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Luxury coastal villas
About Monte Argentario
• Maps
• Beaches
• Places of interest
- Porto Ercole
- Convento dei Passionisti
- Porto Santo Stefano
- Island of Giglio
- Orbetello
- Cosa
- Giardino dei Tarocchi
- Pitigliano
- Sovana
- Terme di Saturnia
- Maremma Natural Park
• Things to do
- Bicycling
- Bird watching
- Golf
- Riding
- Sailing
- Walks and hikes
- Wine tasting
• Local folk festivities
• Roads
• Weather
• How to get there
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Torre della Maddalena |
Porto Ercole
This pretty seaside resort is one of the most famous in Tuscany and is one of the two main towns on Argentario.
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Convento dei Passionisti
The old Convent of the Order of the Passionist Fathers is located high in the hills of Monte Argentario between Porto Ercole and Porto Santo Stefano.
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Porto Santo Stefano
Apart from Porto Ercole, the other main town on Argentario is Santo Stefano, a lively bustling port where you can catch the ferry to the neighbouring islands of Giglio and Giannutri.
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Island of Giglio
The beautiful island of Giglio stands exactly in front of the Monte Argentario peninsula and is connected to the mainland by a regular ferry service from Porto Santo Stefano that takes one hour.
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Orbetello
Built to protect the narrow strip of land, which leads to Argentario, the town of Orbetello was, up to half a century ago, still protected by strong ramparts and separated from the mainland apparently being an island.
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Cosa
The remains of the Roman town of Cosa, which was founded in 273 BC, can be seen just outside Ansedonia. Cosa was one of the many colonies founded by the Romans to control the territories they conquered.
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Giardino dei Tarocchi, Garavicchio
Not far from Capalbio, at Garavicchio, is the Giardino dei Tarocchi offering a marvellous and unique spectacle.
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Pitigliano
The tiny town of Pitigliano perches atop a cliff in the southeastern part of Tuscany. Most of the town is carved from the porous tufa rock of the area, a volcanic by-product that is easily shaped into grottoes.
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Sovana
Its ancient, ochre-coloured houses rising from a plateau, the village of Sovana, partly abandoned, still preserves the ruins of its medieval fortress.
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Terme di Saturnia
The age-old properties of its thermal water make Terme di Saturnia the perfect place to regenerate the body and comfort the soul.
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Maremma Natural Park
Set up in 1975, the Maremma natural park covers more than 17,000 hectares, stretching from Principia a Mare as far as Talamone.
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