Villages and towns

Di origine Aldobrandesca, come gran parte dei piccoli borghi presenti nella zona, Montemassi con il suo famoso castello, dopo essere passato sotto numerose dinastie, appare oggi come un borgo che è riuscito a mantenere l’aspetto di un compatto centro abitato a “pigna”, conformazione che gli conferisce un aspetto pittoresco. ...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [gallery columns="1" link="none" size="full" ids="29355,29358"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tirli, small jewel in the woods Tirli, fraction of Castiglione della Pescaia, is reclined on a hill and surrounded by wonderful woods of oak and chestnut. The small village has medieval origins and is built of stone, according to ancient urbanistic traditions, so as to shield the houses from the cold winter winds and...

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="24008,24005,24002"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Scarlino, between sea and earth Scarlino rises on the north slope of Monte d'Alma, from its highlands giving a wonderful view of Elba island and Corsica. The towns territory covers a large part of the gulf of Follonica that extends from the inland and the Pecora lowlands, to the regions of Castiglione della...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="23991,23994,23997"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gavorrano is located in the province of Grosseto, on the northern slope of Monte d'Alma in a region particularly rich in pyrite veins. Gavorrano in history since the time of the Etruscans. In the medieval period it was the object of battles between the communities of Massa and Siena until it was definitively annexed...

[gallery columns="1" ids="16709,16707"] The tuff town Pitigliano is the major centre of a tuff area (other centre are Sorano and Sovana). Pitigliano is probably the most beautiful town in the area. It appears to have grown from the stone of this wildly beautiful promontory, bounded by green valleys crossed by the Lente, Prochio and Meleta rivers. The high walls of volcanic tuff, carved out by a thousand of caverns, project a series of tower-houses, thus heightening the picturesque...

A municipality in the extreme south of Tuscany, about 45 km from Grosseto, Capalbio is placed on top of a hill with breathtaking sea-views surrounded by forests and countryside on the promontory of Ansedonia....