Montespertoli is located at 20 km from Florence and at 30 km from San Gimignano. It’s a beautiful village situated between the valleys that lead to the Pesa river and Elsa river on the other side. The landscape is amazing and it is surrounded by hills with olive trees, cypresses and vineyards. A lot of rich families from Florence such as Guicciardini, Frescobaldi, Acciaioli, Ruccellai, Strozzi and Barbadori, choosed this place to build their residences. Acciaioli’s Montegufoni Castle is located in Via Volterrana, while Machiavelli’s Sonnino Caste is in Montespertoli. When visiting Tuscany the main attractions are of course big cities like Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, and San Gimignano but many other small medioeval villages are worthy of a visit too. Montelupo Fiorentino Montelupo Fiorentino is a small village at the confluence of two rivers, the Arno river and the Pesa river. In particular it’s interesting to see the “Prioria of San Lorenzo”, the curch of San Giovanni Evangelista , the Palazzo Pretorio and the ceramics museum that shows the long tradition of hand made ceramics.