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a very beautiful place where you can refresh yourself in the vast forest of the municipality from which the path to Castelvecchio starts.

Set in a dense forest on the outskirts of San Gimignano, in a timeless location, lies the Tenuta di Castelvecchio, behind the nature reserve of the same name, where the ruins of a once flourishing medieval town can be admired. The village, already inhabited in Etruscan times, reveals all the wild and mysterious charm that characterizes the entire nature reserve. The property allows you to enjoy the intense and absolutely unique atmosphere of the place without sacrificing the most modern comforts, very close to the most important centers of artistic and cultural interest in Tuscany and, therefore, the world. Contact: Località San Donato 13, 53037 San Gimignano SI, Italy +39 3316203384 +39 3924620949 info@tenutadicastelvecchio.it

the beauty of the Tuscan landscape together with the natural phenomena of the sulphurous spas with spontaneous springs in the woods, the Mediterranean scrub, the cave where Maurizio spent 13 years of his life as a hermit at the beginning of the 1900s, make this ring an interesting, beautiful and feasible excursion from everyone

There are scorpions here! A real crypt, but it is illuminated. Located about 100m from the main street.

Completely without water in August

One almost overlooks the small sign that points to this really old Etruscan burial site. A small path from the road along an olive grove, there is a small entrance. A few steps down, a small burial chamber with 4 graves unfolds. That was it already. Only worth it for those who are really interested in Etruscan history. None of the others miss anything here.

In this necropolis there are two hypogeum tombs from the III-I century BC. belonged (maybe) to the Gens Calcina. The Etruscan Volterra had probably already been conquered by Rome (298 BC), but its civilization and rites were still (and for a long time) around. The graves were likely found in 1880, but the date is not certain. The second grave also descends deep into the ground with a double staircase (dromos) ... certainly only partially original. If you go down the stairs, you come to a large, square anteroom from which four (small) burial chambers lead, each with docks for storing urns. (Parking is not possible here, you should come on foot)

The trail is visible on the map until the geysir. Then just follow the river when dry. Later you will see a path that is marked aside the river. It is a nice hidden valley and it ends at a cave with waterfall dependant on water level. Nice shadow on hot tuscany summer days - and a bit of adventure.