Holiday apartment in Costalpino: market, cycling route and medieval heritage

Costalpino offers several clearly distinct points of interest for planning your trip: a weekly market on Thursdays, a medieval town centre, historical links to San Galganello and a provincial cycling route. If you choose a holiday apartment in Costalpino, you can therefore tailor your stay to very different interests – between local history, market life and active day planning.

Thursday market and finding your way around the town

A weekly market takes place in Costalpino every Thursday. The market is held in the car park on the S.S. 73 Ponente. This specific venue makes it easier for you to plan when and where the market day takes place, without requiring any additional routes or offers. For your holiday apartment in Costalpino, the weekly market can serve as a fixed point of reference when planning shared holiday days.

Bus connection and regional links

Autolinee Toscane bus route 140 operates along the Siena–Costafabbri–Costalpino–Toiano–Tegoia route. The line connects Siena, Costafabbri, Costalpino, Toiano and Tegoia. If, when choosing your accommodation, you also wish to take Costalpino’s links with the surrounding area into account, this route is one of the relevant local connections.

Cycling route near Località Costalpino

The Mediofondo Strade Bianche provincial route runs along the SP73 Bis near Località Costalpino. This gives the area a clear connection to cycling. You can take this information into account when planning your holiday days, just as you can the weekly market or the historical themes of the town centre.

Medieval town centre and San Galganello

The medieval town centre of Costalpino was historically connected to the medieval monastery of San Galganello. The historic centre also contains a room carved into the tuff, which may originally have been a tomb. A historic road connected the town centre with the medieval monastery of San Galganello; a road across the Sorra stream to Sant’Andrea a Montecchio is also documented.

A hospice for pilgrims and travellers had existed near Costalpino since 1276 and later took the name San Galganello. In 1292, Enrico Giliotti Incontri bequeathed the San Galganello hospice to the Cistercian monks of San Galgano. The bequest obliged the monks to build an adjoining oratory and hold services there.

By 1319, the monks at San Galganello had already built a church and a palatial building resembling a small monastery. From that time onwards, the complex was commonly known as San Galganello. The former parish church of Santa Margherita in the Costalpino area had also existed since the 12th century.

Choose a holiday apartment based on your interests

These diverse local connections can help you choose a holiday apartment in Costalpino according to the experiences you have planned. The Thursday market provides a regular focal point, bus route 140 connects Costalpino with Siena, Costafabbri, Toiano and Tegoia, and the Mediofondo Strade Bianche route offers a specific way to engage with cycling. The medieval town centre, San Galganello and Santa Margherita add history and culture to your travel plans. This allows you to choose the focus that suits your personal rhythm for your trip.

Other destinations in the area

For further orientation, you can also discover Il Piano, Le Tolfe and San Rocco A Pilli.

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