Pisa walks

A well-marked circular route that allows you to observe beautiful geothermal features up close, linking the two medieval villages of Sasso Pisano and Monterotondo Marittimo. This valley is said to have inspired Dante Alighieri when writing ‘Inferno’. The first part of the route climbs without any particular difficulty through a continuous succession of fumaroles. The walk takes you through ever-changing landscapes, with a myriad of colours and shapes, over ground that is often scorching hot, sometimes shrouded in steam, and accompanied by the sound of bubbling water and escaping gas. Once you reach the highest point of the circular route, the route continues towards Monterotondo to see more ‘biancane’ and allows you to enjoy the sweeping panorama stretching all the way to the Maremma coast. The descent back to the village of Sasso then takes place in the shade through chestnut groves.