Every November San Miniato becomes the white truffle capital: its hills rank among the world's great hunting grounds, and the market fair draws gourmets and diggers with jeweller's scales. The rest of the year, the town remains a belvedere of the Via Francigena between Florence and Pisa.
The tower of Frederick II — the emperor willed it; Dante set there the drama of Pier delle Vigne — rises rebuilt on the hill; cathedral and bishops' palaces tell of an old power. Quality tanneries and leather works in the valley recall that Tuscan craftsmanship here is serious business.
Near San Miniato
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
