Via del Gabbiano, Castiglione della Pescaia

The cluster is on the Maremma coast by the Tyrrhenian Sea, with long sandy beaches, coastal pinewoods and the marsh and lagoon landscape of the Diaccia Botrona nature reserve at the mouth of the Bruna. The hills behind the coast rise into the low wooded relief of the Colline Metallifere within short distance inland. The nearest town of size is Grosseto, which has full services, a rail station and a walled historic centre. Castiglione della Pescaia itself has a medieval hilltop old town and castle above the harbour. The area is known for coastal wetlands, beaches and Maremma countryside.