landmark · Tuscany, Italy
Montepulciano
A filming location from Under the Tuscan Sun in Tuscany.
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The scene
The wine town of Montepulciano lends the film its festive, sun-washed Tuscany, its Piazza Grande and long climbing main street standing in for the story's Renaissance backdrop.
How to visit
Montepulciano crowns a ridge south-west of Cortona, about an hour by car through the Val d'Orcia. Walk up the Corso to Piazza Grande and duck into a cellar to taste the town's famous Vino Nobile.
Address: Piazza Grande, 53045 Montepulciano SI, Italy · Open in Google Maps
- Pair it with a drive through the Val d'Orcia, Tuscany's postcard countryside.
- Pienza and Montalcino nearby complete a classic wine-country loop.
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Good to know
- What was filmed at Montepulciano?
- The wine town of Montepulciano lends the film its festive, sun-washed Tuscany, its Piazza Grande and long climbing main street standing in for the story's Renaissance backdrop.
- Can you visit Montepulciano?
- Montepulciano crowns a ridge south-west of Cortona, about an hour by car through the Val d'Orcia. Walk up the Corso to Piazza Grande and duck into a cellar to taste the town's famous Vino Nobile.
- Where is Montepulciano?
- Montepulciano is a real filming location in Tuscany. Piazza Grande, 53045 Montepulciano SI, Italy
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