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Local Culture and Architecture
BruceDunning Says: The old town area behind the walls is active and a some buildings date back 700 year. The Francesco church is form 1200, and was given to the town by Benedictine Friars. The church has gone through many renovations, and fires, and the bell tower struck by lightening and...
BruceDunning Says: Civic Museum inside-walk the grounds. It is a nice walk around to get the feel for what the fort was like on layout. The fortress is in the middle of the historic area of the city, and really in the middle of the city. The fort area has been a protection area back before...
BruceDunning Says: A well preserved area that serves to keep intact the beach and pine forest and marshes around it as well as surrounded by hills. The park stretches for about 50 miles- and has many trails throughout. We tried to reach one tower that looked far away, and it really was. After...
Diaccia Bottrone Casteglione Pescia
BruceDunning Says: This is a nice view of the area from the beach to the marshes to the hills in the distance. It was all established for water control for the inlet and to keep some in ans let out when too high. They do grow crops on some of the reclaimed land inside the area under control of...
BruceDunning Says: This was a nice roadside wholesale/retail place to buy the plants for the yard. They are all well maintained. it was on way to Grosseto mare. The area is a subtropical climate and plants grow well here with mild winters.
PALLINA Says: Monte Argentario is one of the most famous spots in the Maremma and Tuscany. The promontory, which was originally an island, is characterized by a high, rocky coastline covered by a thick Mediterranean thatch, interrupted by olive groves and vineyards. It is now connected to...
PALLINA Says: If you are travelling in South Tuscany and want to relax in a pretty and glamorous seaside location, Punta Ala is your place. The beach is rather narrow in comparison to Northern Tuscany's beach (in Forte dei Marmi or in Viareggio for istance) but the sea water is completely...
1 Review and 7 Opinions Excellent location right at the city limits of the town and only 3 miles to the old part of the...
1 Review and 0 Opinions This place was an excellent choice: we planned a 2 month Grand Tour of Italy, and we reached this...
Hostaria del Ceccottino: Tradition in Pitigliano (GR)
PALLINA Says: Although I am Italian, it's difficult to enter a restaurant in a touristy place and feel at home or like you feel in your favourite restaurant in your home town. But in the Hostaria del Ceccotino it happened to us. We had to wait for a while but the dishes and the kindness...
Café Bistro Aldobrandeschi:...
sandravdp Says: Café Bistro Aldobrandeschi: here you can go for a good lunch.Sitting in the sun in the silent streets, the first aquantaince...very nice My father and I got tuna, tomatoes and some onionrings with some Tuscanian saltless bread on the side. Watch out, because they are going...
Affinity Bar: The most fashionable bar
Thedictionary Says: The Affinity Bar is the meeting point for the younger people from 16 to 30.The Happy Hour begins around 7.30 pm and continues until 8.30 pm.You can order all the cocktails and each one costs 4 euros. There are snacks offered like pizza, wurstel, overn baked pasta and...
There is some nightlife, but...
sandravdp Says: There is some nightlife, but it ain't much. Some restaurants and bars are open late in the evening, but no very good places to go out here :o(
Fattoria La Parrina: farmers market
PALLINA Says: We visit this farm because we were used to drink their wines in a restaurant in our home town: good wines at affordable prices. We didn't expect it to be such a huge estate with every type of crops. The shop is really fantastic with every type of fruit and vegetables at very...
Ghiottornia: For preserves' fan like me
PALLINA Says: This delicatessen shop, run by a very nice guy and open during evening as well, has a very interesting subsidiary just on the other side of the street selling just preserves, jams and marmelade. Considering that preparing preserves is one of my (secret) hobbies, it was just...
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Some culty tips for you ;o)
The Italians have a kinda midday rest period (like a siësta). So the shops are closed between 11 am and 3 pm. Shops are open from 9-11 am and 3-8 pm.
Also when eating here: expect a lot of seafood (octopus, white fish, large shrimps, salmon), a lot of tomotoes, garlic, olive oil, cheese, pizzas and pastas). So if you are a potatoe & stew lover this is not really the place to be. But hey you must try the Italian food for sure, it's great! (though I must admit I couldn't eat any pasta or pizza anymore after a week).
Written Sep 7, 2002
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These doves that appear at every waterspot maybe? No, no. No real warnings needed here. You only will get extremely bored here on sundays (shops closed, town seems more dead then alive)and you can easily can get yourself a parking ticket here.
Written Sep 7, 2002
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The beach of Grosseto is a definite no no. It's a real trap, you think a nice a beach but will get disappointed. So you better go to the beach of Castellione della Pescaia. It's very close and has everything nice.
Written Sep 7, 2002
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Luggage and bags: Yes common and let's pack all those nice summerclothes! It's warm here from may till september (about 35-30 degrees Celcius). Between september and may it's the same bad weather as in the rest of Europe in autumn and winter.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Take your walking shoes for the climbing and looking around part and take the nice looking shoes for the dinner, the walking around in cute towns with no mountains nearby.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Take your sunlotion otherwise you will be looking like some lobster.
Photo Equipment: Film is available here.
Written Sep 7, 2002
BruceDunning Says: This is quite a pleasant town that unfolds with marsh and beach combination. Walking around is rather simple and the streets are not crowded. The fort at top is privately owned, so no tours/visits there. The walk is niice, though and the views great.
sandravdp Says: This is the small Dome of Grosseto. Around this Dome lays the towncentre with the shoppingstreets. It's inside the city walls. These days the main square is kinda under construction, which is too bad, because this place used to be a lot prettier before I have heard.
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Favorite thing: Do some walking inside the city walls. Go to the main square (it's on the picture) and enjoy the Dome, the Gouvenors Palace, the Tower and the shoppingstreets ;o)
Updated Sep 7, 2002
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The most magnificent garden in the Toskana
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I was going back home by train, when it suddenly stopped somewhere near Grosseto. This is the view from the window... and I couldn't resist the temptation to take a picture of that amazing scene....
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