Southern Tuscany is wilder and not as famous as its more northerly parts

But the hilltowns are better

Our base was Pitigliano 

The first glimpse of the town is dramatic

It rises from the rock itself

We arrived on the Festa of Corpus Domini (18th June)

When the streets are decorated with flowers

Which are trampled on later by priests

There are ‘secret’ hilltowns all around

Like Sorano, a few kilometres down the road

And Montemerano, where they were celebrating Amore

We stayed in Casa dei Lavatoi (the old wash-house)

Beside the arches of the aqueduct in Pitigliano (recommended)

You have mountains on your doorstep

And free hot springs down the road

If you fancy them

This is

PITIGLIANO

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