# Val d'Orcia from Rome by car: Sant'Antimo Abbey, a Brunello tasting at Banfi and Bagno Vignoni

Two and a half hours from Rome: the Romanesque abbey of Sant'Antimo, a tour with a Brunello tasting at Castello Banfi and the hot-water square of Bagno Vignoni.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/rome-val-d-orcia-wine-day-sant-antimo-banfi-tasting · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 07:30 · Salida: 2 h 30 by car (Along the A1 and the Cassia towards Montalcino; whoever has not tasted should drive back)
- 10:30 · Sant'Antimo Abbey and its Via della Luce tour (The Romanesque church in the countryside · video guide at the entrance)
  - 30 min by car
- 12:00 · Castello Banfi cellar and vineyards in Montalcino (Castello Banfi · public tour with tasting, €60 · booking compulsory) · Castello Banfi, From €60 per person
  - 45 min by car, 32,7 km
- 14:15 · Osteria del Leone (Handmade pici and cinta senese · book and confirm hours) · Osteria del Leone, €€€
  - 3 min on foot
- 16:15 · Bagno Vignoni and the Parco dei Mulini (The water square and the Parco dei Mulini · free)
- 17:15 · Vuelta (In Rome around eight)

The other half of the Val d'Orcia, the wine half: Montalcino and its vineyard hills, with a Romanesque abbey at the bottom of a valley and one of the great Brunello wineries in a castle. To finish, the square of Bagno Vignoni, where thermal water fills the pool that serves as the main square. It is a long day from Rome and involves wine: decide beforehand who drives back.

## The day, hour by hour

7:30 · Leave Rome. About two and a half hours to Castelnuovo dell'Abate, the hamlet beside the abbey.

10:30 · Sant'Antimo Abbey. A Romanesque church of pale stone among olive trees and cypresses, with no village on top. Walk the nave with the video guide hired at the entrance. If you book La Via della Luce beforehand, you also go up to the galleries and see the Carolingian chapel and the crypt. From November to March it opens from 10:30 to 17:00.

12:00 · Tasting at Castello Banfi. South of Montalcino, in the castle of Poggio alle Mura. The public tour lasts roughly an hour: the estate and the winery, following the guide in your car for about 4 km, and a tasting in the enoteca. €60 per person, booking compulsory; you see the exact time when you book. Arrive 15 minutes early.

14:15 · Lunch at the Osteria del Leone. In Bagno Vignoni, a few steps from the water square. Handmade pici with tomato and pecorino, cinta senese shoulder or, if there are two or more of you, bistecca by weight. The website does not publish opening hours: confirm when booking.

16:15 · The water square and the Parco dei Mulini. Walk round the pool in the square and go down through the park, where the water falls down the hillside to some warm pools.

17:15 · Return. In Rome at about eight.

## With children

Sant'Antimo, with the video guide, and Bagno Vignoni work; the winery bores little ones. With children, swap Banfi for more time in the pools of the Parco dei Mulini or for the thermal pools of La Posta if they are 14 or older.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
It is the only reasonable way: about two and a half hours from Rome and, at Banfi, the tour is followed in your own car.

## Consejos

### Book Banfi in good time
Booking is compulsory and the times are shown in its system.

### Let the one who is not tasting drive
The roads round Montalcino are full of bends.

### Confirm lunch
The Osteria del Leone does not publish opening hours.

## Un consejo más

### If it rains
Sant'Antimo and the winery are under cover; swap the walk in the Parco dei Mulini for an afternoon in the thermal pools.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the Banfi tasting cost?
The public tour with tasting, €60 per person, with booking compulsory.

### Do you pay for Sant'Antimo?
The church is visited with a hired video guide; La Via della Luce is booked separately.

### Do you need a car?
Yes: you have to drive between the three places and the Banfi tour is followed by car.

### Where do you eat?
At the Osteria del Leone, in Bagno Vignoni; if it is not open, at La Porta, in Monticchiello.