Start out at San Casciano in Val di Pesa, 17 km (11 miles) south of Florence, with a bonus for art-lovers of a Simone Martini Crucifixion and other Sienese works in the church of La Misericordia.
San Casciano lies 17 km south of Florence.
Street hawkers and young children sell small items, such as lucky scarab beetles, near archaeological sites.