by wheeleran | Jan 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The charming little footpath along the top of the high inner fortress walls in Capalbio, which runs around and looks down over the old medieval town center and has fantastic views along the whole coastline from Argentario in the north to Montalto and beyond to the...
by wheeleran | Dec 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Polveriera Guzman in Orbetello was a massive powder magazine built in 1692 for the Spanish viceroy of the State of the Presidi to store explosives. Now an archeological museum and art gallery, it was also used by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 to supply his troops...
by wheeleran | Dec 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The remarkable fortress of Radicofani north east of Capalbio on the road to Siena is one of the most beautiful in all of Italy. Standing on a rocky cliff overlooking the town and two valleys, it defended and controlled the Via Francigena road which shuttled pilgrims...
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...
