Climate
The neighbouring hills on the Island of Elba stem Atlantic disturbances; hence, rain is rare, while the sun ensures excellent hospitality with 11 hours of sunshine early in summer. The rich Mediterranean maquis ensures refreshing coolness even in the warmest hours. The maritime pines are natural sunshades that stand the heat.

Vegetation
Besides the luxuriant Mediterranean maquis, the Maremman palette is enriched with the red berries of the wild rose and currants, the gold of rape and sunflowers, tamarisks, jonquils, bindweed and scented narcissus.
On a long stroll one comes upon bright clouds of purple bouganville that resist even in the warmest seasons.
The woods strewn over the hills abound in mushrooms and herbs that were already used by the Etruscans to season meats, which they dressed with mustard, vinegar, fennel seeds and mint leaves.
The extensive stretches where the Libeccio blows have inspired internationally famous figurative painters, like Fattori, Modigliani and Macchiaioli.

Art
This area's extraordinary archaeological wealth and its architectural, pictorial and sculptural wonders are entrusted to the Tuscan Superintendence of Fine Arts, which keeps museums open in Leghorn, Fiesole, Volterra, Florence and Grosseto throughout the year.
The Maremma is also an open air museum: San Silvestro archaeological and mineral park in Campiglia Marittima and, Baratti and Populonia archaeological park are just two examples.
You will find art while on nature-oriented excursions and strolls. Time seems to have stopped in the extremely charming little medieval towns that nestle against hills.
Concealed by the undergrowth are Saracen tombs and magnificent Etruscan funerary monuments carved in rock and preserved in their original structure.

Story
Overlooking the Tyrrhenean Sea - which was awarded the highest number of Blue Flags by the European Union for the quality of water and hospitality standards - Maremma's geographical casket is packed with art and nature.
It was the cradle of ancient Etruscans. The Romans enabled visitors to travel through it by building the road Via Cassia. In the Middle Ages the merchant class enriched it with sumptuous municipal palaces and square-stages that turned rural towns into cities: Palazzo dei Priori in Bolgheri is the most ancient public residence in Tuscany. Even the clergy enhanced the area with spectacular bishop's palaces (i.e. Palazzo Piccolomini in Pienza).
Through the ages man has embellished and cultivated this area, living in it with respect and, merging urban innovation with the traditional binomial art and nature.
Dante defined the Maremma between Cecina (Tuscany) and Corneto (Lazio). To date its borders are hard to distinguish, but it is understood that northern Maremma comprises the province of Leghorn (turned into a model of the ideal city by the Medici in 1500), the hilly regions in the province of Pisa, Val di Cecina and Val di Cornia, which are partly metalliferous - they are rich in iron, that was already used and exported by the Etruscans.
The most important Maremman resorts worth visiting are: Cecina, Bolgheri, Castagneto Carducci, Campiglia Marittima, Suvereto, Populonia and Piombino. These enchanting medieval centres treasure a wealth of ancient secrets and wonders.