On Tuesday morning, we fly home to LA. We still had a full day on Sunday to see more sights in Maremma.
We had heard that the regional park had some good hiking trails and admission tickets were included in our hotel package. So we put on our hiking shoes and headed off to Parco Regionale della Maremma. The park runs along the coastline where the local river estuary flows into the sea. They have half a dozen different hiking trails laid out thru the park, each trail marked with its level of difficulty.
We headed off on Le Torri (the tower) not knowing what we'd find. It's easy at first - a kilometer of paved road. Then we started to descend a VERY steep trail to the sea. We arrived at a broad beach and then climbed back uphill to an enormous 12th century watch tower. Quite a spectacular view.
Of course, after all the exercise, we needed a good Italian meal. So we were directed to the town of Rio Tinto, north of our hotel by about 30 minutes. Another hillside town with an unbelieveably good little trattoria. This restaurant was also run by a husband and wife team - it must be a good business for a family to run. This time the wife was the chef and the husband ran things out front. They were very nice and recommended a great bottle of Morellino di Scansano from Elizabetta Geppetti's winery (also recommended in W.S.). We're going to need to go back on an intensive exercise regimen after this trip. And stock up on wine from Maremma.
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