Category: Tuscany

Today we explored another town on the Elsa River. Casole lies about 10 miles away from Colle ei Val D’Elsa, but takes about 30 minutes to drive. On our way to Casole, we stopped at Caseificio Nuovo—a family-run cheese factory.  We learned that the economy of this area is mainly small…

I went with my Mills College Alumni Group to Tuscany for a week. We stayed in Colle di Val D’Elsa, on the map between San Gimignano and Siena, south west of Florence. From there we visited Casole d’Elsa, Siena, San Gimignano, Castellina, Castello di Monsanto, Cortona, Firenze, and Radda in…

Colle di Val D’Elsa, meaning “hill in the Valley of the Elsa River, is about an hour drive from Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy.  It is a medieval walled town on top of a hill which has expended into the valley.  Colle Alta, the medieval part, is where we stayed.…