Tuscania

Tuscania

Tuscania is east of Capalbio on the road to Viterbo and one of the oldest towns in the Maremma, with ancient Neolithic roots and a legend that attributes its founding to Tusco, son of Hercules. It was a proud and important Etruscan city, founded in the 7th century BC,...
Cerveteri

Cerveteri

South of Civitavecchia on the highway to Rome is the town of Cerveteri, and while the medieval town itself is very pretty, Cerveteri is famous as the site of one of Etruscan civilization’s largest and most prosperous city-states, Caere, and for the remarkable...
Viterbo

Viterbo

Viterbo is a major regional town about an hour south east of Capalbio situated between the two volcanic lakes of Vico and Bolsena, and on the ancient Roman Via Cassia, which runs from Rome north to modern day La Spezia. It has ancient Etruscan origins, was taken by...
Piazza della Provvidenza

Piazza della Provvidenza

Piazza della Provvidenza gets it’s name from the oratory (a small chapel) of the same name built for the cult of a lost Madonna and named after the patron saint of Capalbio, San Bernadino, who is also the patron saint of lungs, prayers, and advertisers . It...
Cycling trails

Cycling trails

There are miles of bicycle trails and country roads through the hills, forests, and wild fields of the Maremma, an extraordinary and untouched area of rural charm with a wide and varied range of ecosystems including pine woods, wetlands, farmland, rocky coastland and...
Casa Blu

Casa Blu

Casa Blu is available this winter season for extended periods at discounted rates, perfect for quiet and private extended breaks or as an artists or writers retreat. The apartment is beautiful and sunlit, overlooking the garden and nature reserve down to the sea from...