TOWN OF VOLTERRA

The territory

Located in the heart of Tuscany, 40km far from the seaside and at close range from the most important Italian art centres (Florenz, Siena, Pisa, San Gimignano), Volterra is an ideal destination for vacations in contact with nature, history and culture. Volterra offers to visitor enviable historical-artistic treasures, showing the signs of a multimillenial cultural tradition.

This marvellous town is situated in an extraordinary panoramic position between the valleys of Cecina and Era, and it dominates in complete loneliness a waste territory characterized by a multiform and charming landscape.

Only few kilometers, from Cecina river valley to Era river are extended wood areas like Berignone, Monterufoli-Caselli and Montenero forests,that are protected by natural parks. There are a lot of paths you can cover by foot, horse or mountain-bike. They lead in the most magical and evocative points of the forests. Here the nature join precious historical testimonies such as the rests of Etruscan, Roman and medieval civilization scattered on the territory. Furthermore, there are important mineral extractions because the underground is rich in minerals. All this create a unique equilibrium in history, nature and culture.