Leonardo’s three trails mapped at Villa da Vinci

Three thematic trails of varying lengths and elevation changes, all departing from Villa da Vinci and winding through the surrounding countryside, each offering a special panorama: the valley, the vineyards and the forest.

Leonardo’s Niches – dedicated to Leonardo’s studies in geology and fossils – is the trail that circles the Villa, offering a 360-degree panorama of the valley. (Length: 800 metres – Duration 25′)

Leonardo’s Vineyards, beginning at the Leonardo Museum and the Renaissance of Wine, circles the vineyards that once belonged to Leonardo’s family and from which the wines of the Villa da Vinci line are produced today. (Length: 600 metres – Duration 20′)

Finally, Leonardo’s Forest, is the trail that winds through the forest adjacent to Villa da Vinci, a place of peace and silence, where nature remains untouched. (Length: 1.2 km – Duration 40′)

It is easy to imagine that Leonardo himself, during his childhood in Vinci, walked through these places and that this countryside and these panoramas inspired his celebrated landscapes.