Mount Amiata

Mount Amiata, with its 1734 meters, is the most important in southern Tuscany. Rises as a cathedral surrounded by gentle hills, radiating a magical atmosphere, spiritual. The Etruscans made it the their Olympus, the seat of the god Tinia, the Lombards, they called Heimat, Nation. Among his people, the goal nineteenth century, spread the religion of the Holy Giurisdavidici David, a curious mixture of Christian elements and socialists, there is still housing the community 'Buddhist Merigar, half of the Dalai Lama during his travels in Europe.

Beautiful in every season, which is covered with snow or that reddens the outline of the leaves, which reflects thousand varieties' of green of its forests, the mountain is dotted with countries that once owed their prosperity 'with mining and geothermal energy, and today at a quality tourism that focuses the excellent wine, the excellent olive oil and chestnut, and on winter sports, as it is equipped with an efficient network of trails, facilities and hotels.

The so-called Band-Oil bordering the Val d'Orcia and that includes the town of Castel del Piano, Arcidosso Seggiano and is becoming a popular new frontier for the recipes.