da wheeleran | Mar 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
The beaches along the coast south of Orbetello are dotted with lovely establishments with cafes, bars, showers, bathrooms, and umbrella and deckchair hires with parking nearby. But if you really want to get away from that, and everybody else, head for either the long...
da wheeleran | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The hill that Capalbio stands on, surrounded by the woods of the nature reserve and olive groves, was once bare white alabaster rock which glittered in the sunlight and from which it is thought the latin name for Capalbio – Campus album – comes from. The...
da wheeleran | Mar 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Beautiful little Talamone was a thriving city and port during the Etruscan period, and site of a fierce battle in 225 BC when Roman troops fought back an alliance of Celtic tribes that had overun northern and central Italy and were marching on Rome. The Aldobrandeschi...
da wheeleran | Mar 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
This handsome guy, ladies and gentlemen, is the Maremmano Sheepdog, indigenous to the Maremma region of Tuscany and the mountains of Abruzzo. They’re livestock guard dogs, distinctively white, and they’re big, strong, smart, and fearless. They’re...
da wheeleran | Mar 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Casa Blu is bright and sunlight, a private and quiet apartment just below the old village walls overlooking the private gated garden and reserved parking and down over the nature reserve and the sea. It’s perfect for families, with a large open plan kitchen and...
da wheeleran | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Monte Amiata is a strikingly beautiful mountain region north east of Capalbio, with large, wild, rocky forests of beech, spruce, and chestnut trees, and with miles of hiking trails, nature walks, and bike paths. Amiata itself is an extinct volcano, one of the largest...
