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Surroundings
San Giovanni d'Asso
The territory of San Giovanni d’Asso is a natural link between the Crete and the Val d’Orcia and a rare example of harmonious co-existence between nature and the work of man. Famous all over the world for its highly-prized white truffle, it regularly promotes meetings, proposals, projects on the issue of sustainable development of which it has also been one of the forerunners. It also organises guided research on natural herbs- aromatic and officinal- in order to promote a more direct and conscious relationship with nature.
It has many farm-houses, small hamlets, castles and churches scattered all over the territory and has always chosen to develop a tourism policy in which the main concern is the well-being of the guest.
For more than twenty years it has been renowned for the Mostra del Tartufo Bianco delle Crete Senesi, the only one in Italy. The white truffle is an ecological watchguard (it does not grow in a situation of environmental deterioration) and therefore endorses the good relationship that San Giovanni d’Asso has with nature. This event has become an extraordinary exhibition of the best typical Sienese agricultural and food products such as honey, saffron, the famous extra-virgin olive oil and the new DOC Orcia which has further extended the already exceptional range of Sienese wines.
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