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views over rocky coves, cliffs
and bays. Ferries from Porto
Santo Stéfano go to the island
of Giglio, popular with Italian
tourists for its sandy beaches
and rich wildlife.
In the summer the Porto
Santo Stéfano ferry also calls
at Giannutri, a privately owned
island where visitors are not
allowed to stay overnight.
Ansedonia e
Road map D5.
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300.
Ansedonia is a prosperous
village of luxurious villas and
gardens, high on a hill above
the coast. The ruins of the
city of Cosa, founded by the
Romans in 173 BC, are on the
summit of the hill looking
over Ansedonia. The Museo
di Cosa , containing relics from
the ancient settlement, is
close by. East of Ansedonia is
a long stretch of sandy beach
and the remains of the
Etruscan Canal. The date
and purpose of the canal
Porto Ercole, near Monte Argentario
Monte Argentario w
Road map D5.
enclose the Orbetello lagoon.
Orbetello itself was linked to
the island in 1842, when a
dyke was constructed linking
the mainland to Terrarossa.
The two harbour towns of
Porto Ercole and Porto Santo
Stéfano are both favoured by
wealthy yacht owners. There
are good fish restaurants in
both towns (see p263) , and
from the Strada
Panoramica there are
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Piazzale Sant'Andrea, Porto Santo
Stéfano (0564 81 42 08).
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Tue.
Monte Argentario was an
island until the early 18th
century, when the shallow
waters separating it from the
mainland began to silt up,
creating two sandy spits of
land, known as tomboli , that
An Etruscan Tour
The Etruscans gained much of their
wealth from Tuscany's vast mineral
resources, and their monied classes were
cultured and worldly. Both their
elaborate burial sites and the artifacts
found in their tombs give us an insight
into their lives (see pp42-3) . Etruscan
burial sites were carved into soft rock or
built of huge stone slabs with rock-cut
roads leading down to the tombs.
Grosseto 1 The
Museo Civico Archeo-
logico has a collection
of Etruscan artifacts
found in local tombs.
ALSO WORTH SEEING
Vulci and Tarquinia
These excavated sites,
just over the Tuscany
border in Lazio, have
impressive Etruscan
ruins, painted tombs
and art collections.
Museo
Archeologico ,
Florence (see p99) .
Museo Etrusco ,
Volterra (see
p166) .
Talamone 7 Follow
the S74 to the S1. Turn
right and after 8 km (5
miles) fork off to the
left, into the Maremma,
for the Etruscan temple,
Roman villa and baths.
This Etruscan bone
brooch, called a fibula ,
was found near Grosseto
and is now in the Museo
Archeologico in Florence.
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