SpasMontecatini Terme Valdinievole.
Montecatini Thermal Center is located in Valdinievole, in a pleasant and green area at the foot of the hill, where the historical medieval village of Montecatini Alto rises. It is connected with the city through a funicular. The thermal baths of Montecatini are known since the XIV century but they achieved their highest international fame in the last years of last century. Besides the efficient and rich thermal equipment, divided into different establishments, the place boasts of an elegant and refined look: the numerous liberty-style buildings, the broad parks, the wooded alleys remind of many famous thermal resorts from the other side of the Alps. Numerous high-level manifestations, congress structures and additional equipment like the golf course and the hippodrome besides the pleasant geographic position with respect to the most important art centers of Europe, make of Montecatini not only a very interesting thermal resort, but also a holiday station. At a short distance there are Monsummano Terme with her great natural grottos, Pescia with her internationally known flower market, the eighteenth-century Villa Garzoni surrounded by a wonderful Italian-style garden and the monument complex dedicated to Pinocchio. In the whole area you can discover numerous alternate routes leading to castles and medieval villages that break here and there the pleasant green peace of Valdinievole. CHIANCIANO VALDICHIANA The area where Chianciano Thermal Resort developed is surrounded by woody hills that did not experience the serious pollution problems; and this doubtlessly represents the best safeguard of the ecological and hydro-geological system of this territory, which is rich in waters with highly curative properties. In fact, in the area, which is actually becoming a sole, broad thermal pole, there are other important thermal baths: San Casciano dei Bagni and Montepulciano that are very famous and visited at every time of the year by many and affectionate international customers. Even the town center, in perfect harmony with the surrounding landscape, keeps in its numerous parks and gardens a high quantity of green and offers all climate and tourist advantages deriving from a suitable geographic position. Thanks to the favourable position and the high receptive offer, Chianciano very suitably plays the role of support for visiting the numerous art centers of Tuscany and neighbouring Umbria. We should cite the very close Sarteano, Torrita, Trequanda, Cortona; and - not even one hour far by car - Siena, Florence, Arezzo, Perugia, Assisi, Todi and many others. At a few kilometers we find two jewels: Montepulciano, whose buildings and squares keep the magic "Cinquecento" atmosphere untouched; and Pienza, designed by the architect Rossellino for Pope Pius II, maybe the only real representation of the Renaissance "ideal town" existing in the world. The offer of cultural or just enjoying manifestations of the whole area is variegated and multiform; village festivals, folklore and theatrical performances, concerts. Among the numerous ones, we recall: "Bruscello", "Bravio delle Botti" and "Cantiere dell'Arte" in Montepulciano; "Giostra del Saracino" in Sarteano; "Palio delle Torri" in Chiusi; "Concerti in Terra di Siena" in Chianciano, Pienza and Sinalunga. In Monticchiello - small hamlet of Pienza - the "Teatro Povero" is spread on place. It is a theatrical performance, whose subject is elaborated and played with the active participation of the whole community. In Chianciano a further cultural occasion is represented by the wonderful Archaeological Civic Museum "Delle Acque", carried out with the innumerable archaeological remains that continue to see the light even in the town center, thus demonstrating the Etruscan origins of Chianciano. Discoveries follow one after the other one also on the whole territory and they led to the opening of the museums of Cetona, Sarteano, Pienza not to mention the one of Chiusi, which is now among the most important archaeological museums of Italy.

Grotta Giusti di Monsummano.
Grotta Parlanti di Monsummano.
Montecatini.