Itinerari

"LE MORETTE" NATURE ITINERARY (walk)
This trail is particularly suitable for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts.
 
The trail starts at the Castelmartini Visitors’ Centre that provides plenty of documentation on the wetlands: photographic exhibitions on the flora and fauna, local handiwork made from...
HISTORICAL-ENVIRONMENTAL ITINERARY (by car or mountain bike)

This itinerary starts at Cappiano Bridge, built in 1550 under the wishes of Grand Duke Cosimo I of the Medici Family to create a barrier for the free-flowing waters and exploit the fishing potential of the resulting lake. The building, recently restored, is now a hostel.

From Cappiano...

THE LENSI ORNITHOLOGICAL COLLECTION

For the second “Along the Migratory Routes” project, the Fucecchio Marshes Centre for Research, Documentation and Promotion intervened to restore, re-arrange and set up  the A. Lensi Ornithological collection, financed by the Municipality of Fucecchio and the Region of Tuscany...

LE MORETTE OLD PORT
 

The “Porto de Le Morette”, or Morette Port, lies in an environmentally valuable area between the Fucecchio Marshes Nature Reserve, instituted by the Provinces of Pistoia and Florence, and the Chiusi Woods, itself important from a botanical point of view and for its...

"VINCIO VECCHIO" (STABBIA) REST AREA

Environmental restoration work and establishing a rest area within the track system of the Padule di Fucecchio

Mechanized farming has swept away most of the numerous hedges and tree belts  which used to border fields and provide useful products such as wood, fruit and forage to the...

"RIGHETTI" NATURE ITINERARY

This trail is particularly suitable for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts.

The Fucecchio Marshes Nature Reserve, established in 1996 by the Pistoia Provincial Authorities, covers an area of about 200 hectares and is divided into two sectors, "Le Morette" and "La...