A Tuscan town that kept its Renaissance walls and turned them into a tree-lined promenade — rent bikes and do the four-kilometre loop above the rooftops before dinner. Down below it's all traffic-free lanes, opera in Puccini's honour and an oval piazza built inside a Roman amphitheatre. Come in October, when the crowds thin, the light goes amber and the new olive oil arrives on every table.
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