Massa Marittima and the B-roads to Pitigliano

We enjoyed Massa Marittima last night. We had an amusing introduction to our digs (digs?) involving two notices and one flower pot, then a pleasant wander in this ancient Etruscan town, and a great meal in a fine small restaurant with good wine and good waiters.

Today we headed by the slow roads to Pitigliano.  On the way we stopped for a picnic opposite the hot springs at Saturnia - known since Etruscan times, when limitless hot water was more of a novelty ...   Pitigliano is another Etruscan town spectacularly situated on a bluff of a rock called "tufa", which has retained its medieval character.  (The plumbing seems to be 21st century though - phew!)

Seems reasonable ...

Okaayy ...

Result!

Barbara models a medieval street

One raviolo this size is enough between antipasto and secondo piatto ...

The duomo appears ghostly later in the square (note tiny Ape (Apaay three-wheeler) parked by the steps, its owner and his dog enjoying some me-time)

Some of the vines which give Tuscany its fame

Barbara and fine vines

Some of the springs at Saturnia with bathers