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Nature and Territory

The Sassone Estate, due to its extraordinary and prominent location,enjoys the wonderful climate that the hills above the Maremma arerenowned for: winters are gentle with few rainy days and summers arecool and dry. The seasonal climate change is moderate allowing thoseguests who wish to avoid the very hot summers or excessively coldwinters an opportunity to really enjoy their stay irrespective of thetime of year. The estate’s facilities, including the swimming pool,trekking routes and naturalist excursions allow all guests a rich andvaried stay. Furthermore, the Maremma provides a host of interestingtrips for those wishing to fully appreciate this wonderful part ofTuscany.


Thermal Baths

The Maremma has many thermal springs in the regionoffering extraordinary healing properties that was first discovered by the Etruscan people.

From the Sassone estate, the nearestspots (famous also for their beauty farms) are Saturnia, Caldana andVenturina. You can´t miss the "biancane" or "soffioni", volcanic ventsthat emit jets of steam and contain a small proportion of boric acid,near Monterotondo Marittimo.

The Maremma Natural Park is one of the most interesting and diverse inItaly and well worth a trip. The Park begins at the mouth of theOmbrone river area, rich with vegetation and marshes, like "laTrappola", a series of shallow ponds separated by sand dunes and thickcanes, home of many bird species, some of which are very rare like thebeautiful "Cavalieri d’Italia" with their white body, the black wingsand long fire-red legs. At the border of the marshes people still breedthe typical horse of the region, the Maremman horse, and cows with longwhite horns. Aboard an old ferry you can cross the Trappola to theplains on the opposite side. The countryside presents many canals redwith "semprevivo" weeds in every season. Between the water plants youcan easily see many fish species and even water turtles. The areabetween the mountains and the see is like a triangle with the famousAlberese pine wood with more than 80.000 trees. Behind the pine woodsyou can see the "Uccellina" mountains, that once was an island withwhite limestone shores, filled with natural caves and towers built toprotect the population from the Saracen pirate raids. The beaches aremaybe the last surviving natural and untouched sea coasts in ourCountry, thanks to the rigid regulations that govern the access to thenatural park: the shoreline goes from Principina a Mare to Cala diForno and on the white and very fine sand you can see rare plants withcolourful flowers like "eryngium", "cardo delle sabbie", "zigolo", andlilium. Tourists can visit the park only on a Wednesday, Saturday andSunday and can buy the tickets for the tour at the tourist centre inAlberese village.



Golf

At Pelagone the18 hole golf course is of competition standard and is located some 10 minutes from the estate. The Punta Ala Golf Club (18 holes golf course near the sea) is less than 40 minutes away.


Riding

There is a riding school 5 km from the estate. The more expert riders can make some excursions in the surrounding woods without restrictions.


Archaeological sites

The area is very rich with remains from ancient cultures and contains many important archaeological sites and museums. An hours gentle walk from the estate brings you to the evocative Pia de’Tolomei castle, also worth visiting is the Etruscan site near the Accesa lake (ten minutes by car) and the Etruscan town at Vetulonia. Roselle is an ancient city and port of Etruscan and Roman origin. Populonia is another important site, and try not to miss the Golfo di Baratti necropolis, or Sovana.


Art Cities

Entertainment and hiking: We are able to provide trekking itinerariesof particular interest and beauty, or we can arrange excursions andvisits to the most important wine cellars of the area.



By bicycle

Bike fans can rent mountain bikes or any other types of bicycle,and join enjoyable excursions arranged weekly and see the wildcountryside of the Maremma.  Larger groups can organize tailor madecourses with or without expert guides.  If you are interested, just letus know when you book your stay so that we can organize everything tosuit your particular requirements, or you can ask us about all of theseactivities once you have arrived.