da wheeleran | Lug 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Lago di Bolsena is a great day trip when you want to escape the beach; Italy’s largest volcanic lake with fresh, clear water, lovely little towns around the rim, and great cafes and bars, restaurants, and sandy beaches. You must see the old center of Bolsena and...
da wheeleran | Lug 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sunset on the beach at Chiarone, looking north towards Ansedonia and the promotory of Argentario. The beach here is miles long, a single unbroken strand of golden sand behind the dunes, with various beaches to choose from along the coast that have cafes and bars,...
da wheeleran | Lug 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
We are definitely seeing the effect of what’s called the “shoulder season,” where the changing climate has meant that summers are longer and hotter so travellers are either going north rather than south, or booking earlier or later holidays, to avoid...
da wheeleran | Giu 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The two great fortifications on Argentario are Forte Filippo overlooking and protecting Porte Ercole, and this one, Forte Stella, further up the western coast and overlooking the sea and coastline all the way south to Civittavecchia. They were both built by the...
da wheeleran | Giu 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the more remarkable things you can do in Capalbio is visit the Tarot Garden, the singular vision of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. Between 1979 and her death in 2002 she built twenty two monumental sculptures made with reinforced concrete and...
da wheeleran | Giu 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
The western and southern coastline of Argentario are spectacular, with fabulous view down to the rocky coastline from the provincial road that winds its way around the coast from Porto Santo Stefano in the north down and around the coast to Porto Ercole in the east....
