by wheeleran | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Casa Terra is a unique rustic Tuscan apartment, full of artwork, paintings, prints, little antiques, pottery, and bronze objects. It opens onto a wide open patio underneath grape vines which looks out over our private garden and down over the nature reserve towards...
by wheeleran | Dec 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The ancient Etruscan city of Blera south east of Capalbio is built on a narrow spur of tuft rock between two lush gorges dense with vegetation, elms, poplars, willows, ferns, caves, small waterfalls, and a series of old Roman locks that direct the flow of the Biedano...
by wheeleran | Nov 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
A wooded path through the forest of the Macchiatonda Nature Reserve, which covers 244 hectares of land between the coast and the highway below Capalbio. It’s a WWF wildlife area of wetland groves, natural meadows, and organically managed fields that preserve the...
by wheeleran | Nov 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The castle on the hill overlooking the tiny village of Montemassi north of Grosetto, built by the Aldobrandeschi family around 1000 AD and almost constantly besieged by Siena, who could not, ever, control the rebellious locals, who refused to be ruled by anyone until...
by wheeleran | Nov 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
The mountain region and nature reserve of Monte Amiata north east of Capalbio is incredibly beautiful, with the largest beech tree forest in Europe, spruce, fir, chestnut, and pine trees, and miles of hiking trails, nature walks, and bike paths. In winter it is wild,...
