# Two nights in the Val d'Orcia, two and a half hours from Rome: free hot springs, Pienza pecorino, Brunello and Sant'Antimo Drive from Rome, two nights in a thermal palace in Bagno Vignoni, pools in the woods, Pienza cheese, a terrace over the valley, a Romanesque abbey and Brunello. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/two-nights-with-hot-springs-and-pecorino · Revisado: 2026-11-12 Dónde: Val d'Orcia On a day trip from Rome, the Val d'Orcia forces you to choose between hot springs and wine. With two nights everything fits: the free hot water of the woods and that of a spa open until almost midnight, Pienza pecorino at the dairy, a terrace over the valley at Monticchiello, the abbey of Sant'Antimo and a Brunello tasting. You sleep in a fifteenth-century palace overlooking the water square of Bagno Vignoni, in the middle of the valley. ## How do you get there from Rome? By car, about two and a half hours on the A1 northwards and minor roads. If you have flown into Fiumicino, pick up the car there the day you leave Rome; there is almost no public transport between the villages of the valley, so here you do need it. ## Where to stay? AccommodationAreaWho it suits Albergo Le TermeBagno Vignoni, over the water squareThose who come for the water: thermal spa open until night Hotel CorsignanoPienza, beside the centreThose who want to dine and stroll in Pienza; free parking Agriturismo Il RigoCountryside between San Quirico and PienzaThose looking for an organic farm with dinner at the house ## Where to eat Osteria del Leone, in Bagno Vignoni, for dinner without taking the car; Osteria La Porta, in Monticchiello, for lunch with a view; and Caseificio Cugusi for cheese and, from spring to autumn, a pecorino picnic under the trees from €3 a basket. ## With children They will love Bagni San Filippo and the pools of the Parco dei Mulini. The thermal pools at La Posta require ages 14 and over; swap the winery for more water or for the Fiera del Cacio al Fuso if it coincides, at the end of August. ## El plan ### Friday · 08:00 · Leave Rome Drive north on the A1. In the valley around 10:30. ### Friday · 10:30 · Bagni San Filippo Free thermal pools in the woods and the Balena Bianca, free of charge. Water shoes and a towel. Two hours. ### Friday · 14:00 · Bagno Vignoni and check-in Leave your things at Albergo Le Terme, over the water square. Go down through the Parco dei Mulini to the warm pools. ### Friday · 20:00 · Dinner at Osteria del Leone and a night bath A few steps from the hotel: handmade pici and cinta senese. Afterwards, the hotel spa is open until 23:45 on Fridays. ### Saturday · 10:00 · Pecorino at Caseificio Cugusi Between Pienza and Montepulciano. Buy cheese or, on weekdays, take the guided tasting in Spanish by reservation. ### Saturday · 13:00 · Lunch at Osteria La Porta In Monticchiello, on the terrace over the valley: pici all'aglione, beef cheek in Vino Nobile. Book. ### Saturday · 16:00 · Pienza Stroll around Pope Pius II's city, a few minutes by car, and return to Bagno Vignoni for dinner. ### Sunday · 10:30 · Sant'Antimo abbey A Romanesque church in the countryside, with a video guide. Book La Via della Luce if you want to see the crypt and the galleries. ### Sunday · 12:00 · Tasting at Castello Banfi Public tour with a tasting, €60, booking compulsory. Eat something in Montalcino and head back to Rome in the afternoon. ## Un consejo más Book the night entry to the spa at Albergo Le Terme if you are not sleeping there: it costs €44 from 19:30. ## Cuándo no ir Doing San Filippo, Sant'Antimo, Banfi and Monticchiello on the same day: the roads are winding and each place needs its time. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take to get from Rome to the Val d'Orcia? About two and a half hours by car. ### Where should you stay? In Bagno Vignoni, at Albergo Le Terme; in Pienza, at Hotel Corsignano, or in the countryside, at Agriturismo Il Rigo. ### Are there free hot springs? Yes: Bagni San Filippo and the pools of the Parco dei Mulini. ### Do you need a car? Yes. There is almost no public transport between the villages. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Albergo Le Terme**: A palace of Pope Pius II above the water square The Albergo Le Terme is at Piazza delle Sorgenti, 13, in Bagno Vignoni, the hamlet of San Quirico d'Orcia whose main square is a pool of thermal water. The hotel occupies a 15th-century palace designed by Rossellino, the architect of Pienza, which Pope Pius II Piccolomini used as a summer residence. It has been run by the Banchetti family since 1977. Sleeping here means having the Val d'Orcia in the centre: San Quirico and Pienza are a few minutes by car, Montalcino and Sant'Antimo a little further, and the pools of the Parco dei Mulini begin round the corner. At night, when the visitors leave, the village is very quiet. The rooms There are 36, in four types. The Economy rooms are smaller. The Classic face the Val d'Orcia or the village. The Superior are larger or face the water square, and the suites have their own sitting room and face the square of the fountains or the garden; in these, breakfast in the room is included. All have air conditioning and wifi. Breakfast is Tuscan, with home-made tarts, organic products, oil, cured meats and local pecorino. The hotel has its own restaurant, Tramanda', serving simple cooking with local produce. It also organises cooking classes. The thermal water spa The water of Bagno Vignoni comes out at 49 °C. In the spa there is a thermal pool with waterfalls, at 37–39 °C, where massages are given under the jet; a hydromassage pool at about 32 °C to cool off; a Roman sauna at about 40 °C with an immersion pool, and an infusion room. It is open from Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 23:00 and from Friday to Sunday until 23:45. Hotel guests can use it with the house bathrobe. For non-guests, the evening entry, from 19:30, costs €44, and the day one with a 50-minute massage, €138; you book beforehand, for about four hours, and it includes bathrobe, towel, slippers, cap and locker. Getting there and parking The hotel car park is free. Bagno Vignoni is to one side of the Cassia road, between San Quirico and Radicofani. From Rome you arrive by the A1 motorway or the Cassia; from Florence, via Siena and the Cassia southwards. - **Hotel Corsignano**: Sleeping in Pienza with the car at the door The Hotel Corsignano is a four-star hotel at Via della Madonnina, 11, a few steps from the historic centre of Pienza, the ideal Renaissance city that Pope Pius II had rebuilt on his native village, Corsignano, from which the hotel takes its name. It is a practical base for exploring the Val d'Orcia by car: you park free at the hotel itself and walk into the centre, where cars do not go. From here you have Monticchiello, San Quirico d'Orcia and Bagno Vignoni a few kilometres away, Montepulciano on the other side of the valley and, a little further, Montalcino and the abbey of Sant'Antimo. Pienza at night is left to those who sleep in it: the walls with views of the valley and the cathedral square without groups. Rooms and services There are three types of room: Classic, Superior and Junior Suite. The website does not publish how many there are or their prices: you see them in its booking system. Breakfast is made with local products. It has a restaurant and bar, reception open 24 hours, free wifi and a terrace with hydromassage tubs. For those travelling in an electric car, it has a charging point. The car park takes cars and coaches and is free. The hotel has ISO 14001 environmental certification. The website does not publish check-in and check-out times, rules on animals or whether there is a lift; ask when you book if it matters to you. What to do on foot from the hotel Walk into the centre and follow Corso Rossellino to Piazza Pio II, with the cathedral and the Piccolomini palace. From the walls you see the Orcia valley and, in the distance, Monte Amiata. At the end of August or early September, the Fiera del Cacio al Fuso fills Pienza with pecorino stalls. - **Agriturismo Il Rigo**: A family estate between San Quirico and Pienza Il Rigo is an organic farm stay in the municipality of San Quirico d'Orcia, in the countryside, along the Strada Comunale di Casabianca, in the area between San Quirico and Pienza. The same family has lived and worked this farmhouse for nine generations, and the estate has had organic certification for thirty years. They collect rainwater and reduce plastic; in the shop they sell what they produce. It is for those who want to sleep in the landscape of the Val d'Orcia, the one of bare hills with cypresses, and get around the valley by car. Pienza is close, and San Quirico and Bagno Vignoni too. Two houses: Casabianca and Poggio Bacoca The rooms are spread over two farmhouses. Casabianca is the main one: here are the kitchen, the pergola, the courtyard and the dining room where breakfast and dinner are served. Poggio Bacoca is a smaller annexe on top of a hill, facing Pienza, more intimate and quiet. The rooms are furnished like a home, with old farm furniture, and all have views of the hills. The website does not publish how many rooms there are, nor prices, nor check-in and check-out times, nor rules on children or animals: you see it in their booking system (Wubook) or by asking. Breakfast and dinner Breakfast is home-made, with organic produce from the farm and the area, in the dining room or under the pergola when the weather is good. In the evening you dine in the dining room at Casabianca: hand-made cooking with vegetables, meat and oil from the farm or from small neighbouring producers. The house insists that it serves only what it cooks itself, with nothing industrial. The website does not publish hours or price for dinner: ask when you book. Il Rigo also holds weddings on the estate: in high season a celebration may coincide with your stay. ## Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Albergo Le Terme**: A palace of Pope Pius II above the water square The Albergo Le Terme is at Piazza delle Sorgenti, 13, in Bagno Vignoni, the hamlet of San Quirico d'Orcia whose main square is a pool of thermal water. The hotel occupies a 15th-century palace designed by Rossellino, the architect of Pienza, which Pope Pius II Piccolomini used as a summer residence. It has been run by the Banchetti family since 1977. Sleeping here means having the Val d'Orcia in the centre: San Quirico and Pienza are a few minutes by car, Montalcino and Sant'Antimo a little further, and the pools of the Parco dei Mulini begin round the corner. At night, when the visitors leave, the village is very quiet. The rooms There are 36, in four types. The Economy rooms are smaller. The Classic face the Val d'Orcia or the village. The Superior are larger or face the water square, and the suites have their own sitting room and face the square of the fountains or the garden; in these, breakfast in the room is included. All have air conditioning and wifi. Breakfast is Tuscan, with home-made tarts, organic products, oil, cured meats and local pecorino. The hotel has its own restaurant, Tramanda', serving simple cooking with local produce. It also organises cooking classes. The thermal water spa The water of Bagno Vignoni comes out at 49 °C. In the spa there is a thermal pool with waterfalls, at 37–39 °C, where massages are given under the jet; a hydromassage pool at about 32 °C to cool off; a Roman sauna at about 40 °C with an immersion pool, and an infusion room. It is open from Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 23:00 and from Friday to Sunday until 23:45. Hotel guests can use it with the house bathrobe. For non-guests, the evening entry, from 19:30, costs €44, and the day one with a 50-minute massage, €138; you book beforehand, for about four hours, and it includes bathrobe, towel, slippers, cap and locker. Getting there and parking The hotel car park is free. Bagno Vignoni is to one side of the Cassia road, between San Quirico and Radicofani. From Rome you arrive by the A1 motorway or the Cassia; from Florence, via Siena and the Cassia southwards. - **Hotel Corsignano**: Sleeping in Pienza with the car at the door The Hotel Corsignano is a four-star hotel at Via della Madonnina, 11, a few steps from the historic centre of Pienza, the ideal Renaissance city that Pope Pius II had rebuilt on his native village, Corsignano, from which the hotel takes its name. It is a practical base for exploring the Val d'Orcia by car: you park free at the hotel itself and walk into the centre, where cars do not go. From here you have Monticchiello, San Quirico d'Orcia and Bagno Vignoni a few kilometres away, Montepulciano on the other side of the valley and, a little further, Montalcino and the abbey of Sant'Antimo. Pienza at night is left to those who sleep in it: the walls with views of the valley and the cathedral square without groups. Rooms and services There are three types of room: Classic, Superior and Junior Suite. The website does not publish how many there are or their prices: you see them in its booking system. Breakfast is made with local products. It has a restaurant and bar, reception open 24 hours, free wifi and a terrace with hydromassage tubs. For those travelling in an electric car, it has a charging point. The car park takes cars and coaches and is free. The hotel has ISO 14001 environmental certification. The website does not publish check-in and check-out times, rules on animals or whether there is a lift; ask when you book if it matters to you. What to do on foot from the hotel Walk into the centre and follow Corso Rossellino to Piazza Pio II, with the cathedral and the Piccolomini palace. From the walls you see the Orcia valley and, in the distance, Monte Amiata. At the end of August or early September, the Fiera del Cacio al Fuso fills Pienza with pecorino stalls. - **Agriturismo Il Rigo**: A family estate between San Quirico and Pienza Il Rigo is an organic farm stay in the municipality of San Quirico d'Orcia, in the countryside, along the Strada Comunale di Casabianca, in the area between San Quirico and Pienza. The same family has lived and worked this farmhouse for nine generations, and the estate has had organic certification for thirty years. They collect rainwater and reduce plastic; in the shop they sell what they produce. It is for those who want to sleep in the landscape of the Val d'Orcia, the one of bare hills with cypresses, and get around the valley by car. Pienza is close, and San Quirico and Bagno Vignoni too. Two houses: Casabianca and Poggio Bacoca The rooms are spread over two farmhouses. Casabianca is the main one: here are the kitchen, the pergola, the courtyard and the dining room where breakfast and dinner are served. Poggio Bacoca is a smaller annexe on top of a hill, facing Pienza, more intimate and quiet. The rooms are furnished like a home, with old farm furniture, and all have views of the hills. The website does not publish how many rooms there are, nor prices, nor check-in and check-out times, nor rules on children or animals: you see it in their booking system (Wubook) or by asking. Breakfast and dinner Breakfast is home-made, with organic produce from the farm and the area, in the dining room or under the pergola when the weather is good. In the evening you dine in the dining room at Casabianca: hand-made cooking with vegetables, meat and oil from the farm or from small neighbouring producers. The house insists that it serves only what it cooks itself, with nothing industrial. The website does not publish hours or price for dinner: ask when you book. Il Rigo also holds weddings on the estate: in high season a celebration may coincide with your stay.