Across the centuries the Roman road has assisted all the changes that have touched Tuscany and its people.

On your tour you will follow the road from Siena, where you will almost immediately be out in the country into the sunny, open Val d'Arbiaon, on a relaxing drive through an ever-changing landscape, traversing places of historical importance.

For much of the route, you will be retracing the historic "Via Francigena," the path that religious pilgrims took from Canterbury to Rome. You will stop at the towns of Monteroni and Lucignano before you reach the walled town of Buonconvento, one of the historically great grain growing centers of Italy.

With Montalcino on one side and Pienza on the other, the road takes you to the magical "borgo" of Bagno Vignoni. Here you will see the magnificent main piazza of thermal water.

You will then come to another thermal borgo, Bagni San Filippo, where the water bubbles come forth from the ground at 50 degrees centigrade. From here you will leave the Cassia road, turning left towards the spectacular castle of Radicofani (mentioned by Dante in the VI stanza of the Purgatorio and by Boccaccio in the Decamerone) to one final deviation worthy of a visit: the thermal waters of San Casciano dei Bagni, a famous place for relaxing in the hot waters.