Known worldwide for being the birthplace of the greatest genius of the Italian Renaissance, Vinci is a perfect place to spend a day full of culture and to explore Tuscan endless vineyards and olive groves, pretty much the same as in Leonardo’s time.

Is The Da Vinci museum worth it?

The museum is interactive which makes it very fun. You can use most of the machines they have built using Leonardo’s notes. There are explanations about most machines in Italian, English and two or three in German, but they’re very short and don’t really explain a lot about them.

What is the name of the city in Italy that Leonardo was born *?

Vinci is a small town 44 kilometres west of Florence, famous the world over as the birthplace of the original Renaissance man – Leonardo Da Vinci. The town hosts an important museum dedicated to the work of Leonardo, and in nearby Anchiano you’ll find the farmhouse where he was born.