by wheeleran | Jun 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The two great fortifications on Argentario are Forte Filippo overlooking and protecting Porte Ercole, and this one, Forte Stella, further up the western coast and overlooking the sea and coastline all the way south to Civittavecchia. They were both built by the...
by wheeleran | Jun 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the more remarkable things you can do in Capalbio is visit the Tarot Garden, the singular vision of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. Between 1979 and her death in 2002 she built twenty two monumental sculptures made with reinforced concrete and...
by wheeleran | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
The western and southern coastline of Argentario are spectacular, with fabulous view down to the rocky coastline from the provincial road that winds its way around the coast from Porto Santo Stefano in the north down and around the coast to Porto Ercole in the east....
by wheeleran | Jun 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Feniglia nature reserve is one of the prettiest areas in the region, a protected forest on the sandbar that runs from the Ansedonia mainland all the way across to Argentario on the southern shore of the Orbetello lagoon. The 6km path that runs along it is...
by wheeleran | Jun 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
An extraordinary view from the highest summit of the Uccellina mountains in the Maremma national park, looking out over to Argentario in the distance. First proposed in 1965 in part to protect the area from aggressive development proposals, and constituted officially...
