Guidebook

A blog about the Maremma, what to see, and its history.

San Galgano

On the road north to Siena is the remarkable ruins of the Abbey of San Galgano, named...

Casa Blu is our lovely sunlit second apartment in Capalbio, available for rent year...

The pretty pathway around the top of the outer fortress walls in Capalbio, with the...

The last Spanish mill in the lagoon in Orbetello, one of nine originally built by the...

The patio in Casa Terra shining in the autumn sunshine under the thick foliage of the...

Porta Senese, the Siena Gate, guarding the entrance to the inner city walls in Capalbio....

Lovely little Giglio island is off the west coast of Argentario, reachable by easy ferry...

The beautifully restored Collelungo fortress tower in the Maremma National Park. This is...

Capalbio is the prettiest little town in the Maremma, perched on a hill behind massive...

One of the beautiful walking paths through the largest beech tree forest in Europe, on...

Perched on a hill overlooking the highway east of Marsiliana are the ruins of the...

Beautiful Sorano is perched on an extraordinary tuff rock cliff overlooking the Lente...