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You'll find the tuff villages perched on impressive volcanic cliffs. Here we're talking about Sorano, Sovana, and Pitigliano, the three iconic Etruscan towns of the Maremma. Their houses, their walls—everything is carved directly into the tuff rock, this porous stone formed by eruptions. It's their defining feature and what makes them so visually striking. You won't see that just anywhere. These villages plunge you into a thousand years of history, with their narrow alleys and cave dwellings. It's a guaranteed immersion into the region's Etruscan and medieval past.

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