A Day in San Gimignano, Italy! 🇮🇹 San Gimignano Travel Guide and Walking Tour!

Today San Gimignano really blows us away no  but like actually though the Tuscan town of   towers is home to the world-famous Gelateria Dondoli  otherwise known as the best gelato in   the world like it literally won that award world  champion school and we can’t help but embark on a  

Very messy Endeavor to try as many flavors  as possible like the one of a kind albeit   confusing red wine gelato that’s kind of crazy  and their signature flavor named after Michelle   Obama’s refined sweet I don’t know what that  is but this is by far our messiest episode we  

Accidentally stumble across a castle Courtyard  where we try the Vernaccia di San Gimignano a famous   white wine that seems to transport us back in  time nearly 700 years to meet Dante himself oh   I’m intrigued we laugh we eat we drink coffee  with sambuca and we climb the town’s tallest  

Tower where it’s sweeping views give us the  chance to see why everybody believes sanim   minano is the most beautiful town in in Tuscany  we’re Matteo and Micha and we’re currently on the   world’s slowest Italian road trip traveling  to all 20 regions of Italy subscribe to  

Follow the [Music] adventure first time actually  using a nonurban bus City to City coming now bus 130 [Music] wa it have activate your ticket feel like  we’re going to Mello remember the bus to   Mell bus system I do not advise using the app  if you are not at least partially coherent in  

Italian because it is I see the Italians  don’t use that they literally go to the   station and buy tickets because it’s  that complex to use so I spend like   2 hours of my life figuring it out but it’s  is just just a real you need like the whole  

Tax code and itty and everything it’s just a  it’s a process just buy the physical [Music] ticket wow we made it I’m exciting  19 minutes L yeah wow oh it’s windy made it oh it’s so windy it’s so windy but Sunny  

This wind is just it’s just crazy  right now but at least the sun’s [Applause] out okay that’s actually I  literally can’t see through my okay it is it is windy up here we just got  to San jimano little bit chilly in the wind it  

Is currently 11:30 on a Friday let’s go let’s  hit [Music] it [Music] I’m mat Teo spotted in   the wild God I just found ice cream on my sleeve  oh no this is an interesting site you’re never  

Cold yes this wind is chilly I was going to wear  shorts I need to go by a clip so excuse the wind   and our hair just I mean I just have no control  over this at this point but uh we just arrived  

And we were walking down the main street through  the gate and there’s so many lovely shops selling   a lot of really cute things so this is a lovely  entry way into the city lovely first impression   well not first impression we’ve both been here  but we’re very excited to be here we’re just  

Stumbling over view after view I mean you’re just  these Alleyways are incredible so both of us have   actually been to Sun jimano before when we were  both tour guards in Italy but to be honest we  

Haven’t actually really explored the city we kind  of just went to the one ice cream place I think   that’s literally all I remember about it to be  honest with you and the towers and the winery   but that’s we stopped at wineries outside so it  would be awesome to see it through different ODS  

Today again should be exciting the views here  are stunning but you can smell strong strong   fire in the air so they’re probably going to be  pretty Smoky today so we hope they clear up a little oh absolutely [Music] [Music] stunning all right

I don’t even know where to begin we’re going to  go to a cafe if you can hear anything WR in the   comments I can hear you through the wind if you  can’t this is a voice over let’s go to the C I  

Put on ChapStick and my hair just see getting  stuck to my face what I’ve been trying to do   is find Michelle a hair club but this town  is known as one of the most touristic towns  

In Tuscany and so there’s only shops set up for  little souvenir and stuff this is a pretty cool Street look at this giant Ivy welcome to  the town of towers San jimana and today   the windiest city in Italy I love how every few  steps you just seem to come across another alley  

That looks like this funny enough this is the  same alley that we need to go to our Cafe oh   oh no look in front of us that looks like a  great Cloud there is so much wind here that   I’m not even scared for the gray clouds  behind us these clouds won’t stay here  

They’ll just be blown away like We Are if  you’re blown away too like And subscribe at   least we picked the sunny day are these homes  yeah oh my goodness I feel like I’m in the Shire Matteo’s Italian travel tip of the  day don’t forget to bring some non drowsy  

Allergy medication with you at all times for  days such as today if you look behind me this   is enough to make anybody’s allergies  flare up especially those who are prone   to Allergy don’t forget your algra I think  alra is any American so bring your country’s

Equivalent isn’t this for like horses  the main middles for the drain but isn’t   the side step for horses probably for  you let me just have the horse Theory   I forgot what we were doing for a second  we’re going out of the center to go find  

A nice little cafe on the side because as  I said this is the most touristic place   in Tuscany after to Florence like how  we’re just like chilling over someone’s Garden we’re in two we found our Cafe it’s down there this is  

Dangerous weather something can fly  out of someone and hit you in the head those are so delightful looking oh they have   a the Baba and saffon take one of oh  that looks so yummy Cafe right [Music] now okay s sambuka and coffee well I guess it’s  just it’s officially hit noon [Laughter] so  

Um that was such an aggressive decision look at  these cakes behind you yo those are the cutest   little cake tart cheesecakes I’ve ever seen  that one looks like it’s Snickers or peanut butter s for my friend so aggressive does it smell like bad decisions no  because the coffee ODS that’s hilarious will we  

Live to regret this I got the little Gins sing  coffee so this is coffee but it’s got Gins sing   in it so it’s it’s sweeter I absolutely love this  combo we’ve gotten a saffron and uh lemon and I  

Think he’s said almond as well this little slice  of cake Mato got his Cafe C smell the samba I know   it’s okay good it’s Friday so you’re fine are  you really adding sugar to this I don’t know I  

Should try it first try it and see no you know  what just add the sugar just sug just just go   packet oh that’s it’s so strong it’s a bold move  cotton we’ll see if it works to be honest I’ve  

Been reading up about a whole bunch of different  coffees and snacks treats across Italy and I’m   tired of just getting a normal espresso that’s  fine un like our non filming days but I’ve got   to try something new for you guys this is called  the cafe coretto so what you’re saying is you’re  

Taking one for the team today taking one for the  team it’s an espresso with an alcohol today’s   alcohol is sambuka if you’ve been following our  YouTube channel for long enough you know that I   used to work in an Irish pub in Florence and  my first few nights working there as kind of  

An initiation they used to make me down lots and  lots of sambuka so this one’s a little throwback   to then except this one has coffee in it I  don’t know whether to Cheers or whether it is s I don’t know whether it to be happy or

Sad that is a conflicting flavor because you have  your coffee come through and then the subtle it’s   not subtle definitely not subtle sambuka but it  seems to make the sambuka so much more palatable  

I actually really like it and it’s midday right  now this is going to get me off to a good start   it’s warming my insides giving me a caffeine  boost it is not terrible it’s definitely not  

Light because I can smell the sambuka it’s so  strong I can smell it from here what a weird   concoction it just looks like a normal espresso  but it’s not n you want to try it yeah okay I  

Didn’t sign up for this bad decision today but  when you’re married you become one so now the part   part of this too going to give it a try just for  a sip cuz I’ve never actually had one of these oo  

Yeah that is like funny thing is I actually don’t  mind sambuka I actually kind of like it so let’s [Music] see I see what you mean it is it tastes  like sambuka but way more palatable coffee Infuse  

That’s actually not bad I can actually sip  this normally when I have sambuka I take it   as a shot but I could actually sip this which  is really saying something okay I can see why   this is a thing that’s actually really good but  um I’m not boarding the sambuka train right now  

So I’m going to give that back to Matteo and  just stick with my normal Jin sing coffee if   you guys saw our day in the life video in our  apartment on my second Channel you know that I  

Actually try and make jinen coffee at home  I make my normal coffee and and then I buy   The Nest Cafe ginsing packet separately  and add it to my coffee in the morning   oh but at a cafe I mean they just really  nail it on the head so happy we found it

Today that’s delicious if you ever get  a chance go for the Gin sing if you like   the sweeter coffees saffron is actually  a huge thing here in sanjam minano from   my understanding the hills of San jimano  actually produce a lot of saffron and so  

A lot of their meals dishes treats are all  infused with it this is a lemon and saffron   cake with almonds on the top it’s got a bit  of a cheesec cakey consistency let’s taste it it’s good it’s not sweet but it’s not  super like lemon this has its own unique  

Flavor I don’t quite know how to actually  describe it to be honest with you I might   have to leave that one up to Michelle it  doesn’t taste like anything we’ve tried ever that is so hard to explain I’m actually a little  bit out of a loss how to explain this flavor this  

Is why I LIF it up to you no now I don’t know the  crunchiness of the almonds on top they’re almost   like caramelized they add the crunchiness  to the soft uh kind of gelatinous part of  

The the cake and the crust underneath is also  nice but that taste yeah I’m not getting an I   don’t know if you’ve tried something like this  if you’ve tried sound like help us out in the comments I don’t know I really

Don’t the cafe Coro doesn’t pay well with treats  sweets snacks I think it’s like after dinner   thing I think we’ve learned our lesson haven’t  we yeah yeah sh that’s hectic that is hectic that was delightful yes and we’re back I feel  a bit warmer now yeah they do have a lovely  

Seating area out here but it was just way too  windy for that does the cafe Corto PE nicely   with the cake no do I recommend trying it 100% if  you’re in Italy try a cafe Coro you’re not going  

To find it somewhere else maybe after dinner  though after dinner or lunch maybe not at noon you know what pays well with alcohol coffee water woo this is a steep City so just be  for warned if you do want to go exploring  

You are going to be climbing and descending  and then climbing again is that sambuka   starting to swirl in your tum sitting in  not in the bad way just I want to go get   drunk at the pub now oh okay so lethargic  and let this be a forewarning kids this is  

Why you don’t drink sambuka at noon  I don’t think you’re supposed to do   physical activity after it this is a sad  sad state to see you in how’s that view though okay we’ve seem to have come across  a winery of sorts in the middle of the city  

You know what they say goes W with sanuka I  know I’m actually going to get of to try and   put me up but naturally sanano is Dean so the  ra wat one of Italy is what oh this is so cute wa so cool look at this

View need hand your hair’s just  going all over the place I don’t   know what he’s talking about I just  can’t see 5-year-old last section up all right we’re going to see the strangest thing  we found in Italy so far around the corner I  

Don’t know whether I should tell you what it  is we’ll let you see what he is doing oh I’m intrigued that man standing on top of the worldall  line he preaching in a Dante outfit a Dante out oh it’s the Divine Comedy he recites it  from memory that’s crazy I’m going to  

Go put some money in his box and then you  can try and hear what he’s saying in the   wind this is like your bread and butter  you could do this yeah if I had a good memory That’s legitimately the coolest and  weirdest thing see he’s reciting the   Divine Comedy from memory man has a  good memory oo these are some ancient   steps I think we might have made it  to the cross I think so look at how  

Deep these steps are this is a little bit  perilous we did did we that was the one tasting look behind you you can see I could  live in a castle views like this this is incredible we made it to the top with this  gorgeous view but it is even Winder up here  

Believe it or not so uh this is the castle  this is the castle I think we might go have   a glass of wine downstairs before we continue  on our journey maybe it’ll help us withstand   the wind but this is a stunning View and  the fact that this guy reciting Dante’s  

Divine Comedy from memory just adds to  the whole thing I’m absolutely loving it everything that the light touches is our  kingdom oh but it also might be a PE Corner   okay so let’s go never mind Simba this  is not your kingdom all right and we’re

Back so is this how they dispense it so you  just like select the size you want and that’s   the amount you’re charged like vending machine  I just want to stick my mouth on the end of  

That pipe and Let It Go all right that’s what we  want yeah just the basic one right yeah it’s the veracha fruit is so dry why don’t we do one in one okay okay so this is the dry one so there’s  eight bottles in this one that are all different

Variations this is the dry one tastes like a dry white one say I  had the fruit one taste the fruit one   right oh wa that’s good I don’t know which  one I prefer though they’re actually both   really nice think about had to pick again  I might do the fruit though what do you

Think I definitely wasn’t born to be a  s that’s all I have to say do you have   a preference or are they equal to you the  same to me I’m a disgrace to my Origins tastes like what one there’s only one thing I  hate more than rain it’s wind welcome to San  

Jimana there’s going to be lots of drinking  lots of shouting it’s windy today remind me   to say that intro again later that’s a  pretty good one genius found a closer table what does it taste like like they used the grapes that came from  The Vineyards around this area wow what an  

Astute observation but did you know that Sano  was the first white one in Italy to be put on   the doc list the denin orig control which is  like a quality grading system in Tuscany so  

That’s a fun fact I think that was like in 1976  one of the Decades just finished up at the Castle   Winery on to the next adventure something smells  incredibly delightful almost like a almond like   marzipan or something all right we’ve decided  that we are going to go inside the D mug is  

It free to enter do we need to buy a ticket  B is around the side ticket office one more entrance perfect we made it world’s  smallest town okay oh you can download   an audio guide for free so the all  inclusive tickets there Mato Mato

C what wow Mato accidentally let go of our  little map and it just I can’t do this wi I   can’t do this one watching you chase it was the  highlight of my day so far that was desperate I  

Think this is the entrance for the D okay let’s  go it’s going to be okay there’s no wind inside underneath [Music] yay there excuse  me I’m not on my best form [Music] today [Music] you come out of the church get get  a pretty cool view this dwell was beautiful but  

Honestly the darkest church I think we’ve ever  seen so far the only church I think that could   rival it would be San manato alonte in Florence  cuz that one was also extremely dark this is   like on par with that but it was beautiful the  interesting thing is that the altar is so it  

Looks almost burnt like the inside of the church  when you look it it’s not only dark it looks like   maybe there was a fire I don’t know if that  something like that has happened proba listen  

To the audio God if you want the yeah little  thing the only things that were really done up   were the side Chapel there was like two or three  side chaples that were painted beautifully um from   like floor to ceiling beautifully ornamented  but very dark it’s it looks like it almost  

Is in need of restoration there were beautiful  paintings I will say that it’s dark but at least   everything’s painted inside with the walls and  everything yeah it was just I don’t know what   I was expecting that that wasn’t it though but  it was I’m really happy we got to see it [Music] [Music] it’s so windy The Umbrellas are  flying all over the place and actually   breaking and that was a scary sound jalas  dond has a school that where he teaches   different levels of gelato making there like the  beginner intermediate Advanced you can learn how  

The process is actually made I think there’s  one for children and one for adults this is   the gelat here in Italy that keeps winning the  world awards for the best flavored gelat which   we’re going to try later hey look we’re on  Matteo’s Street that’s you I’m also a saint

It’s very cute little shop and Time come on  550 cold that’s exactly get okay cool only 550 wow this man also has his one on tap here cool  says they just the warm one oh dope nice theas  

This man’s a legend he’s giving us plastic cups  so this shop also has like salami snacks you   can come make a whole little picnic here with  your wine yay we found a cold bottle of [Music] white so this is V San right let’s see  how much sandwiches are here oh that  

Michelangelo one sounds good it’s gotona  salami cream cheese Olive cream and fresh   tomato you’re going to get Inferno I  don’t know what Capa is that’s a new word Oh that is so warm looks amazing got you  is another got the goods oh someone started   with help me some days are more exciting than  others sanano is a beautiful beautiful little   town and it’s tow was and its atmosphere well  the atmosphere is a bit touristy but the town  

Is a beautiful place and we’ve been seeing such  exciting stuff today’s a little bit more calm   it’s harder to get amped up as we have because  the town’s so small as well there laner church  

Tower tato which we’ll still get you and wine  and wine oh yeah and we got our wine so ticked   off a few boxes so now that we’ve gotten these  sandwiches oh they are so warm and they smell so  

Good we are going to the little panoramic Lookout  Point here cuz we love to get our food as takeaway   and go sit and either a Piaza or overlooking a  beautiful view and so we’re going to have our  

Sandwiches and our Sano wine well we don’t know  if there actually is a beautiful view it just   beautiful view this way it said that there was so  waste of time oh I don’t know it says P H I was  

Right mat said the he’s like where did the sign go  I said but it said it was over here so it says one we made it see I got us I don’t know we  will find out watch it’s like nothing  

Going take us all the way back to the top  it’s going to take us to that I feel like   we’re going on an adventure it’s like froto  bagin in the sh okay wait is that no oh I  

Think I mean take us all the way back to  the top no it’s not this looks panoramic Mickey T like purp why are you starting  without me oh oh this is someone’s house   wow that’s a nice view yeah can we go  sit in their Garden see look it was  

Right trying to get my glasses [Laughter]  down all right good job there we go I did it what about rock that sounds great my  love this is just how we ended up today the M have truffle on it yeah is it good it is  good this place is called vanal I think it’s  

Like the not the antia van it’s just the  van different Shop Good sandwiches though   nice and big tastes good tastes like truffle  ham good views and I you can’t remember what   else was on the menu but it sounded good  I thought m is supposed to be spicy tast

Like I haven’t had on Lona salami  in so long and that just like hit   the spot the bread is really soft  it’s got a nice Golden Crisp on   the outside but it’s still really soft  and these ingredients are just amazing

Together that was an excellent Panino I  got the Michelangelo are we just going   to stand here and enjoy our sandwich  one but def you can even hear what I’m saying this backdrop looks fake she going  to have to be done strategically because  

Michelle’s holding both our sandwiches  the camera and if I put a cup down it’s   just going to get blown away so I got to ah  cup in the bag lastic off wind is not our   friend today ising right thank you preparation  [Laughter] is so today we have this 13001 from  

2021 sinano Sano so you see we doing the Ws rot  we have the rot W make sure it doesn’t blow over right noise yeah you hold on to that bad boy  just take it one step at a time one cup one

C all right one cup at a time we should be  good I’m I’m I have sandwich hands what do I do it’s exactly what we needed we’ve nailed it   nailed the combo now we have to  strategic lead so nothing blows over you playing a very perilous game my

Love Why Don’t We Just sh blowing that way why  don’t we just share a there we go that’s what I   was going to do oh okay now what now we just which  one’s mine you have to you have to sip me the

Wine oh delightful that is nice that is an  excellent white wine if you guys know us you   know we don’t spend more than like three or four  EUR on a bottle of wine this was eight but it was  

Cold so I feel like maybe we got a Bonus there  you can definitely taste the quality in this   with the paninis with this literal fake looking  backdrop I don’t think it gets much better than   this the two sandwiches with two waters cost  us 19 the bottle cost 8 the view is free and  

This is why you should get takeaway and come  see a beautiful spot oh just took an took a   moment to appreciates the gorgeous views eat our  delicious paninis honestly think that’s probably   one of the best paninis I’ve had in Italy that’s  bold I know that is a very bold statement for me  

To say it Rivals the one at antio if anything  I maybe a notch above now we’re going to go   climb the tallest tower in the city the D it  doesn’t have that name though well I’ve given  

It story of the dwo I even still pretty windy  it’s getting a little bit cold it’s 400 p.m.   hopefully we can see a nice Golden Glow over  the city now not going to lie these entrances   are quite confusing I think this is the tower TOA  down another Alleyway I don’t think the entrance  

Is it what maybe it is it is wow well this is  cool is that it there probably no that’s the   Muse 15s around thato T I’m not sure did we  just end it back on the street she said the  

Entrance is next to the museum that’s the one  we’re climbing but this is looking pretty cool   I’m not going to lie to you this is going to  be a museum no be a museum entrance I see it  

Into the tower through the Museum oh cool that  looks so cool I’m pretty sure I heard her say   to get to the Tower through of the museum I could  be wrong but I’m pretty sure that’s what she said

To okay so I was right so you have to come to the  museum and then there’s a separate way to get up   to the tower oh is there like little info points  or is this the museum also interesting maybe it’s  

Like a museum Tower experience I think it is a  museum Tower definitely a lot of space in this   one oh we got a turn look for the signs I’m not  going to lie this is the most confusing entry  

Situation we’ve had but that’s okay this is so  steep I don’t know if you can tell but it does   look like the stair the staircase just goes up  90° all right this is a bit hard after drinking  

Half a bottle of wine each we’ve gone up like  10 steps Breathing heavily already okay Misha   come give us some facts ah perfect so TOA is 54  M high it’s 218 steps to the top there’s no lift  

Or elevator so if you have a mobility issue  keep that in mind that’s it okay pretty wide   metal stairwell here that’s a good sign this  is some solid steel solid steel I’m feeling   rather top heavy at present all right well since  we’re on the way up this is the tallest tower  

In the city of about 14 Towers there used  to be 72 in the city back in the medieval days the towers were built by Rich Merchant  families who were trying to compete with each   other other the higher your Tower the more  powerful and Wealthy you seem nowadays it’s  

M measor with different Matrix did you get that  that was funny there used to actually be a law in   place that stopped them from building their towers  over certain Heights that height was the height of   the Town Hall I can’t tell facts what climbing  stays seems to be this metal situation pretty

Continuously it’s a very dark climb but I do  appreciate the newness of the steps is that   wind is it wind probably we tried to escape  the wind now I think it’s we’re going to the   highest point in the city now it’s about  to get a lot worse if you do need to take  

A break though there are these nice little spots  with Windows and gorgeous views so you can take   a break whenever you want oh is that where we  go seriously it’s this is a 90° incline what’s   your oh this is a 90° incline you literally  have to climb sideways oh baby it sounds so  

Windy hold on to your glasses okay go ahead  I’m not kidding I’m really not kidding this   seems very aggressive careful my head you  have to crawl out of here back you have to   crawl out of here backpack give me your give  it this is not a joke do not smack your head

Oh that was close again that’s insane  we’re not going to say anything up yet   okay you’re probably not going to  be able to hear us this is crazy this is crazy yo even the Bell is in a cage man   so that’s where we were earlier on  loka where we saw the Dante speaker

This view is incredible we got like  a two second break from the wind oh   no it’s coming back I can feel  it it’s coming back it’s coming back [Music] my my [Music] in St CL holding on for your Life oh my God it’s so windy my DG came on it’s so [Applause] windy oh it’s less windy over here wait I think it’s time to go down  how do we get out you’re going to   have to go backward no way it just  looks like a straight draw okay

Ready you have to go backwards if you fall we are both dead okay watch out [Music] that is a straight 90° incline it’s  very windy up there so just hold on   to your glasses ridiculously would oh we made it  

That is the most perilous thing I’ve ever  done [Laughter] okay just hold on to your stuff okay we made it that was cool I uh I need  another bottle of wine to recover from that yeah  

Okay we can enjoy the views from the comfort of  the windows down here oh hey look at that all I   could see was hair incredibly awesome Tower to  climb the city’s beautiful from above it’s worth  

The climb but yeah that wasn’t very pleasant in  the most windy day of the year but again beautiful   rooftop City worth a climb if you can get up  those little stairs so if you can’t actually  

Make it to the top you can make it up to here on  normal stairs in the last little bit is the hard   part but you still get a nice view from here  I mean this is you’re just behind a piece of  

Glass okay there’s a lot of forehead Marks here  soar if you notice this Tower is empty a lot of   the towers were just built just for heart not  actually for any purpose but to have a high  

Tower that you couldn’t do anything with which is  just a symbol of power and wealth which is quite I   mean nothing’s changed over the last 600 years and  people are still the same try not to compete one

Another I think I’ve tasted more of my Pantene  garer fruti products more than I care to today   so we’re going back down the tower and I think  uh this calls for some gelski so we’re going to   go to the the world famous gelato shop and  try some very interesting gelato flavors

Now and gelato Jersey first a all right so  bottle of wine Plus Tower was the right move   that made me enjoy our day a tad bit more I  mean there a little bit a bit too chill this  

Morning like wasn’t too much to do it’s a very  small town but now we are feeling better now   we’re going to have some gelato I think in the  near future but like near future I mean like 5  

Minutes after I put my jersey on again Jersey  in South Africa means sweater not a sports Jersey stop cut him off cut him off my laugh  just echoed across the Piat up this guy hey  

Look at that the wind has gone away the wind has  died now we’re going to G the world’s most famous   gelato he won the World Gelato competition in 2006  7 8 and on oh and this is a chair I watch when we  

Were going to Sicily we watch all your videos and  because of you we knew how to use the train in the   in C so big fun amazing guys I’m I’m Thomas  Thomas where are you from oh I’m from Poland  

But we live in UK okay how many regions you have  left this is Thomas and I’m a big fan of global exp thank you so much for saying hello  that just made my day when you guys see   us please say hello that literally just  made our day okay back to mat’s ice cream  

Flavors hey you got to pick which which  combination you want I don’t know I want   all of them I don’t like fruits can I  just show you how much research we have   done just even on popular just on the  chant this is excessive but necessary

Chaotic is that a tomato there’s one called an   Italian you have do no okay  please can I have one Sant and yes that’s aive we got three ice creams this is just  the most aggressive thing we’ve done in   a minute this is ridiculous you’re going  to feel disgusting on this you know that  

It’s fine it’s for a CA okay even it when  it’s wind called gelato still melts fast   this is made with Sanji minano red wine  that’s kind of crazy I mean it literally   looks like red wine color-wise kind of  smells like red wine this is going to be [Music] interesting

Wa that is so bizarre no cetes did we bring Sur we did not bring Cates  guys this is crazy it’s literally red wine gelato   what is this one I don’t even know that’s Michelle  and and gra pink grapefruits I’m eating me as a

Galato I absolutely love whatever this is this  one is definitely the Michelle because there’s   orange bitters in it not going to lie not  sad that it’s named same as me cuz that is   delicious granted it’s not named after me it’s  named after after Michelle Obama and I love that  

That is actually delicious okay seriously  while she’s there I need to actually look around that’s weird right it’s like I don’t like  that so maso cheese in that’s why it’s mixed with   the Sanam is mixed with masap so I don’t like that  at all this is the messiest day we’ve had in a  

Minute so this is a veracha and pink grapefruit  gelato so there is Yo in this panicked state of   eating gelato before it melts the red wine gelato  was s o grapes San I am losing it at present this  

Is the veracha the Sanji minano white wine gelato  that is also mixed with pink grapefruit and as   much as I do not like grapefruit because it  is bitter this gelato is actually a winner so   even if you don’t like grapefruit definitely  give this a try because it’s actually the

Delicious oh that is so good sorry we in between  this again wait which one is that one I don’t   know what other ones did you order one of them  is the award winner that’s the that’s good I  

Don’t know what I can’t remember what’s in one  baby what is that I like that but I wonder to   have to walk these stairs down just to be a kind  human being off this we just I don’t know what  

That is but make guys okay can we just look  at the situation this is by far our messiest   episode and it’s actually like the coldest day  that we have filmed so far this year the GLA X   bat’s falling apart the Michelle’s got honey  and almond bitters from my understanding so  

That one is actually pretty delicious I love  that orange bitters not almond bter sorry but   grapefruit is actually damn good I like that a  lot with the white wand really like a hot mes   right the MCH is good we should have taken out  our lobsters to be honest this is embarrassing  

This is the most aggressive amount of I’m just  going to have to drink this is amsr R for all of   those that don’t know what ASMR is this this new  strange thing on the internet where you listen to  

People make funny noises and it does something  through your senses or something I don’t know   kidy days can we just talk about the fact that  it’s running down your why is the green one we   look like pigeons we have literally left like  a bunch of droppings I’m going to have to WP  

Down this entire don’t spill on this is why you  travel with wet I like all of them except the the   red the red wine except Michelle had to go and  get us a full cup of red wine as well you know  

I just committed you know that was a mistake in  the moment what is this one I haven’t tried the   award winning one yet but now that they’ve mushed  together I don’t know what it is who who what the  

Heck what is that I don’t know I can’t remember I  have it written on oh that’s actually really good   though it’s kind of weird at first but then  it’s really good guys I feel like this was a  

Hot mess Express gelato tasting experience but  eat it fast try the wine ones and also try the   signature flavor that’s all I have to say so  now we get milkshakes as well okay this is why we we’re literally going to have to power wash  this step you know honesty the ice cream is  

Delicious I don’t maybe maybe like pick a flavor  don’t mix your flavors they melt way too fast for   you actually truly enjoy the flavors so just  pick a flavor maybe let your spouse your child   get another flavor you guys can try each other’s  flavors that’s the best thing and don’t forget  

Napkins for the love of all that’s Humane do not  forget napkins agreed after devouring the other   two cups and I got onto the red wine one it’s  actually pretty good first tastes not very good  

But after a while it actually grows on you it’s  weird like a grap F tastes like a grape fine it’s   good though what a good moral citizen hey hi hi  I’m Michelle yeah I know youve been following your  

Vide here andri from India subscribers thank  you so much for saying hello can a picture   oh twice in one day we’re very lucky two groups  of subscribers two different subscribers than I   was it just makes our day I was like dripping in  sticky gelato and I just like totally put a smile  

On my face so please say hello to us when you  see us because really it just oh warms our hearts   makes us happy the church bells are chiming it’s  almost 6:00 p.m. and we need to catch our bus back  

But we have had a very lovely and just chill day  today out a bit slow but I think on yeah bye bye

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28 Comments

  1. Thank you for bringing back some fond memories from our last trip! We’ll be going back to this wonderful place when we return in the fall… can’t wait!! ❤ And we’d love to see more of Poggibonsi, our home-away-from-home (our favorite, sleepy little town!). If you happen to stop by Ape d’Oro (in Poggibonsi), please say hi to Antonio and Eleonora! 😊

  2. Putting Sambuca in coffee is a classic in italy . Once in a lifetime must be tried.
    Personally it disgusts me 😛
    Instead I don't disdain a little grappa in coffee.

  3. Inspite of the chaotic winds 🌬, it was a very serene and lovely vlog. Love how you guys find ways to enjoy every moment! Even joking about allergies and Allegra in the beginning.

  4. Nice vlog dears, thanks. Right now I'm travelling these places through both of you. I am feeling it. Italy is a beauty and has great cultural heritage like our India. Be happy and joyful always. Keep it up. Love ❤️ ❤️ from India. 🇮🇳👍🏻🙏🏻

  5. 🇮🇹The Origins between History and Legend

    The foundation of San Gimignano dates back to ancient times. According to legend, in 63 B.C. two brothers, Muzio and Silvio, two young patricians escaping from Rome after their implication in the conspiracy of Catiline, sheltered in Valdelsa and built two castles: the Castle of Mucchio and the Castle of Silvia, which would develop in the future San Gimignano.
    The first historical document mentioning the name of the town is dated 30th August 929, when Ugo di Provenza donated to the Bishop of Volterra the so-called Mount of the Tower "prope Sancto Geminiano adiacente" (next to San Gimignano). The name of San Gimignano probably comes from the bishop of Modena. According to legend, during the barbaric invasions the saint appeared miraculously on the city walls, and saved the town from Totila's threat.

    The first settlements

    The fascinating legends on the town are not more interesting than the long and complex history of San Gimignano.
    The area of San Gimignano had his first inhabitants in prehistory, but the first relevant settlements date back to the archaic Etruscan period. At that time the area of Pugiano e.g. was already known as an important sacred site in the unspoilt valley of the torrent Riguardi.
    Traces of settlements are more and more numerous during the Hellenistic period, when the hill of San Gimignano was probably inhabited, as some tombs discovered inside the historical centre would demonstrate. If during the Etruscan period inhabited areas were mainly limited to the top of the hills, with the Roman colonization the valley bottom was preferred, especially the areas next to streams, whose waters were often used as communication routes. To be noted as an example the Roman villa of Chiusi, in the vicinity of the torrent

    Between High and Late Middle Ages

    The constellation of small-sized rural villages of the Etruscan and Roman period that developed in the more important area of Volterra, by the end of High Middle Ages (tenth century) developed into the most ancient core of the current historical centre. In 998 San Gimignano was still a village along the Via Francigena. From a political point of view it belonged to the bishop of Volterra, who resided in a castle at Poggio della Torre.
    San Gimignano mainly developed in the first three centuries of the Millennium, thanks to its favourable geographical position. In High Middle Ages the Via Francigena, first traced by the Lombards, became the route of pilgrims who travelled to Rome, mainly from France. The detour to the port of Pisa grafted in San Gimignano, and the town, settled around the hillside variation of the Via Francigena, became one of the most important transit and stopping sites for all travellers.

    From Free Commune to the submission to Florence

    In 1199 the town, that had increased considerably, declared itself a Free Commune. At first the government was in the hands of Consuls, then of a Podestà, who was periodically changed. For impartiality reasons the governor was always a "foreigner" and he remained in charge for six months.
    Despite the bitter political dispute between the Guelfs, who supported the Pope, and the Ghibellines, sided with the emperor, the Commune developed and prospered in agricultural activities in particular thanks to the production of saffron, Greek wine, and Vernaccia, to the commerce of wool, and to money lending to wear. Around the first half of the fourteenth century the town consisted of 13.000 inhabitants and the historical centre was enclosed in the second circle of the city walls. The plague of 1348 decimated two thirds of the population and, since then, San Gimignano knew a long period of decline in the shadow of the dominant Florence.

    From decline after the second half of the fourteenth century to nowadays

    The economic, architectonic, and cultural boost of San Gimignano stopped around the first half of the fourteenth century, when the Commune submitted to Florence.
    After 1348 San Gimignano would never attain again the economical and demographical previous levels. Drastic depopulation and economical decline, together with the loss of political autonomy, produced a clear breakdown: towers fell down, or they were cut off, the palaces got damaged, and due to the general decay no trendy events took place in San Gimignano for centuries. This is why the historical centre of the town remained unchanged and escaped the influences of the different styles that would follow till the end of the nineteenth century, when the "gothic renovation" took place. From the fifteenth century onward there were few urban additions: the Rocca di Montestaffoli, a fortress built by the Florentines with defensive purposes against Siena, a few buildings, some small churches, unimportant maintenance works.
    Despite the decay, during the Quattrocento San Gimignano knew the prestigious intervention of important artists of the time such as Domenico Ghirlandaio, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Benedetto da Maiano, who renovated and enriched the cultural heritage of the previous centuries which already consisted of precious works of art by Coppo di Marcovaldo, Memmo di Filippuccio, Simone Martini, Lippo Memmi, Bartolo di Fredi, Taddeo di Bartolo, and Jacopo della Quercia. Later on, the seventeenth century would be the all-time low in the history of the town. After the plague of 1631, San Gimignano became one of the poorest centres in the Grand Dukedom of Tuscany, with a population reduced to 3.000 inhabitants.
    The reforms of the eighteenth century brought some advantage to San Gimignano as well. Agriculture, with the typical Tuscan mixed cultivation system, started to increase again and population raised up to 10.000 inhabitants, as registered in 1948. The historical centre knew an incredible revival: first with the rediscovering of Middle Ages around the first half of the nineteenth century, when several buildings were repaired and renovated, then, one hundred years later, with the exponential growth of cultural tourism, which still brings million of visitors a year to the town of the towers.
    Today the Commune of San Gimignano numbers 8.000 inhabitants and lives on agriculture, thanks to a prestigious production of D.O.C.G. Vernaccia wine, and a flourishing activity of agritourism, besides small local factories in the framework of the Valdelsa industrial area. Every year the historical centre, registered in UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage, attract millions of tourists from all over the world, who comes to admire the intact medieval atmosphere preserved by centuries and decay and protected today by national law and strict local rules.

    The Tower as a Symbol of Power

    San Gimignano rises on top of a hill 334m above sea level, clearly visible in the distance with its many towers. Today 13 towers remain of the 72 towers of the fourteenth century, when every well off family built a tower to show its economical power (many of them are still visible in the buildings, even if they were cut off).
    The first towers rose wide apart in a rarefied urban fabric looking very different from the nowadays compact centre. Towers were used in a different way. Rooms were very narrow, generally 1x2m; there were a few openings, and the walls, about 2m thick, assured cool temperature in summer and hot in winter. Almost all the towers were built next to other buildings in perishable materials such as wood and earth. In medieval times the tower was the higher symbol of power, mainly because the building process was not simple or cheap at all. Materials needed to be dug and transferred to town, and the building site arranged. Only the richest families of merchants and moneylenders could afford the works of construction.
    The house occupied just part of the tower. The ground floor consisted of workshops, the first floor of bedrooms, and the higher level of the kitchen. The destination of each room followed the simplest security rules. The kitchen, where a fire was usually lighted, was located on the highest live-in room, to escape in case of accidental fire.

    Towers change

    During the twelfth century the changes in the buildings were mainly directed to improve the daily life. The need of larger inside spaces and of wider openings brought to new building models, which mainly involved the towers.
    The reference model for the towers built between the first half of the twelfth century and the first half of the thirteenth century is the so-called Pisa model, exported from the famous Tuscan maritime town. According to this style, buildings had one or more high and narrow openings on lower levels, which cross the tower from side to side. The openings that stretched for several levels were shared inside by wooden floors, which corresponded to outside full-wide wooden balconies. With these balconies inner spaces were expanded outside the walls of the buildings.

    From towers to palaces

    From the end of the twelfth century, the towers built according the same model were sided by other buildings of lower height that may be already defined palazzi. From the second half of the twelfth century, bricks appeared, and they were used in total or in part to erect buildings.
    Since the first half of the thirteenth century towers were not built anymore, whilst palaces were built according to the most up-to-date and fashionable trends of that time. Since the first half of Duecento, the major Tuscan art towns such as Florence, Pisa, Lucca, and Siena developed some peculiar architectonical features, different for each town. This is not the case for San Gimignano, where architecture developed according to eclectic features, merging different styles and influences from different towns the Commune had come in touch with. The outcome is a very original and peculiar architecture.

  6. Great video as usual! Thanks.. Watching vlogs like this, seeing Ukrainian flags on these Italian buildings in Tuscany, and having no opportunity to leave Ukraine is painful. The biggest dream is to visit Tuscany once again.

  7. I loved this so much, thank you very much, your sence of humor keeps me smiling the entire video!!
    I love the sights you shiw and the information as always is awesome!! I also really like seeing inside the shops and the merchandise they have!!! ❤❤❤ thank you until next time 😊

  8. We went here on our first European cruise in 2006 for our retirement. Loved it. Too bad it was so windy for you. Love your facial expressions when you taste something. Those desserts looked so good! Those sandwiches were huge. So much fun climbing the tower. How did you decide which Gelato flavor? There were so many to choose from Didn’t see any kitties? When are you going back to film? TFS.

  9. I visited Sam Gimignano in the fall of 2021. We were staying outside of Volterra. The rainy day and the time of year plus just coming out of Covid, made the town almost deserted. I just walked into the church and didn't have to pay. As you said, it was surprisingly dark. I enjoyed visiting with you on this brighter somewhat warmer day.

  10. Wow so much to explore. When we were there it was on a multi city tour and we barely had time to walk to the top of the town, get gelato and then leave. Can’t wait to go back to see all these sites!

  11. Lovely episode.. And I hope you're going to Val d'Orchia coz I'm planning to go there but confused on how to get there, coz I heard that there's no public transport but I can't drive

  12. Another fantastic episode guys! San Geminiano is one of those Tuscan gems you know is kind of a tourist trap but so beautiful you just cannot not go.

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