Pienza

After Montalcino we made a quick stop in Pienza. Pienza is a very small town known for their pecorino cheese, yummmmmm! There are many cheese shops where you can sample all the cheeses, and cute artisan shops with leather goods. There is a beautiful early Renaissance cathedral in the center of town (Palazzo Piccolomini) and behind it a wonderful view of the Tuscan countryside.

Pienza is definitely worth a stop if you are a cheese lover like us. Everyone we passed on the streets were carring grocery bags filled with cheese wheels.

Walking towards Palazzo Piccolomini

The cathedral in Palazzo Piccolomini

Building across from the cathedral

David found heaven in Pienza

The old entrance to the city

Palazzo Piccolomini

View from behind the cathedral

The back of the cathedral

Me in front of the ancient well