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Biancane between Leonina and Vescona, Crete Senesi, Asciano [1]
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Crete senesi | Percorso di trekking Castelnuovo Berardenga | Anello delle Biancane Leonina
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Podere Santa Pia is a beautiful stone farmhouse only 2 km away from Castiglioncello Bandini. The main house is spacious, comfortable and well furnished and offers its guests a breathtaking view over the Maremma hills. As one drives down to the property you can’t help feeling a sense of anticipation: turning into a gloriously open space surrounded by trees and ultimately your holiday home, it is difficult not to be overwhelmed by the setting and the stunning, far reaching views.
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| Nebbia mattutina nelle Crete senesi nei pressi di Vescona, Siena [2]
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Site Transitoire
From the start to the end of the walk, exceptional panoramic views open up on the Biancane di Leonina, barren hills without any vegetation that sometimes resemble a gray moonscape.
More information about the biancane and hiking routes in the Crete Senesi can be found here.
Halfway the itinerar, at a crossroads of ancient paths, we discover the Site Transitoire, a magical place.
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| Jean Paul Philippe, Site Transitoire, 1993, posto magico nelle crete senesi, Asciano [2] |
Biancane in the Crete Senesi
This is an itinerary in the great scenery of Siena and the Crete Senesi, in a picture-perfect setting, just about 70 km north of Podere Santa Pia. This itinerary starts and ends in Castelnuovo Berardenga Scalo.
The magnificent hills of the Crete Senesi offer endless views with evocative and suggestive landscapes. Typical conformations of the land are the badlands, the calanchi and biancane that give the landscape its characteristic gray color and a sometimes lunar appearance.
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Mappa Anello delle Biancane Leonina
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This evocative itinerary covers all the highlights of the Crete in the Municipality of Asciano and offers spectacular views of the clay hills with colors and light changing from hour to hour, and from season to season.
The itinerary starts in Castelnuovo Berardenga Scalo, an alienated station several kilometers from the historical center of Castelnuovo Berardenga or any other village. Here you can park your car or you can take advantage of local trains.
Going back along the asphalt road, take the small dirt road on the right that leads you in a light and constant ascent towards "Casanuova alla Stazione" and then on the ridge that leads us to overcome on our right the brick furnace and the adjacent quarry. Continuing on the ridge we arrive at Mucigliani where an exceptional panoramic view opens up on the Crete Senesi, and the Biancane di Leonina.
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Crete senesi | Anello delle Biancane Leonina Mucigliani C.Berardenga scalo [2]
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Lenghth: 17,67 km | 3,5 hours circa
Total climb 369 m
Total descent 369 m
More informatio (It) on www.travelingintuscany.com
There is a shorter track around the Leonina Lake, starting at the Parking at the SS Lauretana, Anello tra i calanchi e le biancane di Castello Leonina (Asciano).
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Accona Desert
The Accona Desert or Deserto di Accona is a semi-arid area in the center of the Crete senesi. This particular landscape is characterized by calanques and dome-shaped formations locally known as biancane (deriving from Italian bianco, white, due to their light shade).
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Deserto di Accona, veduta del versante dal bivio tra Leonina e Mucigliani [3]
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Crete Senesi (laghi tra Castello Leonina e Vescona, Crete Senesi, Asciano)
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Paesaggio tra le Crete senesi e la Val d'Orcia |
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Crete Senesi presso Asciano
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Deserto di Accona |
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Strada bianca verso Mucigliano, Asciano, Crete Senesi, Siena
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Monteroni d’Arbia, ancient Mill of Santa Maria della Scala Siena in the center of the city
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Church San Giovanni Battista a Corsano, Ville di Corsano, hamlet of Monteroni d’Arbia |
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Ponte d'Arbia, frazione di Buonconvento
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Anello tra i calanchi e le biancane di Castello Leonina (Asciano)
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Jean Paul Philippe, Site Transitoire, 1993, Asciano |
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View on the calanchi, from Chiusure of the gully side just upslope of Monte Oliveto
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De badlands van Toscane | Calanchi e biancane | Un tesoro della natura
Het unieke landschap van de Crete Senesi
Crete Senesi | Biancane nelle Crete Senesi
Walking in the Crete Senesi | The best Hiking trails in the Crete Senesi | Additional Itineraries | Passeggiate alternative nelle crete senesi
Trekking in Toscana | The Via Francigena
Siena - Ponte d'Arbia - Buonconvento | Via Francigena | 26 km - 5 km
Buonconvento - San-Quirico-d'Orcia | Via Francigena | 17 km
From Siena to Buonconvento, the Via Francigena is more or less parallel to the Siena – Grosseto railway line, with useful stops in Ponte a Tressa, Monteroni d'Arbia and Buonconvento. You can return to Siena by public transport (train or Tiemme busses).
Bus | Tiemme SpA | www.tiemmespa.it
Trains | Trains from Buonconvento to Siena - Trainline.eu
First train departs at 05:54 - Last train departs at 21:00
Buonconvento - Abbazia Monte Oliveto Maggiore | 11.60 km | gpx
From Montalcino to Buonconvento | 16 km | 3 hours circa
Montalcino - Buonconvento - Abbazia Monte Oliveto Maggiore | 27 km | 5,5 hours circa
Podere Santa Pia is a beautiful stone farmhouse only 2 km away from Castiglioncello Bandini. The main house is spacious, comfortable and well furnished and offers its guests a breathtaking view over the Maremma hills. Podere Santa Pia is surrounded by a backdrop of hills and macchia mediterranea: wild, untamed and completely natural vegetation, wonderful for walking and exploring on a variety of different terrain with fantastic views everywhere you turn.
Traveling in Tuscany| Holiday homes in southern Tuscany | Podere Santa Pia
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Site Transitoire, il capolavoro di Jean Paul Philippe nel cuore delle Crete Senesi, e Siena sullo sfondo
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Castiglioncello Bandini, Calanchi nella valle tra Podere Santa Pia, Federano e il torrente Rancida
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Calanchi nella valle sotto Podere Santa |
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Calanchi nella valle sotto Podere Santa |
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[1] Foto di Rein Ergo. All rights reserved © Traveling in Tuscany
[2] Tratta dal sito www.caivaldarnosuperiore.it
The Crete senesi | Main sights
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