da wheeleran | Gen 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
We are already taking bookings for next Spring and Summer, so book now for what’s sure to be a busy holiday period and high prices. Casa Blu is perfect for families, very reasonably priced, sleeps five in two bedrooms, two bathrooms (one en-suite in the master...
da wheeleran | Gen 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
The very pretty town of Montemerano was built and fortified in the 10th century by the ruling Aldobrandeschi family, founded by inhabitants fleeing coastal villages that were being repeatedly raided by Saracen pirates. A second larger city wall was built in the 12th...
da wheeleran | Gen 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
It’s snowing in the Maremma! The forests and hills are beautiful, and the ski slopes at Monte Amiata are open with a range of easy, intermediate, and difficult slopes, plus a lovely valley run through the forest. Day tickets are inexpensive, and it’s a...
da wheeleran | Gen 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Though these days it’s known as an exclusive beach resort and famous for it’s regattas and yachts, the coastline away from the port around Punta Ala is gorgeous and well worth seeing. Its castle, towers and fortifications were built by the Medici in the...
da wheeleran | Gen 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Capalbio was founded by the Etruscans, taken by the Romans, invaded by the Ostrogoths and Lombard barbarians, donated to the Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome by Charlemagne, and sold to the powerful Aldobrandeschi family in the 11th Century, it then got interesting Capabio...
