Via Tempora, 22, Bettolle

This is hill country between the Val di Chiana and the Crete Senesi, with cultivated slopes, olive groves and fields around scattered hamlets. The nearest named landscape feature within reach is the Val di Chiana plain immediately east of Sinalunga. Montepulciano and Torrita di Siena are the nearest historic centres of size in the area, with services and intact old towns on hilltops. Siena is the nearest larger city for higher-order services. This part of southern Tuscany is known for cereal farming, olive oil and wine-growing.