Actually, it’s amazing… ok - the number of regional SOTA activists is probably close to zero - but still: I would have expected that with the tourism in Tuscany a few ham would be there and the Summits would be activated at least for the most part.
From the beginning: About 2 years ago I bought a stay of several days in a hotel in Siena on Ebay for a very reasonable price. The voucher was valid for three years and finally had to be redeemed. Of course, I have previously looked at sotl.as, whether there are summits in the area.
With the exception of the summits I/TO-161 and I/TO-010 nothing had ever been activated. That made me wonder. Are these on private property and you can’t get to them? Why have they never been activated? I wanted to try!
There was then a deal: I am patient with her shopping… and she lets me on the summits, for a short time…
I then picked out summits that were a visit destination anyway like I/TO-010 :
Where it has a cafe on the summit and you can activate while drinking a cappuchino.
The other were on the route.
All summits were easy to reach. They are usually located in the middle of a sparse oak forest. Only on I/TO-169 one had a view :
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Of course, our focus was more on culture and culinary. For travelers still quickly a tip. In San Gimignano there is a fortress at the top. There is next door the possibility to test different Vernacchia. You buy a card and let the wines of your choice into the glass… and test with a wonderful view.
Our favorite:
So why not SOTA in Tuscany ?
73 Armin
… and now I can run the pounds off again on the local mountains.