Downhill e Freeride
Downhill along the slopes leading down from the top of the Mountain, through rocks and of volcanic origin lakes, therefore a great area for gravity activities such as enduro and downhill.
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Thermal baths and free natural pools
Thermal pools of hot water are just part of many evidences of the volcano that Amiata used to be. Bagni San Filippo is the highest thermal town on Amiata slopes. The peculiarity of the site is its location, in the woods, at an altitude accessible during every season.
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Indiana Park – Adventure Park
An adventurous park suspended high between trees and nature. There are several routes for children and adults that can be undertaken with confidence in total safe.
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Chestnuts and Mushrooms Harvesting
During fall season harvesting chestnuts and mushroom in the forest is one of the best way to experience the old traditions and culture of Mount Amiata.
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Mount Amiata Exclusive Horse Riding Trails
The mountain is surrounded with equestrian centres providing professionalism and competences, granting high-quality facilities, servicies and staff both beginners and experts.
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Visit to wineries and local farms
Since every product, from oil, to wine, to mushrooms has its special origins and unique characteristics, in order to better understand provenance and qualities, we warmly recommend a visit to wineries and local farms.
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Orienteering
Mount Amiata is an ideal place for orienteering: the beautiful beech forest and the high level map offer the perfect setting for enthusiasts, team retreats, companies’ outdoor journeys.
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A Breeding Farm for Alpacas
Mount Amiata boasts an Alpaca breeding farm thanks to Riccardo and Rossella, lovers of nature and animals, take care and protects this fascinating exemplar. Their farm may be visited and with a careful guide you can live an unforgettable experience.
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A Trail to Explore the Volcano Activity
Mount Amiata is an extinct volcano; from the intense volcanic activity we can see evidences from the many thermal springs and CO2 emissions. This is a guided tour along tracks and trails where the emission of CO2 is still evident.
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Hiking and Nordic Walking
Mount Amiata is the ideal destination for those who enjoy walking and hiking: Nature, Parks and Reserves, forests and hills, dirt roads and trails leading from the peak of the mountain to its offshoots, with the Orcia valley and the Maremma.
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Mount Amiata Water Springs
Visiting the rivers’ sources of Mount Amiata is for sure an activity to suggest. There are interesting walks that can be done like the visit to Ermicciolo aqueduct that brings waters until the city of Siena or to the Fiora underground sources.
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The Summit of Mount Amiata
Visiting “Vetta Amiata” (Amiata summit) is for sure an experience to live. You can reach the Amiata summit and enjoy the magnificent, widest view in Central Italy.
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Natural Parks and Reserves
Because of its unique position and geological features, Amiata has always been a special place already at the time of the Etruscans that used to worship it as the Mother Mountain. In fact, there are 13 areas that are protected in order to preserve their environment, flora and fauna.
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The Summit of Mount Labro
The summit of Monte Labbro, inside the namesake Reserve, an area which is of great interest from cultural, natural, environmental but also religious point of view.
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Radicofani Fort
Visit the enchanting hamlet of Radicofani and the caste of Ghino di Tacco, the famous medieval bandit, mentioned by Dante and Boccaccio in their eminent writings and enjoy one of the best view on Mount Amiata and Val d’Orcia.
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Historic Hamlet of Piancastagnaio
Visit of the historic mediaval town of Piancastagnaio and of its majestic Aldobrandesca castle, to admire an astonishing view of the Paglia valley crossed by the homonymous river.
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Arcidosso Castle
The old town centre perched all around the Aldobrandeschi Castle, give us the opportunity to discover fascinating glimpses around the valley. An interesting place to visit for whom is looking for a peaceful location and a characteristic of the time of “encastellation” of rural settlement.
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Village of Seggiano and the Daniel Spoerri Garden
The centre of Seggiano was built in the early 10th century as a possession of the abbey of Abbadia San Salvatore, on the slopes of Mount Amiata. The area is perfectly suited for a pleasant stroll up to the hill, surrounded by noble olive trees and enriched by the open air contemporary exhibition by the artist Daniel Spoerri.
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Tibetan Centre of Merigar
Literally “Residency of the fire mountain”, symbolically “energy house”, the Tibetan Centre of Merigar West deals with the study and with the oldest teachings of the Tibetan spiritual culture.
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Santa Fiora: Pearl of Amiata
Whitin the Mount Amiata towns, Santa Fiora is the most romantic one with its historic centre and Peschiera Park. Once on dependency of the control of the San Salvatore Abbey, it became a strong and rich village during the Aldobrandeschi Era.
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Historic Centre of Abbadia San Salvatore
Antique trachyte arches highlight accesses to ‘Castel di Badia’, the old town of Abbadia San Salvatore. It is a well-preserved example of mounted castle that show how much the Abbey of San Salvatore was powerful in the Middle Ages.
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The San Salvatore Abbey
A magical and capturing place, where you may breath the history and the beauty of one of the most fascinating Tuscany towns: the San Salvatore Abbey. Visit the Church with its evocative underground crypt and the related Museum of Sacred Art.
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Monte Amiata Mining Park Museum
An emotional visit, in the company of an old miner telling you stories about the living in Amiata during the mine époque. The visit include the itinerary inside the museum and the visit to the underground mine gallery by old train.
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Wandering Around the Forest
Thanks to the warmth of the sun in open meadows or in the cool shade of the trees, the mountain offers shelter from season to season to those wishing to relax a bit ‘ and enjoy the pleasure of dolce vita.
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Mountain Bike Rides
To bicycle enthusiasts, Mount Amiata offers an extraordinary land: under the shady beech forest or along the sunny valleys, drenched in the fragrances of woods and vineyards, along the roads of wine and oil adorned with medieval villages protected by old castles.
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The Orcia Valley
The beautiful landscape in the valley of Mount Amiata, its background, is defined by the landscapes and views of rolling hills that the wise man work has been able to build and maintain.
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Montalcino
Known as the town of Brunello, this small but quaint village on the outskirts of Val d’Orcia is the ideal destination for good wine lovers.
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Pitigliano and the Tuff Area
Towns like Pigliano, Sovana and Sorano have substantial evidence of ancient Etruscan settlements carved in the tuff rocks of volcanic origin that characterize the area.
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