San Gimignano
Every shop and restaurant that lines the streets is geared towards foreigners, but I was assured that real people do live there! Unfortunately I didn’t have much free time to get very far into the town, past this tourist-ridden area, but I definitely still got a taste of the neighborhood and these are my highlights:
Siena
The town is also filled with shops, particularly art galleries and clothing boutiques, which is a nice change from the leather shop after leather shop in Florence. Siena is known for certain types of pastries, which I enjoyed trying even though most of them were way too sweet for me!