da wheeleran | Apr 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Spring and early summer is the perfect time to visit the Maremma. It’s quiet and unspoiled by tourism, with miles of roads and lanes and hiking and cycling paths to explore, and all of it beautiful, with golden fields, rich farmland, green hills and valleys,...
da wheeleran | Apr 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Casa Terra is our unique and authentic Tuscan apartment which opens onto a wide open front patio under grape vines that look down over the garden and nature reserve to the sea. It has exposed wooden beams, terracotta tile floors repurposed from a derelict medieval...
da wheeleran | Apr 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The remarkable little Talamone, north of Orbetello, perched on a rocky bluff overlooking the sea, with the fearsome Aldobrandeschi fortress overlooking the bay. The little beach in the foreground is one of a number of fabulous places to swim next to the lush pine...
da wheeleran | Mar 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Directly below Capalbio on the coast is Lago di Burano, a large coastal lagoon and wetlands area that is part of the Lake Burano Oasis, which includes the narrow strip of coastal dunes between the lake and the sea. It was the first WWF protected oasis in Italy and...
da wheeleran | Mar 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
North east of Capalbio are the thermal springs and ancient town of Saturnia, first settled in the bronze age, site of Etruscan settlements in the 8th century BC, a Roman colony and important administrative center, and then battled over by numerous regional powers...
