Cycling in Tuscany | On the Way to the Tarocchi Garden

CAPALBIO - On the Way to the Tarocchi Garden
Capalbio - Bivio Pescia Fiorentina - Garavicchio (Giardino dei Tarocchi) - Borgo Carige - Capalbio

29. On the Way to the Tarocchi Garden - 18 km

Capalbio - km 0 - Bivio Pescia Fiorentina - km 3 - Garavicchio - km 7.8 - (Giardino dei Tarocchi) - Borgo Carige - km 12.3 - Capalbio - km 18

Starting point and arrival: Capalbio
Distance in kilometres: 18 km
Difference in altitude: 240 m
Type of road: tarred road
Bicycle: roadster and all-terrain
Difficulty: average - easy

NOTES: A short itinerary without any particular difficulty caused by altitude differences. The climb to Capalbio is good to cycle on and it does not have any exacting slopes. Very beautiful from the landscape point of view. A visit to the Tarot Garden is recommended. Refreshment stand at Borgo Carige.

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One leaves Capalbio following the road signs to Pescia Fiorentina, Manciano and Marsiliana. Passing by the post office one takes the S.P. 75 “Pescia Fiorentina” and leaves the urban area skirting the cemetery.

The road is very pleasant, fringed with stone walls and surrounded by lush olive groves, oak and holm oak woods, leading mainly downhill.

After 3 kilometres at the crossing one continues straight on to Pescia Fiorentina and the Tarot Garden. The road stretches downhill across a very fine hilly landscape which sums up all the features of the Maremma countryside. Reaching a crossing (6.1) one continues in the direction of Chiarone Scalo on the S.P. 75 showing a varying altitude profile, first a terraced descent and then a level stretch as far as the crossroads to the Tarot Garden locality Garavicchio (7.8). About 200 metres afterwards one leaves the S.P. 75 to turn right onto the S.P. 93 “Pedemontana” (8) towards Carige.

The Pedemontana road is wavy and fringed with beautiful cork oaks and crosses the typical Maremma countryside with olive groves, vineyards, wheat fields and farmhouses. Reached Borgo Carige one crosses it and at the end of the urban area (12.7) one leaves the Pedemontana road and turns right to take the S.P. 63 in the direction of Capalbio.

After about 2 kilometres the road leaves the countryside to plunge into a thick holm oak grove where the good to cycle on ascent to Capalbio begins (18). [1]

Capalbio

Capalbio and Lago Burano

"Capalbio è un Castello situato sull´alto di un Poggio, che domina una vasta pianura fino al mare, e dentro terra estende la vista a paesi lontanissimi" (G. Santi, 1795).

Turismo in Toscana \| Case vacanza in Toscana \| Podere Santa Pia

La torre di Buranaccio [3]


Podere Santa Pia	Podere Santa Pia	Il Molino Spagnolo, uno dei simboli di Orbetello, è l'unico mulino a vento che si è conservato della serie di nove costruiti dai Senesi

Camminamento lungo le mura di Capalbio. Ci sono alcuni ristoranti lungo le mura di questo meraviglioso borgo con vista sulla valle del buttero.[4]	Capalbio, Chiesa di San Nicola	Mura di Capalbio, Torre Senese
Panorama of Capalbio, Maremma, Province of Grosseto

Panorama of Capalbio, Maremma, Province of Grosseto [4]
Pescia Fiorentina Pescia Fiorentina is a frazione of the comune of Capalbio, situated about 60 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Capalbio, along the Provincial Road which links Capalbio to Chiarone Scalo. Pescia Fiorentina was an important industrial centre with furnaces and ironworks in the 16th century.[2] Main sights Villa del Fontino (18th century), it's an impressive building which was seat of customs between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal States. The palace was then named after the families who lived there after the dismantling of customs: Boncompagni and Magrini. The palazzo was then transformed into a farmhouse hotel.[3] Giardino dei Tarocchi (Garden of Tarot), situated in the hamlet of Garavicchio, it is a sculpture garden based on the esoteric tarot created by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle. The park was opened in 1998.[4] Notes Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat. Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 2007, pp. 308-309. Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997. Giardino dei Tarocchi, Niki de Saint Phalle official website. References Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 2007, pp. 308–309. Fabiola Favilli, Capalbio. Alla scoperta del borgo e del territorio, Arcidosso, C&P Adver Effigi, 2011. Isabella Casini, Il complesso siderurgico della Pescia Fiorentina. Secoli XV-XIX, Capalbio, A.A.S.T., 1982.

Tombola di Feniglia, view from Monte Argentario	Parco Naturale della Maremma	Torba

The Tarot Garden The Tarot Garden is an artistic park located in Garavicchio, and is well worth a visit. Right near the intersection where you turn left on S.P. 93 "foothills" to Carige, the garden is visible on your right. Il Giardino dei Tarocchi \| Niki de Saint Phalle Address \| Garavicchio - Capalbio (GR) Opening hours\| From 1st April 2006 to 15th October 2006: 14.30 – 19.30

Niki de Saint Phalle by Lothar Wolleh	Niki de Saint-Phalle, Giardino dei Tarocch	Niki de saint-phalle, Motto dell'artista, su una piastrella de L'Appeso

The story of the garden on a plaque at the entrance [2]

The motto of the artist Niki de Saint Phalle
The artist Niki de Saint Phalle’s motto, near the entrance of the park designed by her, the Tarot Garden. “A me dà più soddisfazione fare qualcosa di bello per gli altri e per me che avere, AVERE, AVERE… sempre di più, di più, DI PIÙ…”

Motto of the artist, on a tile of L'Appeso. [2]
[1] Source: Cicloturismo Toscana \| www. maremmabike.it [2] Foto da Sailko , licenziato in base ai termini della licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 Internazionale [3] Foto daLupone, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Thisis a photo of a monument which is part of cultural heritage of Italy. This monument participates in the contest Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 2014. See authorisations. (wiki-ID:053003121) [4] Foto da, Luca Aless licenziato in base ai termini della licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 Internazionale [4] Photo byLigaDue , licenziato in base ai termini della licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 3.0 Unported
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