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Sea of Tuscany - The Etruscan Coast
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Prepare yourselves for an intense experience of bright, clean and unaffected beauty. It will take over a corner of your heart and never leave you. Think of the Etruscan coast through the colourful filter of the intense nature, not only through the warm and pleasant welcome given by the seafolk. Go along the road leaving Livorno, the most friendly town in Tuscany, behind you. Do not worry about the time as it will wait for you. Let the Aurelia road lead you on, but be careful as the green sea whipped by the wind on the Calafuria cliffs will fill your mind as well as your lungs. You'll have to stop to take it all in. |
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Cliffs and then sand, that is
what happens after Castiglioncello. The blinding green takes on the shape
of a dense pine wood, an inviting place in the hot summer. As it gets
further from the sea it becomes an impenetrable blur of vegetation. You feel the extreme sense of freedom and lack of pressure from everyday life along this coast. It does not matter if you choose the dark or light, fine sand, if you prefer the beaches with the best facilities or the clear stretches of sand without a soul to be seen. |
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Maybe you will decide to go on
a trip in the shadows: a walk or trek on horseback through the pine woods from Vada to San Vincenzo. Other trees abounding here are the tall, candid cypresses, loved not only by Carducci but also the rest of us. It is highly likely that you will be taken unawares by the rich hinterland. Its wealth derives from the cultivated land, vineyards, hills, Etruscan remains and the many completely untouched villages. A place where peace reigns and where the sea nevertheless makes its presence and fragrances felt. |
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standing still. It almost has to be so, as if these places did not know any different, as if they could not be experienced in any other way, where all excesses are alien. Here the outside world is not important, it is of no interest. It seems light years away. But then again these lands do have a magical presence, the Etruscans, that strong and feared people, who dedicated themselves to trading and the pleasures of life. On this coast they built their only marine city, Populonia, lying on the gulf of Baratti. The necropolis leaves it to your imagination to recreate the desires and the secrets of this mysterious people. |
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This place
offers a great many treasures with absolute and incredible simplicity.
They are not overplayed, there are no special effects enhancing them. But of course, there's simply no need. This land is just too generous, too much flourishes with no need for encouragement. Making a choice is no problem whatsoever because it is so easy to pluck the fruits of this place. |
| We just need to add the cuisine and we're in seventh heaven. Sea dishes such as cacciucco, a fish soup, or dishes from the land such as vegetable soups and wine that has reached excellent heights in this region. All this needs no comment, you just need to sit down and taste it. All you need to do is set off, the Etruscan coast is waiting for you. |
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