There is nothing more relaxing and pleasant than spending a quiet weekend in the spa town of Saturnia, in southern Tuscany, in that splendid land known as “Maremma”. Saturnia is a characteristic village, the oldest in Italy, and one of the most fascinating tourist destinations in the Tuscan Maremma. In Saturnia, in fact, you can treat yourself to one of the most beautiful experiences of life, a regenerating bath in the warm waters of the thermal spring, choosing between the thermal park or the famous Cascate del Mulino.

What to do during a weekend in Saturnia?

The possibilities are endless, after a refreshing dip in the pools or Cascate del Mulino, all that remains is to decide which of the ancient villages to visit, the same one Saturnia, with its Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, the city walls with the Porta Romana crossed by the Via Clodia, and the important necropolises, first of all that of Puntone, Montemerano, one of the “most beautiful villages in Italy”, with its beautiful Piazza del Castello, scenic and fascinating, the city walls and the Church of San Giorgio, Manciano, “the Spy of the Maremma”, bewitching and surprising for its 360° panorama of the Tuscan Maremma, Pitigliano, another of the most beautiful villages in Italy, also known as “The Little Jerusalem”, here is the Jewish Ghetto with the Synagogue and the buildings sacred to Jewish culture, also the Church of San Rocco, the Palazzo Orsini, the Museums, the Medici Aqueduct, Sovana, also cited among the “Most Beautiful Villages in Italy” built in Etruscan times with the name of Suana, and finally Sorano, a beautiful City of Tuff.

Not least the nature reserves and attractions of southern Tuscany, the Maremma Park, a protected area between Talamone and Principina a Mare, with a wonderful stretch of wild beach, uncontaminated woods of maritime pines and Mediterranean scrub, gentle reliefs surmounted by ancient watchtowers, the beautiful Tarot Garden, created by the artist Nikki de Saint -Phalle, a gigantic park animated by tarot statues, decorated with colored mosaics and mirrors, but let’s not forget the WWF oases, the fortresses and beaches of Argentario, Amiata with its beautiful ancient villages.