Pitigliano is one of the Picture-postcard ancient town in south Tuscany. It’s almost breathtaking to take in the iconic view of Pitigliano perched on a hill as you approach it. Its a spot that you had to stop and take out your camera.

Pitigliano is reachable in 2- hours drive from Rome and while you are here in South Tuscany, pay a visit to another picture postcard town, Civita del Bagnoregio, which is only 30 minutes away. After the visit, I guarantee that you will run out of memory space in your phone to take in anymore pictures.

Pitigliano is a city is like no other and it is obvious from the moment you see it’s imposing walls from the distance. The town is situated on a steep tuff rock, around 300 metres high. The area of Pitigliano is characterised by tuff stone, a hardened type of volcanic magma. The typical Tuscan landscape with small farm houses on soft hills is rarely found here

Pitigliano is also known “Little Jerusalem” as this town was an important refuge for the Jews in the early 14th century. The Jewish community has even built a Synagogue here in 1598. The old part of the city is nicely preserved and it’s a pleasure to walk the streets and admire the views.

The Orsini Castle stands at the entrance to the old town. There is a Museums Inside the Orsini-Castle, where you can see a collection of sacral objects like precious textiles, funerary materials, manuscripts and medieval books. We did not visit this Musuem as we have 2 other places to visit after this town.

Next to it runs the impressive mediaeval aqueduct, that supplied the town with water. The 16th-century Aqueduct, built under the rule of the Medici family, runs along the side of the town.

It’s easy to get lost in the charm of Pitigliano while strolling through the ancient and narrow streets. Walking it’s cobblestones streets made me imagine how it feels and looks like living in a medieval town in ancient times. There are quaint shops, nice restaurants and cafe’s at every turn. You’ll find some souvenir shops, but not tourists trap as this town is a little off of the beaten path, so it is not overrun with tourists.

Beautiful fountain right in the main Piazza in Pitigliano. It really adds to the beauty and the charm of the Piazza. Next to the fountain is a statue and two open air restaurant. We had our early lunch here.

After a quick lunch we drove hastily through the beautiful valley of Tuscany. There are many hilltop villages and town in this region and we are heading to Civita del Bagnoregio, nickname “The Dying Town”. Don’t let the name fool you though, the town is not really “dying”, in fact it is full with tourist if we arrived late in the day.

Click here to checkout this dying town – Civita di Bagnoregio

Checkout our other travel blog in South Tuscany – Hidden Natural Wonders in South Tuscany