Routes

Vivo d'Orcia - San Filippo by minivan

tour with environmental guide

10 km away

2 hours of time for the guided tour

The minivan routes with environmental guide have a variable price based on the number of people and any additional services requested.

This itinerary is one-way and can be done in the opposite direction. You can book a return trip with us in our minivan.

The tour departs from the aforementioned locations, but we are available to meet you at your accommodation even in the countryside.

Fabio

Fabio was born in Vivo d’Orcia where he returned to live as an adult. He has a rich curriculum, made up of knowledge in the fields of economics, planning, art and his skills he made available first to the Teatro Povero (where today he is the Director of the Cooperative) and then to Parco Vivo, being one of the founders. He is an environmental guide like many other colleagues and friends.

A tour in his company is an exclusive experience, which he will be able to personalize according to the needs and requests of the attentive visitor.

Vivo d’Orcia on Mount Amiata is the headquarters of the Parco Vivo cooperative, a forest of beech and chestnut trees where the visitable springs of the Ermicciolo flow, a few meters from the church of the same name founded by San Romualdo in the 11th century, which will be a stop on the our trip.
A few meters from the car park, there is a picnic area equipped with braziers and numerous trekking routes suitable for all ages, totally immersed in nature.

Bagni San Filippo. Small village between the Val d’Orcia and Mount Amiata, known since ancient times for the warm thermal waters which here have created a magical landscape of white limestone formations, waterfalls and small hot tubs, where you can bathe totally immersed in nature. The free baths are located on the course of the Fosso Bianco river, where it is possible to visit the White Whale, an enormous limestone boulder which, due to its rounded shapes and typical white colour, can resemble the literary character Moby Dick, from which the first name.

The van tour in the company of an environmental guide from the cooperatives is the fastest way to cross the Val d’Orcia and Amiata. Our expert guide will be able to tell the story of the places and people, protagonists of the most interesting realities. It will be possible to meet historical figures who will enrich the narrative with anecdotes and curiosities.