Holidays in Maremma

Everyone has heard at least once, talk about Maremma and know that ... more or less ... the Maremma is in Tuscany ... more or less ... in the province of Grosseto, but actually the term refers to a geographic area much larger, full of history, culture and traditions: find out together!

For an area we know and understand from its name.
Maremma is derived from the Latin "maritima" in fact Maritima Royal was the name by which, in the Carolingian period, was identified in the coastal area of ​​Grosseto.
But it could also find its roots in the Castilian word "marismas" which means marsh and in fact Maremma is a broad area that stretches from the inland to the sea for millennia and has been subject to the swamping, due to the presence of dunes, which hindered the flow of rivers.
Were necessary because major rehabilitation work to eradicate malaria and to make this territory covered with forests and marshes, as recalled by Dante in the Inferno, a fascinating land rich in beauty and landscapes.

Even an old folk song "Maremma amara," written during the period when the first land reclamation began, witnesses the harshness of life in this harsh and inhospitable land.

But poverty and malaria were not the only problems for these populations for centuries even harassed by bandits who stormed the scorrerrie up to the 800.

".. Country wild, dark path exposed to the action of the bandits and thieves ..." the fact Giovyears Sercambi defined in '400!

Today, the area reclaimed and defeat malaria, Maremma is a land in some places still wild and pristine, of great interest, rich in history and culture.

But what is the best season to visit the Maremma?
In which period the atmospheric brightness, vegetation and human labor makes the spectacular scenery?
Not the spring with its mild climate and relaxed, but suddenly ... summer!
The hot summer Maremma!
The summer heat, no clouds and humidity, makes it even clearer profiles of the landscape.
From the pine forests of the coastal mountains of the humps, the endless fields with multi-colored shapes of castles, all the contours appear more defined and vivid colors by enhancing the cobalt sea to the green patches of wild pink ocher plains of the old houses farm, lead the eye through a painting natural palette.
The green of the pines, the undisputed ruler of the coastline, and characterizes the Mediterranean is a true hallmark ... almost a "trademark" of the coast replacing, as we penetrate into the interior, to the cypress.
From strawberry to mastic, juniper from the myrtle, the perfumes of this land are mixed with the salty sea, and accompany the visitor to the woods of holm oak and cork that dominate the interior.
Beyond the Mediterranean forests and many are still wild and pristine place to find ponds, marshes and large herds of Maremma horses, once assembled by historians Tuscan cowboys.
Only the people walking its streets under the summer heat wave can be said to have known the true face of Maremma!
Wild and spectacular, magical and enchanting!