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 Our Agriturismo Gheppio offers a splendid swimming-pool with salt water, hydro-massage and solarium with romantic view to the sea and the Etruscan Coast.
- Bicycles rent
- Linen and Towels rent
- TV-SAT rent
The property area is perfect to have relax and make long walk in the typical Tuscan countryside and hills and also to make trip with bycicles. The good position point of the property give the possibility to the guests to make daily excursion to all the most famous cities and the most beautiful places of Etruscan coast. |
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 The Etruscan Coast
The Etruscan Coast stretches from Livorno up to the promontory of Piombino. It is rocky as far as Castiglioncello, then turns in Cecina and Marina di di Bibbona into a bay with sandy beaches(roughly) until it reaches Baratti, where the hills of Piombino start.
To the South the promotory of Piombino juts out into the sea and creates the charming gulf of Baratti. The scenery is dominated by a massive tower situated at the end of the gulf, Populonia that appears on the horizon.
The villages along the Etruscan Coast, whether located right on the sea or further inland on the hills follow the slow pace of the country side and all have a story to tell:
Bolgheri is famous for the Viale dei Cipressi (Cypresses), wich gained everlasting fame in the poem "Davanti a San Guido" by Giosuč Carducci. At the end of the Viale, you get to the village from a single arched door. In front of it there is the castle, with its red bricks, creating a contrast of colours with the green of the olive trees and the cypresses wich surround it. Here everything kept the original aspect and you feel the sensation that time has stopped.
Bolgheri is also well-known for its wine, produced from the grapes from the surrounding country side and also for the stables where famous horses are kept.
For lovers of nature and bird-watching, an interesting stopover is the faunal sanctuary of Bolgheri, also known as "Padule di Bolgheri"
Marina di Bibbona
This seaside resort is situated in the heart of the charming landscape ofthe Etruscan Coast.
Endless free beaches or bathing establishments run along the coast in the shelter of a secular pinewood thatbounds the beach, characterised by the presence of dunes testifying to the natural and unpolluted environment.Along the beach you can admire the Fort, built by the French in the 18th century.
Bibbona situated in the beautiful Cecina River valley, retains all the fascination of a medieval village surrounded by greenwoods and country. All kinds of Mediterranean vegetation, as well as a biogenetic oasis, are to be found in the "Macchia della Magona" a splendid protected area that can be explored by following a network of marked paths and trails.
Cecina and Marina di Cecina are locations loved by tourists from all over the world. A thick sea pine wood stretching for 15 kilometres alongthe coast is ideal for a horse or a bicycle ride. AtMarina di Cecina, where the sea is clean and accessible, it is possible to play numerous sports, walk in the pine wood, spend days full of fun and relaxation in all the seasons. However, Cecina does not only offer tourists its vicinity to the sea, but it is a place full in history and culture, as the Etruscan and Roman remains on show in the Guerrazzi Museum and the settlements in the Villa di San Vincenzino testify. Last but not least, the charming tourist port and the renown night clubs make this welcoming and pleasant location suitable to everyone's taste, both for a family holidayor a holiday with friends.
Sport The mild climate and the geographical structure of the area make this region ideal for all types of sports such as water sports, trekking in the mountains, horse-riding, skiing or paragliding. There is also a host of sporting facilities: sailing and diving clubs offering courses, five-a-side football pitches, tennis courts, two golf clubs, a flying club.
Thermal resort "Il Calidario" with waters gushing out of the eahrt at a temperature of 36°C, surrounded by a colourful pinewoods. (Venturina LI).
Finally, the Tuscan cooking: fish and meet, country and sea .Near the marine tradition with thefamous cacciucco (fish stew),, dentex, gilthead, calamari, shellfish and blue fish (like mackerel), there are also local restaurant typical for the cooking of wild boar (cinghiale dolce e forte), with the flavour of local wines that the whole world is so interest in its origin and taste.
The Wine Road Costa degli Etruschi
From the Colline Metallifere, in the Pisa inland until the great island of the Tuscan archipelago: the island of Elba. This is the territory of the Wine road Costa degli Etruschi which unfolds mostly through the province of Livorno and the area of the Montescudaio Doc, in the Pisa inland.
The wine road Costa degli Etruschi divides into four production areas:
Bolgheri Doc, which extends from the medieval village of Bolgheri towards Castagneto Carducci through the animal oasis of Bolgheri, recognised as wetland of International interest. In this area the prized wines of Bolgheri originate. These are the lands that give origin to wines such as Ornellaia,Sassicaia, and Guado al Tasso (Bolgheri Doc). The Elba Doc area extends throughout the surface of the island in the Tuscan archipelago, and the vines that produce the Aleatico wine or the vin santo Occhio di Pernice are grown there.
The territory of the Montescudaio Doc extends from Cecina to reach the Pisa inland until Guardistallo, Casale Marittimo, Montescudaio to return then to the Livorno coast in Bibbona. Finally the production area Val di Cornia Doc includes the area between Suvereto, through Campiglia Marittima and Piombino.
Art towns
Volterra is prevalently Medieval with abundant evidence of the Etruscan period:the Porta all'Arco (the Etruscan gate ), the Acropolis, the defensive wallswhich are still visible in parts of the townand of theRoman period: Il Teatro Romano, the Baths and an enormous rectangular water cistern. Volterra also offers a magnificent view of the gentle undulating hills of the surrounding landscape abruptly interrupted in the West by the "Balze" (crags).
Worth a visit:
Museo Guarnacci
La Pinacoteca
Il Museo dell'alabastro
Siena, San Gimignano e Pienza
The Province of Siena can boast three historic town centres - Siena, Pienza and San Gimignano - that UNESCO has declared World Heritage.
Siena: Inhabited by enterprising merchants since the 12th century, the city with its mediaeval and Gothic monuments is testimony not only of the high degree of expressiveness achieved by its artists but also of a precious and rare documentation of the 14th century...
Worth a visit:
Il Palio
A mediaeval inheritance which, on 2nd July and 16th August deeply affects Siena life and is always a catharsis. Colours, crowd, celebratory shouts, a piazza covered with tufo, ten horses ridden bareback in a race world famous.
Il Museo Civico
Santa Maria della Scala
Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Pienza
The town came into being from the desire of Pope Pius II to transform his native village of Corsignano into a monumental centre of small size but of powerful architectural connotations...
San Gimignano - 50 km:
This little town, built in the 10th century along Via Francigena or Romea which, by means of sanctuaries, linked western Europe with Rome, evokes a hardworking and enterprising image of mediaeval Italy, elegant and refined. It is famous moreover for its 72 towers (only 14 of which remain) which were built as a symbol of the wealth of the merchant families...
Pisa and the Miracle Square - 50 km
Pisa with theMiracle Square , world famous for its bell-tower, one canadmire theBaptistery, the Cathedral and the Cemeterymonuments, which are a testimony to the different development phases from the Romanic Style ofPisa to the Gothic. Its internationally known University has its prestigious seat in the 'Scuola Normale di Pisa' located in the historical Cavalieri (Knights) Square.
Worth a visit:
Every year, on 16th June, the Luminara. It is a festivity during which all the buildings as well as the palaces and the Tower are litbycandlelight as a tribute to St. Ranieri, the city patron.
Firenze
It is a city rich in countless artistic. Just considering the historical centre alone, churches, museums, galleries and palaces, each one of a definite architectural style. The following are some of the monuments in the historical heart of the city: theCathedral, Santa Maria Novella, the Chapels, the Academy, Santa Croce,(the Old Town Hall), the Uffizi Museum, the Old Bridge, 'Pitti' Palace and the Boboli Gardens, a classical example of 'Italian-style garden'.
For antique's lovers:
The market in Ciompi square every Friday Saturday and Sunday.
The market at the "Cascine" on Tuesdays.
Lucca - 80 km
Surrounded by the intact Renaissance walls, the town ofLucca can boast a well kept historical centre, where the medieval palaces form a natural line along the main streets.
Worth a visit:
The Cathedral and St. Michele's Church, both in the Romanesque style of Pisa and St. Frediano'sChurch.
The Market Square, another fine example of the typical architectural style of this town, was built in what was originally a Roman Amphitheatre.
The antique market takes place in St. Martino's Square every last Sunday of the month.
La Val di Cecina
Guardistallo
Guardistallo, which derives its name from medieval Latin Stallum Gualdi, is located on the summit of a hill, where the river Sterza flows into the Cecina. Of Longobard origins, as its name witnesses, the village fell under domination by the Della Gherardesca family, who gave it to the bishop of Volterra. Its surrounding area is, for the most part, covered with woods and a few pastures, and its principle activity is wine and oil. Guardistallo is a medieval village that has remained almost completely intact, immersed in the countryside and with a beautiful view over the Tirreno and the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.
Casale Marittimo
On the hills of Poggio al Bruno, south of the route of Cecina, overlooking the coastal plain and surrounded by the cultivation of grapevines, olives and cereals, is Casale Marittimo, known as early as the 8th century for the ancient church of Sant'Andrea. Divided between Casale Vecchio and Casale Nuovo, the village is reunited under its present name. Of the medieval village, traces of the city wall and the two gates remain. The Etruscan tomb tholos is famous, rebuilt at the Museo Archeologico of Florence.
Montescudaio
Montescudaio was an ancient monastic seat of the Benedictines and centre of the diocese of Volterra, as well as a stronghold of the Counts Della Gherardesca. It was founded at the end of the 12th century in the place of the pre-existing Church of Santa Maria, overlooking the Valley of Cecina which affords views of the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago as far as the mountains of Corsica.
Its ancient name derives from the Latin Mons Scutarum which means "mountain of shields". In fact, Montescudaio was a fortified village of great strategic importance due to its position dominating the entire surrounding area. Montescudaio red wine is produced from the vineyards of the nearby hills. |
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