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| The Surroundings |
A landscape is an expression of the society which inhabits it; its history, its culture and its civilisation.
In this sense the Val D’Orcia has been constructed like a work of genius by a refined people.
Its appearance as a succession of gently rolling hills striped with the colours of soil and rock, of vines and the silvery mass of olive trees, interrupted here and there by bushy gullies spotted with green, seems like a painting, united and harmonious. To the first time visitor, the valley appears to be immersed in a surreal silence, accompanied by lines of cypress, forests of holm oak, cedars, chestnuts, white beech and walnut; then there is broom bush, wild roses and orchids, and all under the protection of Mount Amiata in the background.
Those who reach the town of San Quirico D’Orcia are greeted by a medieval atmosphere and a mysterious aura originating in its Etruscan origins and its location on the ancient Via Francigena with all its Templar mysteries.
Mount Amiata
Mount Amiata is the highest extinct volcano in Italy (1738m). It dominates the Val D’Orcia and the hills of the Maremma and is responsible for protecting the entire zone from climatic extremes.
The climate of the Val D’Orcia is, as a result, quite pleasant, and even in winter, sunny days permit travelling in the countryside and the woods.
When it snows you can ski on the summit of Mount Amiata, only thirty minutes from San Quirico.
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