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The association was established in 2022 and already includes nine DOP and IGP products: Castagna del Monte Amiata IGP, Fagiolo di Sorana IGP, Farro della Garfagnana IGP, Marrone del Mugello IGP, Mortadella di Prato IGP, Pane Toscano DOP, Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane DOP, Olio di Seggiano DOP and Olio Terre di Siena DOP.
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“We opened a year ago,” Valerio the owner tells me, “and we have already become a must-go venue for breakfast, lunch, dinner and après-ski. The strong point of our restaurant is definitely in the raw materials which we select from, above all, small local producers. We are also just a few metres from the slopes and many people take the chairlift up and after skiing stop at the Chalet to eat (well).”
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“The pharmacy,” he tells us, “started off in the old town centre, in 1969 it moved to the main street, and in 2017 we moved to this beautiful, new and bright location, created with all modern necessities, starting with automation, and with more space to accommodate the different services.
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“Having a beautiful smile,” Ilaria explains, “changes one’s attitude to life, an aesthetically pleasing smile is in great demand of course, but first of all comes health and the chewing function and then we take care of the aesthetics, since it is difficult to have a beautiful smile if the mouth is not healthy.”
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The real estate market is an expanding universe. Whereas until yesterday a large amount of money was needed to invest ‘in property’, today you can start immediately and with small amounts.
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Tuscan geothermal energy combines past, present and future in a story of innovation and sustainability that demonstrates how industrial activity can integrate into its region, helping not only its energy supply and economic development, but also tourism and culture in a green economy model that combines the growth of production with care for the environment. Geothermal Tuscany, with its beautiful landscape to which modern industrial plants can be added in, is a speciality of Enel Green Power’s business, but also of the regional and local authorities, who, in a spirit of dialogue and collaboration have shown how much can be done within a perspective of truly sustainable development.
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The autumn foliage here is among the most beautiful and instagrammable (sic) in Italy on trees growing atop this dormant volcano. In the autumn months the deciduous trees are tinged with yellow, orange and red and before their leaves fall to the ground they manage to offer visitors who are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time some truly breathtaking shades.
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At Claudia’s you can get all kinds of advice on colour, cut and also on trichology: “hair health – Claudia continues – is really the most important thing, so our advice always takes this into consideration: based on the type of hair we decide whether a treatment is needed or not”.
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But now for the pizzas: “the most popular are the Foxy (white pizza with mozzarella, potatoes, bacon and pecorino), the Cremosa (white pizza, mozzarella, Philadelphia cream cheese, raw prosciutto, rocket and parmesan), the Rotolino (a folded pizza, stuffed and seasoned ) and the Adriano Ciaccino; all in addition to the more classic choices (Margherita, 4 Stagioni, Capricciosa…)”.
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The visit to the Abbadia San Salvatore Mining Museum Park is structured in three parts, each one fascinating. The first is represented by the multimedia museum The ‘Geography of Mercury’, where, like a script, everything revolves around this metal element and immerses the viewer in the narrative of mining life: the myth, the territory, the work, the men and the material constitute the chapters of the story; multimedia technologies take the visitor on a fascinating journey: “there are numerous mining parks ̶̶ explains Massimo Sabatini, president of the Terre di Toscana Consortium ̶̶ but very few focused on mercury and it is no coincidence that we are twinned with Idrija in Slovenia and Almadén in Spain which, together with Abbadia, formed the three main poles of mercury production in Europe. In the museum you will find films, videos and oral testimonies of those who spent their lives in mining.”
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In 2001, after years of experience, Patricia brought her innovative idea of education to the Val d’Orcia, with the motto of ‘have fun learning’. The classrooms are colourful and welcoming. Entering them one gets the impression of belonging to a large family.
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“We have always been passionate about clubs — Gaia tells me full of enthusiasm — as soon as I returned from London where I lived for several years (singing in a rock group, ed.) I fell in love with this place, and with the help of my father Paolo, Alessio, and many other really smart guys, we made this dream come true”. And the dream, now a reality, has conquered hundreds of youngsters who meet at the Kartika tables on weekends to get to know each other, joke in company and fall in love.
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Aldo expresses himself through the Ku Nye massage, a traditional Tibetan massage that was born more than 3900 years ago in the ancient kingdoms of Tibet. A practice belonging to the ancient Tibetan Medical Tradition, the Sowa Rigpa: a system of natural holistic medicine that, over the centuries, has researched and developed forms of therapeutic treatment for our physical and psychological ailments.
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“VIAnDANTE – Massimiliano explains – is for explorers, dreamers and the curious who follow a path so as to nourish the body, mind and soul”. We are in the centre of San Quirico d’Orcia, in the middle of the Via Francigena: “We were inspired by the itinerary of Sigeric, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who began the journey in 990 AD and during the journey noted the stages of the route thereby creating the oldest extant record of the Via Francigena”.
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Soon it’ll be 2022, what are the cuts on offer to keep up with the times? “I take elegance over flamboyance at all costs —Valentina tells me – so I prefer natural tones in strong and bright colours.”
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This family-run place has been in existence since 1995, started from an idea of Lodi Pieraccini.
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