About this car in Florence

Photographers who come to Tuscany for the Val d'Orcia usually want the same frames: the road curving below Pienza, the hills around San Quirico, Montalcino on its ridge. A Chalk GTS Cabriolet belongs in those frames. The pale, almost matt shade picks up the warm low light of early morning and late afternoon without the glare of a pure white, and with the hood down the car becomes part of the landscape rather than a stain on it.

The Val d'Orcia is around 110 km from Florence, an easy motorway run south past Siena before the country roads begin. The 541 hp 3.6-litre T-Hybrid is relaxed at the 130 km/h motorway limit and wakes up on the climbs to Pienza. One caution: some estates in the valley are reached on gravel roads, and a low rear-wheel-drive 911 is better left on the tarmac, with the last stretch walked. For a second day, the Viale dei Cipressi at Bolgheri gives five kilometres of cypresses in a straight line. There are four seats, and winter tyres are fitted in the cold season.

Back in town, the centre inside the viali is a camera-controlled ZTL. Ask your hotel to register the plate for its garage, or collect the car at Firenze Peretola, Santa Maria Novella station or Pisa Galileo Galilei. Delivery to a villa or agriturismo is arranged when you book.

• Chalk paint that glows in the low light of the Val d'Orcia
• 541 hp T-Hybrid GTS, four seats, hood down in seconds
• Delivered to Peretola, Pisa, Santa Maria Novella or your agriturismo