Tour di Orciatico

Difficoltà: Alta

Fabbrica, Lajatico, Teatro del Silenzio, Orciatico, San Giovanni

Itinerario attraverso i magici percorsi storici dei mulini di Orciatico e i suoi percorsi boschivi con passaggio anche per l’antico paese di Lajatico.

Lunghezza Percorso: 33,3 km

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Tour di Iano

Difficoltà: Media

Cedri, Iano, San Vivaldo, Castelfalfi, Ghizzano.

Itinerario con visita al paesi tra Ghizzano e Iano con il magnifico percorso naturalistico che da Cedri a Iano regala una magnifica vista panoramica sui Calanchi naturali caratteristici della zona.

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The “Sentierelsa”

The Sentierelsa is a historical-naturalistic path that allows you to skirt the Elsa river and cross it on several occasions through outcropping boulders. The river that gave its name to a very important valley, always passing of goods and pilgrims. The river even mentioned by Boccaccio and Dante.

It’s a river that has given so much to the local population, but has also taken away from it. Along the route, there are many types of plants, remains of ancient hydraulic constructions and water jumps with a magnificent waterfall, fifteen meters high, which flows into a deep pool of clear water. A real adventure, an opportunity to become children again. During this course there is the risk of getting wet.

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The Reserve of Montenero

An Excursion in the fantastic area of ​​the Montenero Nature Reserve, rich in historical and landscape features, to discover the local flora and fauna. We will walk around the ring around Monte Nero, visiting the remains of the ancient parish church of San Giovanni Battista alla Nera (XI century) and the ancient Castello della Nera (X century), the subject of ancient disputes.

We will deepen the naturalistic aspects, admiring the panorama from the imposing and wild Devil’s Tooth and discovering the suggestive volcanic rocks, deeply engraved and shaped by the Strolla stream, so as to create a narrow valley characterized by rugged cliffs and picturesque waterfalls.

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Castelvecchio: a Medieval Ghost-Town

Castelvecchio is an abandoned medieval village, with its church, its towers, its dwellings, its mills … visiting it is like being catapulted into a distant time … but not only, we will also dive into the fortresses that have defended it over the centuries and through an unprecedented journey, we will discover a beautiful and unusual nature, characterized by beeches, badgers, mountain maple … a unique adventure a stone’s throw from San Gimignano!

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Walking in Nature and History

We will learn about the nature and history of Iano, the Palagio and their suggestive territories that in the Middle Ages were the scene of bloody battles. We will climb to the Stone and to the Sanctuary of the Pietrina, in search of the remains of their castles, made impregnable by the steep walls of the Masso del Becco, yesterday a natural defense against enemy attacks and today a climbing school. We will descend into the magical atmosphere of the Panera Rossa, surrounded by lush vegetation and accompanied by the relaxing flow of water.

A pleasant walk among the magic of uncontaminated nature, breathtaking landscapes and deeply rooted historical testimonies that will bring adults and children to live an enchanting and mystical experience.

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Discovering Secret Gambassi

A wonderful excursion to discover the territory of Gambassi Terme, rich in history and nature. We will start by walking along part of an ancient and famous medieval route, the Francigena, like old pilgrims. Then we will plunge into the thick of the vegetation and fording the streams we will make the discovery of hypothermal sources, always frequented by the local population for the allegedly curative effects.

Accompanied by the unmistakable smell of sulfur, typical of these sulphurous waters, and by the noises of nature alone, meeting the ruins of ancient mills and medieval furnaces, we will go in search of the traces of one of the last hermits who found solace in the ravines and ravines that characterize this fascinating part of the territory.

As new explorers we will discover waterfalls, remains of statues and everyday life of a man whose history cannot fail to fascinate. An excursion that will leave you without words!

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Unknown Volterra

A journey outside the tourist routes, in search of small historical curiosities and local life. It’s different way to get in tune with the territory, learning to know and appreciate its history and natural peculiarities.

A real journey through time, we will see Etruscan necropolis, the remains of ancient Roman ruins, the imposing medieval walls, churches, ancient palaces, ancient sources, the Medici fortress, all surrounded by a harsh and magnificent nature that made unique this corner of Tuscany.

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Creative cooking for little chefs

The creative cooking lesson for the little chefs will guide your children by preparing shortcrust pastry, which will be used in making a filled cake and some nice biscuits, who will be garnished with colourfull sugar decorations. During this experience we will serve a piece of cake as a little snack. Thereafter the children can bring their selfmade biscuits home.

During the lesson, which will be spoken in Italian and English, the children will known our assistants, who will embrace them as a member of our big family and they will guide them during this experience.

At the arrival at Organic Agriturismo Diacceroni our assistants will accompany the children to their working spot, equipped with the ingredients for the preparation of the cake and the biscuits. During the course the children prepare the shortcrust pastry: togheter with us they impaste the pastry, prepare the cake and will have fun making the filling which they prefer. Thereafter they can use our nice shapes for the preparation of the bsicuits and after that they can garnish them with colourful sugar decorations.

At the end of this experience the children can enjoy a little snack like the cake that comes just right out of the oven and after that they go home with their selfmade biscuits.