Castiglione d’ Orcia is a fantastic location of original landscapes. You can find sources, extraordinary animals and plants with hills and cretaceus crags. Sowed fields and Mediterranean maquis area create different kaleidoscopes of colours in every season. Breathtaking views!!!
Trekking and Cycling: an adventurous trip!
Monte Amiata offers a lot of itineraries for trekking and bike tours.You can use the Nature Train as well, a special train for people who like fabulous landscapes and colours. Especially for the protected wildlife lovers there are well-marked trails in the woods with their rare animals and plants.
One of our itineraries starts from Castiglione d’Orcia to Vivo d’ Orcia. It is as long as 12.5 Km, for about 5 hours. This is a trekking tour on the slopes of the mountain, to discover nature and extraordinary colours. This is an itinerary suitable for all ages!
For animal lovers!!!
Riding a horse you can discover new pleasures for your senses, the freedom and peacefulness that you can experiment only HERE!
There are a lot of specific itineraries a few kms away form Castiglione d’Orcia and the nearest manège is in Arcidosso.
A little bit of…Football…
Another very popular sport here is Football! Infact there are two football pitches where you can play football, or just see one of the training session of the “Associazione Polisportiva Vivo d’Orcia” team.
Fishing or Relaxing?
Vivo, Ente, Ombrone and Orcia are the most important rivers of this area and these four rivers beget many tarns. There you can go fishing and enjoy yourself, because the water is clining and there are a lot of ichthyic species. There is also an artificial pond, Diga, a fantastic lacustrine mirror.
Hunting
Close to the village centre there are some game preserve, and in Vivo d’ Orcia there are two hunting teams for wild-bore of 50 people each, which in hunting season, organise boar hunting. You can join in!
Trere is also a faunal hunting farm, with such animals as grey-cock, partridge, pheasant and wild-bore…There you can drill and try hunting dogs!
Tennis for YOU!
The Polisportiva Vivo d’Orcia Association also manages a tennis court. Hiring the court costs € 4,13 an hour. For booking you can contact the “Centrale” bar, in 85, Amiata Street calling 0577 873633
Sport facilities in Castiglione d’ Orcia
Tennis
Via Marconi Castiglione, Fondo sintetico
Loc. Marroneta-Vivo D’Orcia, Fondo sintetico
Via del Banditore-Campiglia
Football
Football pitch Polisport., Via Marconi-Castiglione
Football pitch, Via del Banditore-Campiglia
Bowls-alley
Circ.Combattenti, Borgo V.Emanuele-Castiglione
C/o Area Verde, Via Campotondo-Campiglia
Skating-rink
C/o ProLoco, Via Marconi-Castiglione
Gym
Secondary School, Piazza 4 Novembre
Primary School, Via della Pace-Vivo D’Orcia
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