The hiking trail between the hermitages of San Leonardo and Lecceto is a spiritual journey that links two important places of Sienese spirituality and art; immersing yourself in the greenry of the Montagnola, you will cross spaces full of history and characterized by a peaceful nature that seems to absorb, perhaps thanks to its many karst cavities, the frenzy of everyday life that continues to flow a few kilometres from this real oasis of peace. Our starting point for the trek is the San Leonardo al Lago Hermitage, a place that by the name suggests an ancient characteristic of this area and which today, due to a decisive historical event, is something that no longer exists. Once we leave San Leonardo, we move on in our hiking trail in the Sienese Countryside take the real path leading us to the Lecceto Hermitage.

During our trek between the hermitages we also discover where the characteristic reddish color of the soil comes from, as well as the fascinating history of the rocky component that you will glimpse beyond the soil: the cavernous limestone.

We will conclude the hiking trail in the Sienese countryside with the large cloister, an elegant Renaissance space in which the frequent appearance of the Piccolomini coat of arms reveals, as we will see, the attention that the illustrious Sienese family paid to this complex, to such an extent to dedicate some important artistic commissions to it.