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From Piazza Vittorio Emanuel II walk toward the Municipale and turn right onto Via Tanzini. Go under the clock tower arch and veer left as the road becomes Via Ghiberti. Note the grocery store and bakery for provisions.In 500m the road veers right and you cross the Sieve on a stout bridge. After the crossing continue along the road, passing the lovely Chiesa San Francesco on the right. One block later turn left on Via Bettini. At Via Farulla turn right and in one block come to the Via Forlivese, the main road up and down the Sieve Valley.

The view from the Ponte Mediceo bridge over the Sieve River in Pontassieve

Just across the street is the barely visible Via Tirolo. Take it uphill, first crossing a railroad bridge. You will climb uphill on this pleasant, asphalt lane for the next 2.9km, with beautiful views of the Sieve Valley and the 10th-century Castello di Nipozzano, now a prosperous winery of the historic Frescobaldi company. The asphalt road ends among olive orchards near the top of the hill at an intersection marked ‘Via di Castello Nipozzano.’