The Accona Desert or deserto di Accona in the Crete senesi, near the comune of Asciano | Podere Santa Pia, holiday home in Maremma, Tuscany

The Accona Desert

Tuscany is renowned all over the world for its landscapes and the Crete Senesi area represents a unique territory with scenic and suggestive routes. Several evocative itineraries offer spectacular views of the clay hills with colors and light changing from hour to hour, and from season to season.

Map deserto di Accona | Ingrandire mappa

From start to finish, exceptional panoramic views open up on the Crete Senesi, and the Biancane di Leonina.
Asides from the extraordinary landscape, there is a remarkable work of art to be found. A top one of a rounded hill between Località di Leonina and Mucigliani, is a strange obelisk-like sculpture called ‘Site Transitoire’ by the French Sculptor Jean-Paul Phillipe (b.1944).

1 - Crete senesi | Breve anello tra i calanchi e le biancane di Castello Leonina (Asciano)

Mappa Anello delle Biancane Leonina | Enlarge map

There is an extended track around the Leonina Lake, starting in Castelnuovo Berardenga Scalo, Percorso di trekking Castelnuovo Berardenga \| Anello delle Biancane Leonina. 2 - Crete senesi \| Percorso di trekking Castelnuovo Berardenga \| Anello delle Biancane Leonina

Crete senesi \| Mappa percorso di trekking Castelnuovo Berardenga \| Aggradire mappa
Download gpx here Lenghth: 17,67 km \| 3,5 hours circa Total climb 369 m Total descent 369 m More information (It) on www.travelingintuscany.com
There is second extended track around the Leonina Lake, starting in 3 - Percorso di trekking Deserto d'Accona

Crete senesi \| Mappa percorso di trekking Deserto d'Accona \| Aggradire mappa
Download gpx here Lenghth: 12,7 km \| 3 hours 45 minutes circa Total climb 300 m Total descent 292 m
Galleria d'immagini Crete Senesi

Collegiata di Sant'Agata Asciano	Crete Senesi (laghi tra Castello Leonina e Vescona, Crete Senesi, Asciano)	Paesaggio tra le Crete senesi e la Val d'Orcia

Crete Senesi presso Asciano	Jean Paul Philippe, Site Transitoire, 1993, Asciano	Biancane nelle Crete Senesi vicino a Monte Oliveto Maggiore

Monteroni d’Arbia, ancient Mill of Santa Maria della Scala Siena in the center of the city	Church San Giovanni Battista a Corsano, Ville di Corsano, hamlet of Monteroni d’Arbia	Ponte d'Arbia, frazione di Buonconvento
De badlands van Toscane \| Calanchi e biancane \| Un tesoro della natura Het unieke landschap van de Crete Senesi Crete Senesi \| Biancane nelle Crete Senesi Podere Santa Pia is a beautiful stone farmhouse only 2 km away from Castiglioncello Bandini. The main house is spacious, comfortable and well furnished and offers its guests a breathtaking view over the Maremma hills. Podere Santa Pia is surrounded by a backdrop of hills and macchia mediterranea: wild, untamed and completely natural vegetation, wonderful for walking and exploring on a variety of different terrain with fantastic views everywhere you turn. Traveling in Tuscany\| Holiday homes in southern Tuscany \| Podere Santa Pia

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Itineraries in the Crete Senesi

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