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Spectacular route through a beech forest

Simply nature, simply wonderful!!! 🔝🤩👌🏻

The origin of the term "Macinaie" has no certain scientific explanation. In 2012, however, dozens of millstones made of trachytic stone, probably dating back to the Middle Ages, were found in the highest part of the mountain, about three kilometers from the town; with a diameter of about 70/80 centimeters. They were perhaps used to grind wheat, cereals and dried chestnuts. The area, therefore, could have been a rudimentary millstone laboratory, made with peperino stone from Amiata. The discovery would provide an explanation for the birth of the toponym "Macinaie", as a place where millstones were built.

A un’ora di cammino dalla vetta del Monte Amiata si trova il rifugio, in prossimità della funivia.

Starting and finishing point where you can take the chairlift to reach the summit and the trail area, we also find bars, restaurants and snack bars.

Paths immersed in one of the most beautiful beech forests in Italy, often in strategic areas and with the greatest influx of people you can find these areas equipped for picnics and brusta, such as Prato della Contessa, Le Macinaie and other points along the roads connecting with Monte Amiata.

Also a place to escape the summer heat. It is much cooler up here.

And again we go through beech forest interspersed with moss-covered boulders.