nature · Tuscany, Italy
Val d'Orcia
The scene
The rolling wheat fields and lone cypresses are Maximus's sunlit memory of home, the Elysium he longs to return to.
How to visit
A UNESCO landscape of public roads and hill towns south of Siena, free to drive and photograph; spring and early summer are greenest. Base in Pienza or Montalcino and wander the back lanes.
Address: Val d'Orcia, Province of Siena, Italy · Open in Google Maps
- The chapel of Vitaleta is the area's most photographed view.
- Montalcino's vineyards pour the famous Brunello.
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Good to know
- What was filmed at Val d'Orcia?
- The rolling wheat fields and lone cypresses are Maximus's sunlit memory of home, the Elysium he longs to return to.
- Can you visit Val d'Orcia?
- A UNESCO landscape of public roads and hill towns south of Siena, free to drive and photograph; spring and early summer are greenest. Base in Pienza or Montalcino and wander the back lanes.
- Where is Val d'Orcia?
- Val d'Orcia is a real filming location in Tuscany. Val d'Orcia, Province of Siena, Italy
