da wheeleran | Feb 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
South of Capalbio on the road to Rome in the rocky mountains overlooking Civitavecchia is the fabulous medieval village of Tolfa. It has remarkably old Neolothic origins, with a wealth of archeological history, and became suddenly important in 1461 with the discovery...
da wheeleran | Feb 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Capalbio is ten minutes from the long sandy beaches that stretch all the way from Argentario down to Montalto. It’s a simple drive down the hill then a left or right turn on the highway to go north towards Orbetello or south, or across the highway to the small...
da wheeleran | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
The main forest pathway that runs for 6km through the Feniglia nature reserve all the way from Ansedonia on the coast across the tombola to Argentario. It’s a gorgeous woodland area of pine, ash, and oak trees with guided marshland pathways on the Orbetello...
da wheeleran | Feb 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you’re looking for fancy modern anonymous minimalism, we’re not it . Our two apartments are real, authentic Tuscan houses, kept just as our parents made them. They’re both unique in their own way. Casa Terra, our father’s house, is all...
da wheeleran | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Beautiful Marta on the shore of Lago di Bolsena east of of Capalbio, which is Italy’s largest volcanic lake. With a long lovely sandy beach to the south and a couple of terrific seafood restaurants, it’s as pretty as Capodimonte just around the corner,...
da wheeleran | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dante wrote about the disease and desolation that struck the Maremma during the middle ages in The Divine Comedy, because the lush farmland that had fed the Etruscans and Romans for generations had been blighted by malaria and constant flooding, which decimated the...
