Unfortunately, San Gimignano didn’t live up to my expectations. I had imagined we would walk round the narrow streets in a hushed atmosphere, picturing the people who used to live there. Instead, everyone seemed to be there that day, it was noisy, there were too many people, cranes from construction and miniature dustbin lorries were having to come and sweep up litter because of all the tourists. We waited in a queue to gain possession of a street map and then headed upwards away from the crowds in the hope of finding a shady quiet spot. Instead, we came across a wine museum which did offer respite for the heat for a short time, but was too small to take proper shelter. Next to this were the town’s walls from we had a wonderful vista of the surrounding valley. A panorama or two later we were heading back to the centre on the trail of the statutory gelateria.
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