VAL DI CORNIA - a complex of Natural and Archeological Parks on the Tuscan Etruscan coast
Selected Day Trips in Tuscany
A complex of six Archaeological, Coastal and Natural Parks, including museums and a documentation centre compose the system of Parks of Val di Cornia, the stunning area between the mineral slopes and the Etruscan coastline that extends from Livorno to Grosseto including the Promontory of Piombino.
Volterra - the land of alabaster!
Important cities and areas in Tuscany
Volterra, well known territory for the presence of the alabaster – the only translucent stone existing in nature, historically used in windows and lampshades instead of glass, before it arrived from the Orient. Nowadays, it is possible to admire real masterpieces of alabaster, worked with the same old techniques forwarded for generations.
