Terre di Toscana

Trequanda

Twenty-two inhabitants for every square kilometre: a territory of woods, pastureland and cultivated ground and in the middle Trequanda, Petroio and Castelmuzio, three fortified villages which have maintained the charm of the Middle Ages.

HOW TO GET THERE
By train
From Siena and from Arezzo take the local line for Sinalunga. From Sinalunga  continue to Trequanda on a minibus.
By bus
Trequanda can be reached by a SITA coach which leaves from Florence or Montepulciano.
Sinalunga is connected to Trequanda by minibus.
By car
Take the A1 motorway and exit at Val di Chiana. Follow signs to the dual
carriageway to Siena as far as Sinalunga and then take the provincial road 38 for
Trequanda.
From Siena (44 km), take the E78 (Siena-Betolle) and exit at Asciano (13,3 km).

Feasts
The main feast is the Festa della Beata Bonizzella, daughter of the Ghibelline Ildebrando Cacciaconti and protectoress of Trequanda. This takes place during the third weekend in may.
In June there is the Corrida del Maiale in Petroio, where four couples, belonging to the four quarters of the town, compete in an original race, carrying a pig on their shoulders.
In Castelmuzio, in the month of September, the Festa della Pieve of Cennano is celebrated.
The last weekend in October is the Festa dell’olio novo di podere (feast of the newly pressed oil from the estate), where you have to try the “bruschetta” (toasted bread with oil, salt and garlic).

Medieval buildings in Petroio