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The inland hills of southern Tuscany are the region at its best, an infinite gradation of trees and vineyards that encompasses the crete - a sparsely populated region of pale clay hillsides - before climbing into the hills around Monte Amiata. Southwest of Siena towards the sea is gentle Massa Marittima , a memorable but little-visited hill-town that presides over a marshy coastal plain. Magnificent monastic architecture survives in the tranquil settings of San Galgano and, a short distance east, Monte Oliveto Maggiore , which boasts the additional attraction of some marvellous frescoes. The finest of the hill-towns to the south of Siena is Montepulciano , with its superb wines and an ensemble of Renaissance architecture that rivals neighbouring Pienza

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Further south, the tourist crush is noticeably eased in smaller towns and villages that are often overlooked by visitors gorged on Florentine art and Sienese countryside. Wild Monte Amiata offers scenic mountain walks, Saturnia has some remarkable sulphur springs, and isolated Pitigliano is one of the most dramatically sited medieval towns in the region, nurturing the amazing story - and scant remains - of what was once Tuscany's strongest Jewish community.

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