Abbadia San Salvatore works well as a base: 5 minutes from Piancastagnaio, 29km from Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia.
Abbadia San Salvatore is in Tuscany, Italy, with about 6,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Piancastagnaio, about 4 km away.
Abbadia San Salvatore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of Florence and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Siena, in the area of Monte Amiata.
The town is named after the Abbey of the same name. The area was onceRead more important for the extraction of cinnabar. Attractions in the town include the medieval borough, the Palazzo della Potesta (15th century) and the church of Santa Croce.
Abbadia San Salvatore borders the following municipalities: Castel del Piano, Castiglione d'Orcia, Piancastagnaio, Radicofani, San Casciano dei Bagni, Santa Fiora, Seggiano.
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Within an hour or so of Abbadia San Salvatore: Abbey of Sant'Antimo (18 km), Pienza (22 km), Val d'Orcia (22 km), Val d'Orcia (Gladiator's Elysium fields) (22 km).
Are there any good drives near Abbadia San Salvatore?
The nearest famous roads are Strada Chiantigiana (SR222), Autostrada del Sole and Appian Way.
Where is Abbadia San Salvatore?
Abbadia San Salvatore is in Tuscany, Italy, about 4 km from Piancastagnaio.
Road trip
Drive to Abbadia San Salvatore
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Luminous Romanesque abbey of pale travertine and alabaster standing alone among olive groves below Montalcino, founded: legend says, by Charlemagne. Time a visit for the canonical hours when chant fills the 12th-century nave.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Pienza
A tiny Tuscan town redesigned in the 15th century as an ideal Renaissance city and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
22 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Val d'Orcia
A UNESCO-listed Tuscan valley of rolling hills, cypress-lined roads, and golden wheat fields that define the Italian countryside.
22 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Val d'Orcia (Gladiator's Elysium fields)
The cypress-lined wheat fields of southern Tuscany are Maximus's home and the afterlife he walks toward in Gladiator.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Montepulciano
A Renaissance hilltop town in southern Tuscany celebrated for its Vino Nobile wine and elegant Piazza Grande.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Pitigliano
Tufa-rock town rising sheer from the Maremma canyons, riddled with Etruscan cave cellars and the sunken 'vie cave' walkways carved into the cliffs. Known as 'Little Jerusalem' for its historic Jewish quarter and synagogue.
27 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia
Free natural thermal terraces of warm turquoise water cascade beside an old mill in Tuscany's Maremma.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
La Scarzuola
Surrealist 'ideal city' of stacked theatres, towers and esoteric symbols built by Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi from 1958 inside a Franciscan convent's grounds. Deep in rural Umbria and visitable by reservation only, it feels like walking into a dream.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Abbadia San Salvatore
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
22 kmVal d'OrciaA UNESCO-listed Tuscan valley of rolling hills, cypress-lined roads, and golden wheat fields that define the Italian countryside.
79 kmStrada Chiantigiana (SR222)The classic Chianti wine road winds between Florence and Siena past vineyards, castles and cypress-lined ridges.
Driving in Italy
Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.82/litre
Motorway tolls
~€8.50/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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