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Giardino dei Tarocchi
Garavicchio, Pescia Fiorentina . Tel
0564 89 51 22.
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4,049.
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Apr-mid-Oct:
2:30-7:30pm daily; mid-Oct-Mar:
group reservations only.
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At Pescia Fiorentina, southeast
of Capalbio, is a modern sculp-
ture garden created by the late
French artist Niki de Saint-
Phalle in 1982. It was inspired
by the figures of the Tarot
and was over ten years in the
making. The bigger pieces
each represent one card from
the Tarot pack. Among the
sculptures is The Tower , a
glittering three-storey edifice
made out of broken mirrors.
Capalbio is another village
which is popular with
wealthy Italians. The hilltop
town has several restaurants
and hotels and is busy all
year round. Summer tourists
come for the beaches, and
winter visitors flock to hunt
deer and wild boar in the
surrounding woodland, which
is now managed as a game
reserve. A game festival is
held in September each year.
The Etruscan Canal at Ansedonia
are debatable, but it may have
been dug in Roman times to
keep the harbour free of silt.
Alternatively, it may have been
part of a canal leading to the
Lago di Burano, 5 km (3 miles)
down the coast. This lagoon
is 4 km (2.5 miles) long and
has been turned into a wild-
life refuge (rifugio faunistico)
by the Worldwide Fund for
Nature. It is a very important
habitat for wading birds.
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Museo di Cosa
Via delle Ginestre 35, Ansedonia.
Tel 0564 88 14 21. # 9am-7pm
daily.
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View across the rooftops of Capalbio
Saturnia 3 Continue east for
54 km (34 miles) for the
rock-cut tombs below this
tiny village of Etruscan origin.
Roselle 2 Head north on the
S223 to the most important
excavated Etruscan and
Roman remains in Tuscany.
Sovana 4 From Saturnia,
drive towards Sovana to the
famous Ildebranda Tomb
in a valley to the west.
Pitigliano 5 The town,
on the junction with the
S74, is built on tufa cliffs
riddled with Etruscan
tombs and tunnels, now
used for storing produce.
Marsiliana 6
Head west on the
S74 through Manciano to
the vast necropolises on the
outskirts of Marsiliana.
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