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Etruscan necropolis
Vetulonia: Tumulus tombs and an old street (distance: 12.9 mi)
Among the remains, you will see the tumulus della Pietrera, formed of two superimposed chambers and the tomb del Diavolino ("of the little devil"). Not far away you can visit the excavations of the hellenistic and Etruscan-Roman town which have brought to light a paved street bordered by stalls and dwellings.
Populonia: Parco Archeologico di Barratti e Populonia (distance: 17.2 mi)
Opposite the sea, the necropolis is made up of sunken, ditch or chamber tombs or of tumuli. The tomb with funerary beds ("letti funebri") and that of the pyriform aryballo form part of the tumulus tombs on a cylindrical platform. The tomb of the craters is also a high tumulus tomb. Two intact tumulus tombs have been found, the goldsmith and the fan tombs.
Massa Marittima: Piazza Garibaldi (distance: 18.5 mi)
This square with a strong medieval look to it, is surrounded by three Romanesque constructions, namely the Palace of the Podestat with gemeled windows set into it, the Communal palace, crowned with merlons, and the cathedral.
Massa Marittima: Cathedral (distance: 18.5 mi)
This majestic building surrounded by blind arcades, in a Pisan Romanesque style. Its façade and present-day look is attributed to Giovanni Pisano (1287). Its beautiful campanile surmounted by four pinnacles has windows inset. The façade is decorated with roaring lions, capitals delicately carved and the central lintel is adorned with depictions of the life of Saint Cerbone. Inside are various capitals in the nave and a Virgin of the Graces attributed to Duccio di Buoninsegna.
Portoferraio: Villa Napoleone di San Martino (distance: 22.9 mi)
In the setting of hillsides planted with green oaks and vines, Napoleon had his summer residence during his stay on the Island of Elba. From there he had an attractive view over the bay of Portoferraio. The unfortunate neoclassical style construction found lower down is by Prince Demidoff, son-in-law of Jerome Bonaparte.
Marciana: Monte Capane (distance: 29.0 mi)
A cable car takes visitors up to within a few metres of the summit of Monte Capanne. At an altitude of 1 018m, enjoy the sweeping panorama over the entire island, the Tuscan coast to the east and the western coast of Corsica to the west.
Palazetto: San Galgano Abbey (distance: 31.7 mi)
San Galgano is a strange mixture of the impressive ruins of an abbey and an unusual hermitage.
Both abbey and hermitage were founded by Galgano Guidotti from the nearby town of Chiusdino. San Galgano consists of the impressive, open-air ruins which are all that remain of the Romanesque-Gothic abbey built by Cistercian monks between 1224 and 1228. 200m up the hill, the hermitage is a strange Romanesque rotunda with an amazing dome, which can be interpreted as the ideal link between Etruscan and Roman tombs and Classicism and Renaissance.
Volterra: Porta all' Arco (The Arch Gate) (distance: 31.7 mi)
San Galgano is a strange mixture of the impressive ruins of an abbey and an unusual hermitage.
Volterra: Museo etrusco Guarnacci (distance: 41.6 mi)
Monsignor Mario Guarnacci offered this very rich collection of Etruscan archaeological finds to the town. It shows in a chronological way objects coming from the Villanovan period (8C. BC) to the Hellenistic period (4C to the 1C), a phase of creativity expressed in Funerary urns with anthropomorphic caps in tufa, alabaster and sometimes terracotta... and you will see the famous statuette that Gabriele D'Annunzio christened Evening shadow.
Volterra: Piazza dei Priori (distance: 41.6 mi)
In the heart of the city, sober and austere palaces surround this square; inset with twin bays, the Pretorio palace has alongside it a massive crenellated tower. The tower earned its nickname of Torre del Porcellino (Piglet tower) because of the wild boar sculpted on its upper part. Opposite the Palazzo dei Priori, from the same era, is decorated with emblems from Florentine governors.
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