Private Guided Tour of Pienza on Foot

Born from a "dream of love and an idea of beauty", Pienza, the ideal city of the Italian Renaissance, is still today an intact testimony of an illustrious architectural project, commissioned by Pope Pius II Piccolomini and made concrete by the great Florentine architect Bernardo Rossellino. Built in a very limited period of time (1459-1462), the city of Pio is the result of a single master plan marked, by the will of the great humanist pope who gave it the name, by design criteria of harmony and aesthetic perfection still today. clearly visible in the small urban center that was Corsignano in the Middle Ages.

1. 1

   Piazza Pio II

   15 min

   A striking example of Renaissance perspective illusionism with an inverted perspective capable of creating an effect of widening the square.

2. 2

   Palazzo Piccolomini

   30 min

   Ancient papal residence dating back to 1462

3. 3

   Duomo

   30 min

   Renaissance cathedral with rare German Gothic interior and marvelous altarpieces from the Sienese fifteenth century

4. 4

   Church of San Francesco

   10 min

   Thirteenth-century Gothic church with a very rare fresco cycle from 1380 inside, depicting the biographical events of San Francesco di Asssisi.

5. 5

   Pieve di Corsignano

   30 min

   Ancient rural parish church of early Christian origin built on an ancient immersion baptismal font. The main portal offers a peculiar decoration with pagan features from the 9th century AD. The interior shows the baptismal font where the two pontiffs of the Piccolomini family were baptized: Pius II and Pius III and a crypt.

6. 6

   Corso il Rossellino

   20 min

   Ancient main street of Pienza dedicated to the architect Bernardo Gambarelli known as Rossellino, architect and designer of Pienza. It shows the main cardinal palaces of the papal city.

7. 7

   Palazzo Borgia Museo Diocesano

   45 min

   Amazing museum of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Tuscan painting and sculpture, built inside the palace of Cardinal Jouffroy

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.