Once a land of swamps, patches of grassland and impenetrable paths robbers and cowboys, the Maremma is now an agricultural Wine and prestigious tourist destination for beach holidays and refuge of celebrities. It is divided into Pisana (north of Piombino) and Grosseto (to the south, much larger and better characterized by the specific characteristics of the region). Imprinting Etruscan you still feel strong, is palpable. This is confirmed immediately, leaving the bustling port of Piombino, the quiet bay of Baratti, a few buildings scattered along a cove with a beach and pine trees, around which develops the Etruscan necropolis of Populonia. coastal villages and towns in the Maremma, are always interspersed with solemn pines, scented by thickets of mastic, juniper and myrtle. An alternative that gives a sense of respect, inspiring a different pace and focus. Follonica , lively town for holidays by the sea, from urban sprawl, appears suddenly in the vast country, rich with farms and crossed the busy strip of asphalt lined dell'Aurelia Old. Abandoned Follonica you proceed back into the pine forest, along Scarborough. The road climbs, offering panoramic views of the Elbe, and then dive back into the national forest, up to Pian d'Alma. From here you return to the beach holidays in Punta Ala , a popular town located at the southern end of the gulf of Follonica. Dotted with luxury residences and hotels, Punta Ala experienced in the late '60s a period of great development, as evidenced by the able and marina villas hidden by the foliage of the pine trees behind the beach and along the steep hills of the uprights. A famous golf course and a magnificent view over the Maremma coast and islands of the Tuscan did the rest. Punta Ala, as well as iperesclusiva Roccamare, was loved by people like Roger Moore and Italo Calvino and the literary duo Fruttero and Lucentini. Here, as in Castiglione della Pescaia , the tone is pretty sporty, solid, with the effort sail is almost a must, although there are some amusing distraction at night. Castiglione, surrounded by a thick curtain of pine trees, is characterized by a port-channel crowded with fishing boats and yachts. On a spur of Petriccio Poggio climbs the medieval village, locked up in a circle of walls strengthened by towers during the rule of Pisa and dominated by the powerful Aragonese Castle, the fourteenth century. Unlike Punta Ala, Castiglione remains alive and year-round, with its small, delicious restaurants, with many shops and clean water. Riva del Sole, near Castiglione, a tourist village run by Scandinavians will immediately transposes into a Nordic mood: blond children, profound respect, privacy ensured and huts of the dark green boards. Near the close Gavorrano, what remains of Castel di Pietra echoes of the tragic story of Pia de 'Tolomei - quoted by Dante in Purgatorio - that here was killed by her husband, the patrician the Sienese in Pannocchieschi. A Galdana, the center of the mining of marble "portasanta," the church of San Biagio surprises for the clear and harmonious Renaissance facade in travertine, conceived in the early '500 by Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. Finally, the village of Vetulonia located where the acropolis was one of the most prosperous and ancient city of Etruria, central and northern Italy, whose splendor tell the Antiquarian, the remains of the walls of the arc and the vast necropolis. From Castiglione arrived in Grosseto for the state of Collacchie, which runs between the large umbrella pines of the Pine Forest in the bolster. The city, which sadly has lost quite a stir in the various modern urban developments around the original center, looks lively and busy.
In Maremma coast from Seaside to Talamone Principina, was established in 1975 the Natural Park of Maremma . Here, some kept carrying on the traditions of indigenous agriculture and farming, ancient forms of dressage and training horses and cattle, not only for beach holidays then. Alberese is the starting point for the two guided tours that can be done in the park. Do not miss a visit to the natural oasis of Uccellina protected area and natural park consists of a long, narrow chain of hills surrounded by the Mediterranean, culminating in Poggio Lecci. The Tower dell'Uccellina and the powerful and the beautiful square that Marseille were silent part of a system of lookouts and defense against predators Islamists linked to the fortresses of Castiglione della Pescaia and enjoyed. Gateway Argentario Orbetello is full of old memories scattered throughout the urban fabric, which was rebuilt after the bombings of World War II. Its location in a strip of land in the middle of the lagoon, linked Argentario by an artificial dam built in 1862, giving it an unmistakable charm. The impressive early medieval fortifications, and further promoted by Siena by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century onwards, are now significant evidence. There remains, also, a kind of fluid and elusive charm, colonial bouquet Hispanic enhanced by one thousand refractions water lagoon and the isolation, by way 'of the citadel, the old country, which is accessed through the Porta Nuova.
