Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
BUS
Rama Mobilità
( 199 848787;
www.ramamobilita.it
)
buses travel between Via Santa Chiara,
just off Piazza Petruccioli, and Grosseto four times daily (€5.80, two hours). There's also
one daily service to Siena (€8.50, three hours), four services to Sorano (€1.35, 20 minutes)
and one service to Sovana (€1.35, 10 minutes). Buses don't usually operate on Sundays.
Buy tickets at Bar Guastini in Piazza Petruccioli.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
There are plenty of free car parks around town; look for white lines. Alternatively, the car
park near Piazza Petruccioli charges €0.50 per hour from 8am to 1pm and from 3pm to
8pm.
Around Pitigliano
Tuscany's most significant Etruscan tombs are found within the
Parco Archeologico 'Città del
Tufa'
(Necropoli di Sovana;
www.leviecave.it
; €5; 10am-7pm summer, to 5pm Sat & Sun Nov & Mar)
9km northeast of Pitigliano, near the postcard-pretty town of Sorano. Interpretative panels
in Italian and English impart interesting information about the site.
There are four tombs in total. The
Tomba dei Demoni Alati
(Tomb of the Winged Demons)
was discovered in 2004 and features a headless recumbent figure in terracotta. The
carving of a sea demon with huge wings that was the original centrepiece of the tomb is
now protected in a roofed enclosure nearby. The
Tomba Ildebranda
, named after Gregory
VII, still preserves traces of its carved columns and stairs and is the park's headline exhib-
it. The
Tomba del Tifone
(Tomb of the Typhoon) is about 300m down a trail running along-
side a rank of tomb facades cut from the rock face. Two arresting lengths of
via cave
(one
known as 'Cavone' and the other 'Poggio Prisca') are nearby.
On the opposite side of the site is the
Tomba della Sirena
and another
via cava
('San Se-
bastiano'), which was closed due to safety concerns at the time of research.
Sant'Egle
( 34 8888 4810;
www.santegle.it
; Case Sparse Sant'Egle 18; d €110, ste €160; )
Atmo-
spheric rooms, a pretty garden setting and a strong commitment to sustainability make
Sant'Egle a great choice. Occupying a meticulously restored 17th-century customs house
AGRITURISMO
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