Scansano is a small city situated between the hills of the Tuscan Maremma, a few kilometres from the city of Grosseto.
I first came across this interesting little hub of culture and passion on the back of a bottle of wine a friend gave me. It was a red wine known as the Morellino di Scasano and it was good… so [...]

Immersed in the landscape of the Maremman countryside sits Sorano, a charming old town that’s been around since the Middle Ages.
Sorano was one of the first towns I visited when I arrived in the Maremma and I’ve completely fallen in love with it.
I just can’t help going back to its gorgeous streets and reliving the beauty and charm that only [...]

Located near the ancient town of Saturnia, the Terme di Saturnia Spa Complex is the reason why celebrities and the world’s rich flock to the Maremma.
Now I know I say every town in the Maremma is ancient, but this time I really mean it (not that I didn’t mean it all those other times too!). Saturnia is one of the [...]

Capalbio is this region’s trump card, quite literally. If you are looking for a town that has it all, then Capalbio is right up your alley.
And I’m not making this stuff up, Capalbio was recently awarded the 5 sails by Legambiente, a Italian organization which focuses on the environment. It’s possibly the only town in the Maremma [...]

I stumbled across Bolsena Lake as a complete accident, as usual. I was looking for something to do one boring afternoon and someone suggested I check out Bolsena Lake. The hook? It’s one of the few crater lakes that exist in the entire world.

That was all I needed to hop into the car and drive off to [...]

This isn’t the first time I have gone on and gone about the virtues of this red wine. IT IS HEAVEN!!!, not that I’m a wine expert or anything.
A quick Google search brings up this description of the Morellino di Scansano: “Has an expressive, attractive nose with black cherry, plum and black fruit aromas, along with a definite vegetal [...]

Destination weddings, as an option, have never been this exciting and viable before, thanks to countries and their laws that permit romantic and memorable tying of the knot. And what could be more thrilling than having a wedding of a lifetime at one of Italy’s most romantic regions, Tuscany.

What’s in store for you in Tuscany is a world of treasures. [...]

Mount Amiata is the second tallest volcano in Italy. It is only 600 meters high, and it has not erupted for several thousands of years. In the Tuscany region, this is the highest mountain and the summit elevation works up to over 1500m. There is not much said about this volcano, as it is not active. It is very close [...]

Monte Argentario is a commune and a peninsula which belonged to the Province of Grosetto. There are tow main villages on Argentario; they are Porto Santo Stefano and Porto Ercole.
To no big surprise, the Etruscans inhabited this land first. The first group of people to actually step on this land before the Etruscans were the Domitii Aenobarbi family. The Roman [...]

In Grosseto lies Pitigliano, a town in the region of Tuscan Maremma in Itally that is found atop steep rock formation out of volcanic disintegration.  The town towers 313 meters above the level of the sea. The unique feature of the place is the presence of tuffs or rocks that are formed by the tremendous heat of volcanic magma. A [...]