The town of Pari (Grosseto) (visit this city)
The medieval village of Pari, located some 25 km south of Siena is a particularly appropriate center from which to consider the future. The village is located on a hill top and surrounded by magnificent views of the heavily wooded Tuscan countryside. The surrounding area is given over to olive groves and grape vines and small-scale farming. In winter wild boar are hunted in these woods.
The surrounding area has been occupied for well over 2000 years. The Etruscans certainly made use of the curative properties of the sulfur hot spring located below the village. In addition to burial areas close to Pari the remains of a major Etruscan town can be visited at Roselle some 40 km away.
One thousand years ago Pari had become a walled town of several hundred persons grouped around the central castle, the residence of the Counts of Ardengheschi. By the 14th century the region had come under the government of the Sienese. Until the 1950s life in Pari had continued unchanged over the centuries. Moreover it was totally self-sufficient for its food, heat, furniture, shoes and clothing. Wool, for example, was made from the fleece of the local sheep and a form of very durable linen was made from the local ginestra plant. Mulberry trees surrounding the village attest to the use of silk. Very little money circulated in the village and its economy was based on a system of exchange and barter for goods and services. What little money did enter the village came from the sale of its wine and, later, though the contraband smuggling of tobacco and salt (for preserving meat).

Today the village continues in a remarkable state of preservation. With the coming of the industrial and economic revolution to Central Italy in the 1950s and '60s Pari's population began to drop from 1500 to the present 250 as people left to find work in the cities. However, by using Pari as a conference and learning centre, we hope to provide stimulation and new possibilities, particularly to the young people of the area.

As well as being an ideal site for small meetings Pari is also a perfect center for tourism. Not only can day trips be made to Siena, Florence, San Gimignano, Rome and Arezzo but visits can be made to the many small medieval villages in the area and the ancient abbeys of San Galgano and Sant'Antimo. The famous Brunello wines can be tasted at Montalcino and the sea is only a forty minute drive away.

The Therms
The Therms of Petriolo Terme Salute Ambiente Spa "Bagni di Petriolo"
The first informations about "Bagni di Petriolo" go back to the XIII century. Roman tombs recently discovered represents tangible evidence.
In 1907 Petriolo was alredy in the official list of the Italy' mineral waters that it was published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Today the old and narrow building is replaced by a modern thermal factory.
Near to the spa you can easly find hospitality in many farm holiday, bed and breakfast or in hotels. Petriolo spa is located into the amazing Farma Natural Valley.

Address: Loc.Bagni di Petriolo 53015 - Monticiano (SI) phone (+39) 0577/757104 Fax: 0577/757092 OPENING: From april, 21th to november, 18th
KIND OF WATERS Sulphuretted-saline-sulphate-bicarbonate-alkaline-terrene water
SICKNESS Acute articular rheumatisms After effects of psoriasitic arthropathy After-effects of disk, hernia, euritis and polyneuritis Cardiac vascular diseases (varices, after of phlebitis, acrocyanosis, peripheral arterial diseases, excessive arterial tone) Diseases of the respiratory system (chronic catarrhal conditions, rhino-bronchial hypersensitiveness, asthma in adults and children) Gynaecological ailments (cervix inflammation, leucorrhoea, salpingovaritis, paramethritis) Hiparthrosis Laryngitis Laryngopathies ear diseases Osteoarthrosis Pagets and duputren's sisease Pery-arthritis Pharyngitis Pradentosis and alveolari pyorrehoea Primary arthrosis Rhinitis
Rhino deafness Secondary arthrosis (uratic arthrosis) Sequelae of fractures and sprains Sinusitis Skin disease (acne, seborrhoea, chronic eczemas erythema, psoriasis, pityriasis, tooth-rash, sycosis, cellulitis) Spondylarthrosis of the vertebrae
THERAPEUTICS APPLIANCES Endotympanic insufflations Humage Inhalations Irrigations Mudbaths Nose and gengival douche Physiotherapy Tags Thermal massage