by wheeleran | Oct 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
A beautiful Autumn afternoon at the beach in Chiarone, looking north towards Ansedonia and Argentario. The weather is crisp and mild, the water is warm but fresh, and there are miles of quiet and solutude to explore and think about life and the year ahead. This is a...
by wheeleran | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the lovely little alleyways in the old medieval center of Capalbio, lined with beautiful potted plants and flowers. Nestled within the high fortress walls that ring the town and look out and down to the coast or back into the hinterland of the Maremma, these...
by wheeleran | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Beautiful medieval Tarquinia was one of the oldest and most important of the ancient Etruscan cities, a commercial power by the 8th century BC, home of a dynasty of Etruscan kings, and a miltary stronghold with massive city walls that repelled Celtic invasions and...
by wheeleran | Oct 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The view from the apartment gardens on a golden October evening, looking down over the nature reserve to the north. Beyond the hills between Capalbio and Orbetello is the hazy outline of Argentario. There have been a few storms in the past weeks, but these days are...
by wheeleran | Oct 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
North east of Capalbio is the extraordinary little town of Pitigliano, one of three along with nearby Sovana and Sorano perched on steep volcanic ridges of tuft rock and linked by a network of pathways and roads cut into deep trenches called Cave del Vie. Pitigliano...
by wheeleran | Sep 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The attractively named Devil’s bridge crossing the Fiori river gorge in Vulci, right next to the archeological museum housed in the medieval fortress on the other side of the river. The bridge was first built by the Etruscans in the 3rd century BC, then rebuilt...
