Setting out with an art historian by your side, you start in the Duomo of Orvieto, captivated by Signorelli’s incomparable Last Judgment. Head to Siena next for a glimpse of Duccio’s famous Maesta, and Donatello’s incredible bronze of St. John the Baptist. Then to Florence where you marvel at Michelangelo’s David, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise, along with works by Raphael, da Vinci, and countless other Renaissance masters.
Not far from Monteverdi, you can also experience the beautiful and mystical ritual of Gregorian chants in the 12th-century Abbazia di Sant’Antimo. Then get your jazz fix around the churches and Piazza di Siena, at the annual summer festival featuring legends and emerging talent. If you are an opera lover, prepare for an unforgettable open-air performance of La Boheme at the Puccini festival in Lucca. Whatever your desire, there are endless modern and classic sounds waiting to be heard and felt throughout Tuscany.
