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How to get to Grosseto: train, car and airport
Grosseto is served by a central station on the Tyrrhenian line and a small local airport: here's how to reach it by train, car or plane.
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What to see in Grosseto in 2 days: Medicean walls and the Maremma
Grosseto is often just a stop on the way to the sea, but its walled centre and closeness to the Maremma Park deserve two unhurried days.
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Where to eat in Grosseto: Maremma cuisine between the centre and markets
Grosseto is the gateway to Maremma cuisine: land and coastal produce, from trattorias in the centre to weekly markets.
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Where to stay in Grosseto: neighbourhoods and practical tips
Grosseto is the gateway to the Maremma: where to stay between the walled old town and easy access to the sea and the Maremma Regional Park.
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Hidden Europe
Sare, the Basque village that turns its back on the Atlantic and looks toward Spain
Blood-red half-timbered houses, prehistoric caves and smugglers' trails at the foot of La Rhune, just a stone's throw from the Spanish border.
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Abbeys, hermitages and sanctuaries
Baume-les-Messieurs, Cluny's Hidden Cradle at the Bottom of Its Amphitheatre
A village of a few hundred souls tucked beneath limestone cliffs, an abbey that founded Cluny, and a waterfall that only flows after rain.
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Hidden Europe
Talmont-sur-Gironde: the white village suspended above the estuary
A fishing village of whitewashed houses, perched on a limestone cliff above the Gironde estuary, in Charente-Maritime.
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City corners
Semur-en-Auxois, the Burgundian fortress everyone forgets to visit
A fortress town perched on a granite spur above the Armançon river, in rural Burgundy, away from the crowds of the wine route.
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Hidden Europe
La Roque-Gageac: The Village Suspended Between Cliff and River
A village in the Périgord Noir clinging to the rock above the Dordogne river, best visited away from the summer crowds.
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