After Volterra we went back to the hotel for a brief stop before dinner. To give you a feel for why we had such a difficult time finding it the first night, here’s what the “road” looked like.
And here’s the hotel itself…
As we headed back out, we had a beautiful view of the surrounding countryside and San Gimignano.
For dinner we went to Certaldo, a city whose old town sits atop a hill and is surrounded by fortified walls. To get to there we had to take a funicular as cars are not allowed except those of residents. The following are pictures of the exterior wall as well as the view looking back down from the top of the funicular.
Since we had some time before dinner we walked around a bit and easily covered the old town in less than an hour. Here’s the view of the main street in the center of town as well as some pictures that I took during our walk.
The restaurant where we ate for dinner was very nice and was relatively empty since it was a Sunday night.
During the ride back to the hotel we had a nice view of San Gimignano at night. Everything was completely back, except for the towers.
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