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The main area of the Etruscan Coast is in the central part of the
coast and includes, apart the wonderful naturalistic oasis of Bolgheri,
beautiful pine-woods along the coast of Cecina
and Donoratico, the woody hills of Bibbona,
Bolgheri and Monte
Calvi - where you may find the Mediterranean vegetation interspersed
with chestnut trees.
The historical and cultural importance lies in the Medieval villages
of Castagneto Carducci, Suvereto e Campiglia
Marittima, that still keep important traces of walls and
stoned buildings. We have also evidences thanks to some ancient
ovens that in the area of Monte Calvi there was a great activity
of mineral extraction and working.
Another centre of interest is the area of Piombino promontory.
In the Northern part of the area there are many naturalistic and archaeological
traces: the wonderful gulf of Baratti and
the necropolis of Populonia, the ancient
Polulonia, the only Etruscan town grown as a maritime commercial base
and a centre of working of extract metal in the Isle
of Elba.
To note also the several Naturalistic
Parks, such as the Park of Rimigliano in
S. Vincenzo. This strip of coast called Etruscan Coast is a
unique chance to taste every piece that make Maremma a land sweet and
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The Etruscan Coast is an area where you
may chose what to do in any season. For this reason, it is different.
Here, throughout the year, it is holiday and desire to discover. In this
part of Tuscany sea, nature, art
and history live harmoniously together. You may find many "souls" here:
first of all a "marine" soul
that reflects the crystalline nature of its sea-waters -from intense
blue to emerald green.
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Large and long shores, reefs that smell of saline and wind, sheltered
by large pine-woods. This is a corner of
Mediterranean still alive. Then the "nature" soul: a varied
and rich environment that you may experience and discover numerous parks and protected
areas, enjoying with care, botanic oasis, wildlife shelters, "home" of
rare and protected species, a rich vegetation of big pine-woods and woods
that hug the hills. Eventually, the "lazy and yellow-orange" soul
of the country, with its smells, crossed by the Wine Road, where grown
nobles vineyards and silver olive-trees,
that make this land famous all over the world.
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| Finally, What about the gastronomy flavours
in cooking? Warning: you really will experience the pleasure to search
and discover unique tastes. Along the Etruscan
Coast indeed you may get both the two souls of the Tuscan
cooking: fish and meet, country and saline waters. Everything tightened
in a centenary chained hug, with strong traditions and fixed customs. Near
the marine tradition there are also local restaurant typical
for the cooking of wild boar and its hunting,
with the flavour of local wines that the whole
world is so interest in its origin and taste. |
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