by wheeleran | Apr 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Orbetello is the Big City; the largest town in the region, 15 minutes drive up the highway, and the place to go if you want a night out after a day at the beach. It’s still tiny, you can easily walk from one end of it to the other in 10 minutes, but it’s...
by wheeleran | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The island of Giglio is to the west of Argentario, a short boat ride from the ferry service at Porto Santo Stefano on Argentario, and a perfect day trip. The island is gorgeous, with a small population nestled in three small port towns surrounded by lush vegetation,...
by wheeleran | Mar 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
The beaches along the coast south of Orbetello are dotted with lovely establishments with cafes, bars, showers, bathrooms, and umbrella and deckchair hires with parking nearby. But if you really want to get away from that, and everybody else, head for either the long...
by wheeleran | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The hill that Capalbio stands on, surrounded by the woods of the nature reserve and olive groves, was once bare white alabaster rock which glittered in the sunlight and from which it is thought the latin name for Capalbio – Campus album – comes from. The...
by wheeleran | Mar 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Beautiful little Talamone was a thriving city and port during the Etruscan period, and site of a fierce battle in 225 BC when Roman troops fought back an alliance of Celtic tribes that had overun northern and central Italy and were marching on Rome. The Aldobrandeschi...
