What better way to end your day then sitting on the terrace overlooking the pool at Villa Nobile or sitting in the Jacuzzi contemplating the beautiful view and the extraordinary day you have had with an aperitivo in hand.

This is a great time to visit the region, see the process of making wine and olive oil and enjoy the celebrations of a hard year’s work at festivals throughout the Tuscan region.

Pienza is known for its cheese - Pecorino. Almost anywhere you eat you will find a selection of pecorino on the menu.

The Christmas season in Montepulciano and Tuscany begins in late November when the Christmas market opens. 

Like most European countries, Italian towns host a weekly, open-air market (come rain or shine) where locals and visitors alike may purchase the freshest of local produce and goods.  Depending on the size of the market, you could buy just about everything you’d ever want from a hastily set-up table from the back of a van that only pulls up once a week.

Easter is the second most important religious holiday after Christmas for Italians. From a strictly religious point of view, Easter is an even more important holiday than Christmas.  

We first started coming to Montepulciano, a medieval and Renaissance hill town and commune in the Italian province of Siena in southern Tuscany, in 1999.

Before we purchased Villa Nobile in July of 2014 we were told that the 300+ olive trees that we had were in terrible shape and had been left dormant since 2008.