Directory of secret places in Tuscany

Alberese

• Natural Park

Alberese houses the visitor center of the Maremma park: 25 km of coastline, the pine forest of Marina di Alberese, the Uccellina mountains and their towers

Tenuta di Alberese

• Activity

A 3,000-hectare State farm in the Maremma park, where the butteri work Maremmana cattle and horses every day during guided visits with working riding demonstrations

Maremmano horse

• Other

The Maremmano horse, mount of the butteri, raised in semi-freedom at Alberese, is registered in a stud-book closed since 1980

Grosseto

• Village

The provincial capital, Grosseto preserves a historic center encircled by walls and a cathedral

MAAM — Archaeological and Art Museum of the Maremma

• Museum

Housed in the former courthouse of Grosseto, the museum displays across forty rooms on three floors gold from Vetulonia, a bucchero bowl and statues from the forum of Roselle

Trail A7 — Mouth of the Ombrone

• Trail

The A7 trail joins the Ombrone river mouth on flat ground, a wild delta where flamingos and herons nest, one of the few park routes open without a guide in summer

Pineta Granducale

• Trail

Stone pine grove planted by the grand dukes in the 18th century, classified as SCI/SPA in the Parco della Maremma, leading to the wild beach of Marina di Alberese

Grosseto Market

• Market

The Thursday market of Grosseto brings together beneath the city ramparts organic farms from the plain, herbalists, local saffron and Maremma chickpeas

A2 Trail of the Medieval Towers

• Trail

Ridge trail of the Uccellina, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and medieval towers, in the heart of a Maremma that has remained wild [visittuscany.com](https://www.visittuscany.com/)

Fried Chicken and Fava Beans Festival of Montiano

• Sagra / Festival

Every spring, Montiano opens the Maremma sagre season with a village festival centered on fried chicken and fresh beans with cheese

Montiano

• Village

Montiano is a hilltop village in the Albegna hills, encircled by medieval walls with an Aldobrandeschi and Sienese past

Ponte dell'Abbadia Vulci

• Archaeo. site.

A medieval bridge crosses the gorges of the Fiora, in the heart of the Vulci park, between Etruscan and Roman remains and wild nature

Lago del Pellicone

• Natural Park

A canyon lake in Vulci, fed by a small waterfall of the Fiora, in a 900-hectare park with Etruscan necropolises [sitiarcheologiciditalia.it](https://www.sitiarcheologiciditalia.it/)

Cuccumella Tumulus

• Archaeo. site.

The largest tumulus in Etruria, the Cuccumella is an earthen mound with underground galleries in the archaeological and naturalistic park of Vulci, open every day

castello dell abbadia

• Museum

At Vulci, on the Etruscan Coast, the Castello dell'Abbadia combines Etruscan remains and medieval collections within a single museum-monument

Terme di Vulci

• Thermal bath

Terme di Vulci, in the Maremma, offers four natural pools with varied colors and temperatures, fed by hyperthermal waters

Domus of the Cryptoporticus of Vulci

• Archaeo. site.

The Domus of the Cryptoporticus can be visited at Vulci, on an Etruscan and Roman archaeological site, in the form of an underground passageway

Cala di Forno

• Beach

Cala di Forno, a cove framed by cliffs, is reached by a long hike through a strict nature reserve, rewarded by an unbuilt coastline and a often deserted beach

The A3 trail (Oliveto di Collelungo)

• Trail

Collelungo Beach

• Beach

Three kilometers of pristine sand dominated by a medieval tower, with no bar or parasol, one of the few long Italian beaches left intact