope 5 days are enough 😍

[@NearFromHome]

Thanks so much for watching! Have a wonderful time! :D

[@christellejansen4010]

I wanted to dona daytrip, but after watching your video i defnitely feel like staying one night. Thanks

[@NearFromHome]

Yes it's definitely the better option.

[@rupalsharma7428]

Hey great video I have two questions firstly is there a train station near by the city Secondly can you keep your luggage in some locker in the city

[@NearFromHome]

There isn't a train station near the town, but there are buses. I don't know about lockers, but hotels will usually let you leave you bags for a small fee.

[@kcrossleKMC]

The train station is in Poggibonsi (sp?) About 10-15 min down the road. Search for taxi into SanG.

[@jayvollstedt5710]

Love the miniature replica! I'm with you - I'd spend WAY too much time there! LOL!

[@NearFromHome]

:D It was so good!

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Peeps, I am fairly certain that there is a fairly frequent train close by from florence on the way to siena, and a bus or cab to get uphill from the train station... unless the hike was part of the experience from AC :p

[@NearFromHome]

The hike was part of the video series where we went from San Miniato to Sienna entirely by foot. San Gimignano was just a stop along the way :)

[@iovannamcdevitt6349]

Where do you park?

[@NearFromHome]

Sorry I do not know! We walked in

[@cookiesareakatherinefood]

I love your videos, but please try to be understanding of people travelling in different ways. If I didn't have a wheeled suitcase, I wouldn't be able to travel because my back is too bad to carry a backpack.

[@NearFromHome]

Yes, we totally understand people with outlier conditions. Totally makes sense. No hate there.

[@alessandrom7181]

"San Gimigiano"..LMAO.

[@NearFromHome]

ok