| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
  |
|
|
Celebrare il dolce far niente
|
|
A bigger splash in Podere Santa Pia's swimming pool, southern Tuscany |
|
The valley below Podere Santa Pia |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Situated in a charming position on the top of a smooth hillside, surrounded by the wilderness of mediterranean woods and shrubland, Podere Santa Pia offers an extensive view of a breathtaking panorama all the way to the sea. The beautifully situated terrace has views over what seems like half of southern Tuscany. On clear days, you can have a great view of the islands of Monte Argentario, Montecristo, and even Corsica.
As the public health situation starts to improve, Podere Santa Pia is opening during the 2021 summer,
as long as the Covid-19 situation continues to be appropriate.
Follow the situation in Itialy and in the region Tuscany here.
Podere Santa Pia was named after Pia de' Tolomei, a woman with an intriguing story. According to some legends, the beautiful Pia di Tolomei, the sorrowful wife of Nello d'Inghiramo de Pannocchieschi, crossed the Ponte della Pia to go into exile in Maremma, at Castello della Pietra. There her husband ordered her execution so he could marry his mistress Margherita Aldobrandeschi, Contessa of Sovana and Pitigliano. Read more about this intreging story here.
A pool
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and suddenly this was realy happening @poderesantapia…
A pool in Santa Pia.
Close to the house is a unique private swimming pool (12 x 5 m). On the spacious terrace around the pool are sun loungers, tables, chairs.... This is also an ideal place for outdoor dining, to enjoy an apero or dinner al fresco. The views are truly stunning, with a unique view of the hills of the Tuscan Maremma and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the background.
|
|
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pia de' Tolomei (1868–1880) (model: Jane Morris), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA |
| |
|
 |
A bigger splash in the swimming pool at Podere Santa Pia, southern Tuscany
|
«In the resplendent Tuscan sun, time takes on a languid quality, as if the very hours conspire to elongate their passage. The body, enveloped by the warm embrace of the Mediterranean climate, surrenders to the tender cradle of water, the weightlessness a reminder of life's transitory nature. The embrace of liquid elements harks back to the primordial, a tactile memory encoded in our very essence.
It is in this aqueous theater that solitude finds its match in conviviality. Swimmers move through water, their sinuous forms like dancers engaged in a choreography of freedom. Laughter, like the tinkling of wind chimes, punctuates the air as friends and strangers converge, finding solace in the communal communion of water's embrace. The human canvas, painted with the hues of relaxation and camaraderie, emerges as a tableau vivant, a living embodiment of leisure's manifold pleasures.»
|
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| |
|
A sudden appearance in the garden
|
|
Early morning light at the private swimming pool at Podere Santa Pia
|
|
Afternoon light at the private pool at
Podere Santa Pia, with the elegant
EMU garden furniture
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| |
|
A cold spring dawn in the Crete Senesi near Mucigliani |
|
I migliori percorsi a piedi in Toscana | La Costa Toscana
|
|
Country road, Natural Park of Maremma, Via Bersagliere, Alberese Grosseto, Tuscany
|
|
|
| |
|
Calici di Stelle 2020, Cinigiano 10 Agosto
Every year in town squares and wineries all over Italy on August 10, the night of the shooting stars, wine lovers raise their glasses for the most-anticipated toast of the summer.
A Cinigiano (Grosseto), cena sotto le stelle organizzata per le vie del paese dall’Associazione Pro Loco Cinigiano; degustazioni e cantine aperte; spettacolo teatrale e musica dalle ore 20 alle ore 24.
Info: tel. 0564994187 – www.prolococinigiano.org – www.comune.cinigiano.it
|
|
|
| |
|
From March to December, the Tuscan Nature Train gives you the opportunity to explore the Sienese countryside and villages in an unconventional way. Treno Natura 2018 offers various travel itineraries, strictly on vintage trains, discovering the most beautiful landscapes near Siena, visiting food and antique markets, exhibitions, the truffle museum and the truffle market in San Giovanni d'Asso, and on May 1st a pleasant traditional festival in Sant’Angelo Scalo.
Il Trenonatura | Ferrovia Turistica della Val d'Orcia | Historical trains for events Program
Program Terre di Siena | www.terresiena.it
|
|
Treno a vapore da Siena nel stazione di Sant'Angelo-Cinigiano
|
| |
|
Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi is an annual music festival under the artistic direction of Philippe Herreweghe in the beautiful region of the Crete Senesi in Tuscany.
Program 2023| Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi offers a week full of music from 25 till 30 July 2021. Unfortunately it is still too early for detailed information.
|
|
 |
| |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Album Monte Amiata
|
|
Album Van d'Orcia |
|
Album Montalcino |
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
| |
|
Monte Amiata |
|
The Val d'Orcia
|
|
Montalcino |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Crete Senesi |
|
Album Siena
|
|
Album The Tuscan Coast |
|
Album Firenze
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
Crete Senesi: The Badlands of Tuscany
|
|
Siena
|
|
A secret coastal getaway in Tuscany
|
|
| |
|
The magnificent hills of the Crete Senesi offer artistic routes with evocative and suggestive landscapes. Typical conformations of the land are the badlands, the ruffles, and biancane that give the landscape its characteristic gray color and a sometimes lunar appearance.
|
|
Piazza del Campo, Il Campo, seen from the top of Torre del Mangia.
|
|
The coastline offers uncontaminated beaches such as the Tombolo di Feniglia, Marina di Alberese, and Cala Violina. But in between these famous beaches, there are plenty of coastal getaways, small but lively resorts, and beautiful sandy beaches. |
|
Firenze, Basilica di Santa Croce, facciata
|
| |
|
restoration of the fresco in Cappella di Piazza
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
|
Pietrasanta, Lucca, Toscana, la strada principale della città con ombrelloni colorati
|
|
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e di San Genesio, San Miniato, Pisa |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Watch Podere Santa Pia on Google Earth here. |
 |
 |
