The Chalet under the Stars

“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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Energy from the earth

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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Crazy about leaves: The Amiata in Autumn

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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From the multimedia museum to the mine train

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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Kartika Nights

“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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Find your balance with Tibetan massage

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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The emporium for dreamers

“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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AdF pushes the sustainability pedal

AdF pushes down the sustainability pedal and proceeds apace in its ecological transition. A new water plant for the city of Grosseto has been inaugurated: environmental sustainability, innovation and the concrete application of the principles of the circular economy are the cardinal points of an overall investment of 16 million euros here.

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Let’s all go to the Bibbio

To get to the «Land of the Wigeons» you have to go up a hill, pass a little church, turn left, bear slightly left again and there’s the restaurant. It has a marvellously panoramic and truly enviable position. Inside we are welcomed by Maria Pia and Marcello, a couple who share both their work and their lives, she’s from Milan and he’s from Lecce. Together they had the idea of transforming a tavern into a modern, clean and welcoming restaurant, where Maria Pia’s cuisine blends perfectly with the artistic decor and the surrounding landscape.

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