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QUERCIA ROSSA - RURAL HOUSE - Luxury Rooms & Breakfast in Maremma Tuscany - Swimming-pool - Traditional Food and Wines ---


Welcome to Quercia Rossa – Rural House!

Located in the heart of Maremma, between Siena and Rome and close to the Saturnia’s Thermal Baths, Quercia Rossa is a charming Country House with an elegant atmosphere, surrounded by hills of olive groves and vineyards.
All rooms have antique furniture, Neo-Rennaissance beds, gilded bronze sconces, lamps of Murano crystal, and relics of exotic voyages, coming from the Tuscan villa of the Victiorian English traveller, Augusta Belloc.
Every morning Quercia Rossa offers breakfast in the main hall, opened on the beautiful garden with lawns, roses and cypresses, and a magic swimming pool overlooking unspoilt tuscan hills. Guests can also reserve for an intimate dinner based on the tipical flavours of Tuscany as fresh home made pasta, local meat, delicate cheese and vegetables.
The location at the center of Maremma makes the Quercia Rossa a privileged base for discovering the charm of the wooded Grosseto countryside: Capalbio, Monte Argentario, Pitigliano, Sovana, Montemerano and the natural cascades of Saturnia, a highly desirable tourist destination, ideal in the off-season, where to relax with massages and thermal baths.

Local Area Details

The location at the center of Maremma makes the Quercia Rossa a privileged base for a variety of activities, including places of interest for lovers of nature, wine and food, and history and archaeology.

First of all, the closeness of the natural cascades of Saturnia (14 km) offers guests the chance to spend time relaxing with massages, and thermal cures and baths. The mineral waters of Saturnia come from underground springs at a rate of 800 liters per second at a constant temperature of 37° Celsius. Thanks to these characteristics, the water of Saturnia has stimulating and healthy effects on the skin, the respiratory system, and on muscles and bones. It is utilized in hydrotherapy in the form of swimtherapy, mudbaths, and in classical thermal cures such as inhalation, aerosol, and insufflation.

Lovers of the sea and of diving can reach the beaches of Capalbio, Argentario and Uccellina, which can be seen through the hills, in approximately 20 minutes by car. Nature lovers choose between birdwatching in the WWF oasis of Orbetello and the Lake of Burano, riding on horseback or taking a canoe down the Ombrone river in the Uccellina Natural Park, or ambushing a herd of deers in the Monte Labbro Park. Near the Farmhouse, one can take a bath in the Albegna river, or explore, taking the old paths through the woods.

Students of art and history can visit the Etruscan tombs of Sovana, the Roman city of Cosa and the sites of the ‘slave’ villa of Settefinestre and the home of the Etruscan Ghiaccio Forte. Or one can enter the medieval towns of Pitigliano, Sorano, Capalbio with its Garden of Tarocchi, Montemerano, Magliano, Manciano, with the nearby Roman city of Statonia, and Saturnia with its dotted necropoles. All are within 15-20 kilometers of the Quercia Rossa Country House.

The numerous festivals and food fairs and the Wine Festivals of Manciano and Scansano offer a wealth of Tuscan flavours to experience and explore.

Additional Information

About History

Students of art and history can visit the Etruscan tombs of Sovana, the Roman city of Cosa and the sites of the ‘slave’ villa of Settefinestre and the home of the Etruscan Ghiaccio Forte. Or one can enter the medieval towns of Pitigliano, Sorano, Capalbio with its Garden of Tarocchi, Montemerano, Magliano, Manciano, with the nearby Roman city of Statonia, and Saturnia with its dotted necropoles. All are within 15-20 kilometers of the Quercia Rossa Country House. For a complete list of historical sites near Quercia Rossa, please visit us at: http://www.querciarossa.net/intorno_eng.html

About The Gay Scene

One can relax in the hot springs at Saturnia, even by night. May you find your own road with sites and people to your liking, in surprising and romantic Tuscany.

About Golfing

At a 20 minute drive the Golf Club Maremmello has 18 holes, Par 72. Altitude : mt 50-60 slm Percorso : 9 buche, Par 72, SSS 71. Campo pratica 12 postazioni, 2 coperte, putting green, pichting green, bunker, nolo attrezzatura (sacche, carrelli golf gratis) Place: Maremello - Fonteblanda (GR) Ph : 0564.886217 Email : maremmello@tin.it The famous Punta Ala Golf course is at an hour's drive away and has 18 holes, Par 72.

About Walking

At the center of the property is a small lake whose borders serve as home to porcupines, deer, wild boar, turtles, hares, badgers, pheasants and many other animals. Around the fields of wheat and centuries-old olive groves, which belonged to the Friars of Vallombrosa in the Middle Ages, are elements of the region’s landscape, characterized by oak trees, cypress trees, olive trees, vineyards and Mediterranean woods. Dirt roads and trails that pass by farms and wind through the country arrive all the way to Manciano and Montemerano, permitting long walks in a nature rich with herbs and plants used as natural remedies by the locals.

About Local Attrcations

The location at the center of Maremma makes the Quercia Rossa a privileged jumping off point for entering easily in contact with its principal attractions, including places of interest for lovers of nature, wine and food, and history and archaeology. First of all, the closeness of the natural cascades of Saturnia (14 km) makes guests stay often revolve around the pleasures of natural well being and relaxation, including massages, and thermal cures and baths. The mineral waters of Saturnia come from underground springs at a rate of 800 liters per second at a constant temperature of 37° Celsius. Thanks to these characteristics, the water of Saturnia has stimulating and healthy effects on the skin, the respiratory system, and on muscles and bones. It is utilized in hydrotherapy in the form of swimtherapy, mudbaths, and in classical thermal cures such as inhalation, aerosol, and insufflation.Lovers of the sea and of diving can reach the beaches of Capalbio, Argentario and Uccellina, which can be seen through the hills, in approximately 20 minutes by car. For a complete list of local attractions, please visit us at: http://www.querciarossa.net/intorno_eng.html

About Parks

Nature lovers choose between birdwatching in the WWF oasis of Orbetello and the Lake of Burano, riding on horseback or taking a canoe down the Ombrone river in the Uccellina Natural Park, or ambushing a herd of deers in the Monte Labbro Park. Remaining in the Ranch one can take a bath in the Albegna river, or explore, taking the old paths through the woods. For a complete list of the Natural Parks, please visit us at: http://www.querciarossa.net/intorno_eng.html

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Property Features

* Has a Pool
* Close to a golf course
* Pets are allowed
* Children are allowed

Contact Information for AGRITURISMO QUERCIA ROSSA RURAL HOUSE Italy

Name:	Alex Bonanni
Telephone:	+39-0564-629529
Alt Telephone:	+39-338 72-80691
Fax:	+39-06 678-8230
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