Week-end in Maremma. Tuscany, Italy

One song says: "when the parties for a long trip ... bring with you the desire not to return to more ..."
Our journey was long but far from the desire to remain in those places of beauty and an absolute calm I was touched the mind more than once ...
But starting from the beginning. So set aside the dream of going 10 days in Ireland because of work issues and not, I and my boyfriend (who now call Stefano) decide to do, however, a beautiful bridge spring of relaxation.
And what better time if not April 25? And what better place to relax when not in Tuscany?

 

The beginning...

E 'so that at dawn on 24 April I, Ste pacerotta and trusted (my new Pluriel new!) Starting at a time in an area of Tuscany that still had not seen the Maremma.
In about 2 ½ hours and spend Bettole, take the Siena-Grossetto (handy if not for the code that are created at points where the dual carriageway still not been completed) and finally arrive in Scansano, a charming village on the hillside of Maremma, and native land of the famous wine Morellino di Scansano (which will be discussed below).
The farmhouse, booked via the Internet, is very off-hand, but thanks to the detailed guidance provided by the owner we have difficulty in achieving it.
We arrive and we see immediately that this is a beautiful structure, a 1800s farmhouse completely renovated, insulated and totally immersed in the green, with annexed swimming pool (which unfortunately we can not use because temperatures are still too fresh!)
The owner is friendly and just shows us to see our apartment is beautiful: spacious (2 bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen), well-kept (sunflowers everywhere, period furniture, wrought iron bed, etc etc), with every comfort (TV with satellite, washing machine, dishwasher, toaster, fireplace and barbecue ...) and a veranda and a beautiful garden. In addition we opened the refrigerator and shows us that we had already prepared everything for breakfast: pastries, milk, jam and coffee ... we are no words .... And surprise us even more aware that in these 3 days we have at our disposal the whole house just Soletti since there are no other guests and the owner does not live there .... I salute and take advantage now to lie in the sun like lizards to rest a while 'having regard to the silence that surrounds us, broken only by grazing sheep in front of us and many pheasants that are to be found.
Quick lunch, just the time to eat a bite and realize that the sun had scalded timido there skin, and we start exploring in the neighborhood ... I do not know what I think we walked about 3 hours ... we have done without 10/15 km realize but it was too much excitement at being there .... go home destroyed, the time to do a quick shower, and realize my dream. We uncorked a bottle of Morellino (also offered by the owner!) And, in bathrobe, we put ourselves at the pool enjoying the sunset on the hills of the Maremma, sipping a wine that we find very good .... A scene from the film ... romantic ... an unforgettable moment!
After sunset, we return to reality, by a starving wolf, and we do the classic grilled on the fire ... with the bruschette oil that is very country!
Heavily in bed, the air campaign has destroyed and then the next day we have a pretty intense travel.

We provide wake up to learn the day. We are a typical peasant breakfast: cheese cake with ham, milk, bread and jam ... practically a meal ... but we know the air campaign puts appetite! We put ourselves in the car looking for an equestrian center for horse riding nearby but there is no trace, so diverted to the sea. We enjoy the roads in the middle of nature, green hills, fields of daisies, blooming almond trees ... flocks of sheep .... La pacerotta is a great traveling companion: the ability to travel with the blue sky above you, to hear the sun on the face, the wind in your hair, be able to savor the fragrance of what surrounds you ... a show!
Around 12 we arrived all'Argentario .... Is literally taken by storm! Let the madness to head towards Porto S. Stefano (meta VIP of the Tyrrhenian coast) where we find a queue of cars doing crazy ... the only x enjoy the views of the sea from the top of the cape is really beautiful ... .... makes me rethink the nuances and the transparency of the sea of Sardinia and the nearby Island of Elba .... and that is close enough to decide to return this summer, maybe even just for a week end, but worth it! Pause a while 'on the beach, time to take 2 photos at the jetty and start: the next goal Terme di Saturnia. Again, the amount of people is impressive ... we see from the famous waterfalls (ie the natural pools to open access) but this time we are going to pay pools, or those within the spa Terme di Saturnia Spa L ' Afternoon input, or from 15:00 to 19:30, cost 12,00 Euro ... is not so when you consider the comfort, the beauty of swimming pools and the fact that you can get a shower and dry your hair before you start afresh rather than smell of sulfur all x the journey. We had to be mad: In addition to the enormous swimming pools, Jacuzzi iperaffollata but decidedly delicious and waterfalls ... leave feeling beautiful massage from the powerful jet of water (my neck still taut from hours spent on the desktop, thanks!) Even + delicious turn in a bathrobe from a swimming pool ... needless to say that after an afternoon I kind of feel peace with the world .... I feel even the facial muscles relaxed ... feeling strange and mooooolto pleasant. We get in the car, Stephen enjoys a tease to make me angry ... but nothing to do and not do it to affect me, I am too at peace with myself! Let us return to our "nest" ... substantial dinner, un po 'di tv and read, but unfortunately, this day is over.

The end of a dream...

Today we will take more later .... ... Wake up late breakfast quiet .... We go in search of the equestrian center indicatoci by the owner ... is a fantastic place ... always and strictly isolated from the rest of the world .... Is a country house surrounded by a huge fenced area where the horses run free ... three apparent Cagnoni austere but really cute do the honors of the house and come to take some 'pampering .... the owners are a French couple (one of many couples who radically changed life by coming to being in the countryside in Italy) are very kind and a serenity unmatched ... just so that I return in the car and Ste have the same feeling of wanting to remain there and to live so simply ... unfortunately we could not mount because the horses were eating and the afternoon would be due again, but it was nevertheless a bell'incontro!
In the afternoon we pass the farm, we enjoy the last hours of silence and I will take advantage to make me a good night's sleep on the lawn (and when I Ricapito?) To 17.00 ... we salute your bags and reluctantly quell'oasi Peace .... the return of the great traffic from the bridge ahead, and we are catapulted back into the cross everyday life in which we live.
We, however, a goodbye to the Maremma, certainly not a farewell to a land that has hosted us with its beauty, with its being a genuine, pure, less touristy the Elsa and the Val d'Orcia, and that is incredibly fascinating. Certainly in this weekend of relaxation, we have neglected a little 'appearance hiking and folklore of this area, but it will be just an excuse to go back there again ... maybe at the end of summer ... and Stefano Simona.