Aug 21 2010
Out and About in Orbetello
On the suggestion of Dave’s co-worker who writes guidebooks for Italy, we decided to check out an area along the Tuscan coast on Friday after arriving on the red-eye (and before starting our villa stay in Tuscany on Saturday). The area is not very well known by American tourists – mostly, Italians go there to get away from us. 😉
The area is called the Silver Coast, about an hour and a half north of Rome, and has some beautiful hills descending right into the Mediterranean. We stayed in a little town called Orbetello on a spit of land leading out to a peninsula. We did not remotely do this area justice in only one day and night, but we had a nice time. Some pics below:
Looking toward Orbetello.
A windmill on the water at sunrise.
Gorgeous coastline.
This guy is hilarious. But not effective, because we ate gelato elsewhere.
Outside for dinner at a yummy pizzeria.
Fishermen at dawn.
Street scene.
– Meredith
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Great pictures here. I think we are getting a preview of a future halloween costume.
Dad