In the sienese countryside you can go back in time, traveling on a real vintage train with steam locomotive. A trip aboard the Nature Train is a unique and unforgettable experience for slow travelers. Many itineraries of great beauty and charm along railway lines now disused and only viable with the Nature Train. This experience will allow you to discover the Crete Senesi, Val d’Orcia and Mount Amiata from a very original perspective. A rich program, in which each experience is linked to a village festival, a historical re-enactment or a special event in the territory.
You can travel through the Val d’Orcia and the Crete Senesi and stop in romantic stations to visit villages and castles, you can stop in a farm for a tasting or participate in a village festival. A journey into the past in an original carriage with a real steam locomotive whistling and snorting.
The Nature Train will take you to discover unusual and inaccessible itineraries, including history, tradition, food and wine excellences of the Terre di Siena. The Nature Train is a project dedicated to slow travel and environmentally friendly, suitable for everyone, also much loved by children.
Most of the events are organized during the most important food and wine events of the territory (Siena, Abbadia San Salvatore, Asciano, Buonconvento, Castiglione d’Orcia, Chiusi, Montalcino, Murlo, San Giovanni d’Asso, San Quirico d’Orcia, Trequanda). Every appointment with the Nature Train lasts a whole day. Places are limited and reservations are required.
INFO e RESERVATIONS
Agenzia Viaggi Visione Del Mondo di GJS Srl
Tel.: +39 0577 281834 / +39 0577 48003
Email: info@visionedelmondo.com
Autumn 2021 program
The program may be subject to slight variations. Always ask for confirmation before departure.
See the complete programs
30 SEPTEMBER: BUONCONVENTO
SAGRA DELLA VAL D’ARBIA: Immersed in the food of the hamlet
Hour 08:35 Departure from Siena – 17:40 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Asciano – Monte Antico – Buonconvento
03 OCTOBER: MURLO
ETRUSCAN TRAIN: Blu Etrusco, Festival al Castello di Murlo
Hour 08:50 Departure from Siena – 18:47 Arrivo in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Buonconvento- Monte Antico – Asciano
10 OCTOBER: VIVO D’ORCIA – CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA
PORCINI MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Flavours & Smells from the woods
Hour 08:50 Departure from Siena – 18:47 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Buonconvento – Monte Antico -Trequanda – Asciano
17 OCTOBER: ABBADIA SAN SALVATORE
AUTUMN FESTIVAL: Local festivals in old hill towns
Hour 08:50 Departure from Siena – 18:47 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Buonconvento -Monte Antico – Asciano
24 OCTOBER : TREQUANDA
OLIVE OIL FESTIVAL: Ancient flavours and Terracotta
Hour 08:50 Departure Siena – 18:47 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Buonconvento – Monte Antico – Asciano
31 OCTOBER : MONTALCINO
THRUSH FESTIVAL: Festival in the land of Brunello
Hour 08:50 Departure from Siena – 17:40 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Buonconvento – Monte Antico – Asciano
14 NOVEMBER: SAN GIOVANNI D’ASSO – MONTALCINO
WHITE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL & MARKET: Perfumes and Tastings and Gifts
Hour 09:00 Departure from Siena – 18:45 Arrival in Siena
Steam train for outward journey (Diesel for return)
21 NOVEMBER : SAN GIOVANNI D’ASSO – MONTALCINO
WHITE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL & MARKET: Perfumes and Tastings and Gifts
Hour 08:40 Departure from Grosseto – 18:30 arrival in Grosseto
Steam train for outward journey and Diesel for return Via Monte Antico – Asciano on outward, via Buonconvento – Monte Antico on the return
05 DECEMBER: SIENA
MARKET IN PIAZZA DEL CAMPO: To Taste flavours of the past and the present
Hour 08:50 Departure from Grosseto – 17:45 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Steam locomotive and 5 “centoporte” coach carriages
8 DECEMBER: SAN QUIRICO D’ORCIA
OIL FESTIVAL: Skilled hands and culture
Hour 08:55 Departure from Siena – 18:47 Arrival in Siena
STEAM TRAIN – Via Buonconvento – Monte Antico – Asciano