6 min read Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia is a land of almost unimaginable beauty, a place that makes you feel you have been transported into a 15th-century painting. As you walk along the cobbled streets of quiet walled towns, church bells suddenly explode around you. The air smells like chestnuts and truffles, and from every open window the scent of baking bread and simmering sauce rushes out to greet you.