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Alan K | all galleries >> Italia (Italy) >> Toscana (Tuscany) Including Firenze (Florence), Pisa, San Gimignano >> 2016 Days 03 to 07: Casole d'Elsa (Province of Siena (SI), Toscana) And Surrounds (Mon 22 to Fri 26 Aug 2016) > 160824_064128_0475 The Road To Grecinella (Wed 24 Aug)
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24-Aug-2016 AKMC

160824_064128_0475 The Road To Grecinella (Wed 24 Aug)

Casole d'Elsa, Toscana, Italia

It's not a town.

It's hard to make ends meet in rural Italy (hey, it's hard to make ends meet in any part of Italy) so one innovation has been "agriturismo"; where farms open up spare rooms for guests to stay in the countryside. Of course this is not unique to Italia; it happens in Australia as well but I believe that in the Italian countryside agriturismo is the saviour of a number of small towns.

Grecinella is one such place. 5 apartments, a couple of pools and so on.

I loved Casole d'Elsa, but there's very little in the way of shopping or transport nearby. You really need to have a car.

This was in the early morning light that Toscana does so well.


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Julie Oldfield01-Oct-2016 19:16
Very lovely. Gorgeous soft light and composition. It looks like a great place to relax. V
LynnH29-Sep-2016 12:41
Beautifully simple background and soft light are very appealing. I haven't heard about the agriturismo before, but it makes sense. V
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