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The Mount Amiata is an extinct volcano in the Apennines, which culminates in southern Tuscany at 1,733 metres, between the Maremma to the west and the valleys the Val d’Orcia and Val di Chiana to the east, close to Umbria and Lazio. The eight municipalities in its territory are part of the province of Grosseto […]
The Versilia is a coastal portion of northern Tuscany, almost 20 km long, between its long sandy beaches on the seaside coast, and the relief of the Apuan Alps suitable for hiking and mountain biking, as well as hills of olive trees and vineyards with pretty villages, or the lake of Massaciuccoli. On the coast […]
The Metalliferous Hills separate the Maremma region from the Gulf of Follonica to the depths of Tuscany, partly in an area designated as the “Upper Maremma” and neighbouring the lands of Pisa and Siena. They have a full personality, having lived long from the exploitation of metals including silver and copper until 1990, but also iron, lead, zinc, mercury, pyrite and gems.
