Holiday apartment in Murci: History, trails and landscape

Murci offers a view of local history, trails and landscape all at once.

Church art and local history

The church of San Domenico in Murci was built around the middle of the 19th century. It houses a 17th-century painting entitled “Madonna della Consolazione” or “Madonna di Cana”. The painting comes from the chapel of Santa Maria del Conforto in Cana. This chapel belonged to a village that was abandoned in the 17th century. Thus, within a single cultural context, you encounter both sacred art and the history of an abandoned settlement.

Trails around Murci and Poggi Alti

A hiking and cycling tour begins in Murci. The route from Murci to the Poggi Alti wind farm follows white roads once used by transhumant shepherds. Near Murci, traces of the Via Clodia can also be found beneath the large rotors of the Poggi Alti wind farm. Another guided tour, called “Tour Parco Eolico”, leads to the Poggi Alti wind farm and returns to Saturnia via Murci. The route can therefore be treated as an independent route, separate from the guided tour returning to Saturnia. The different trail ideas give you room to distinguish between a tour starting in the village, historic trail traces and a guided route returning to Saturnia via Murci.

Landscape along the hiking trail

During the “I Sentieri del Lupo” hike, a panoramic trail led through pastures, forests and a small ford. This creates a vivid landscape theme for you: open areas, wooded sections and a small watercourse came together on this hike. For a day of hiking, the sequence of pastures, forests and a small ford can be planned as a distinct landscape focus alongside the cultural and historic trails. Anyone choosing accommodation based on their preferred travel experiences can deliberately incorporate these connections with nature and trails into their personal planning.

A culinary connection to Murci

The Sagra dello Strozzaprete was held in Murci for the 26th time in 2019. If you also take culinary traditions and local events into account when choosing your holiday apartment, this connection is one of Murci’s interesting aspects.

Scansano’s mining history

The municipality of Scansano also bears a distinctive historical mark: the Cerreto Piano mercury mine operated there from 1898 to 1971.

Choose a holiday apartment in Murci based on your interests

Pro Loco Murci is committed to the tourism, cultural, environmental, social, sporting, historical and artistic development of the municipality of Scansano, as well as to improving the living conditions of residents and guests, particularly in the village of Murci. When searching for a holiday apartment in Murci, you can therefore consider which focus should shape your stay: art and local history, hiking and cycling tours, historic trail traces, landscape or a culinary festival connection.

Discover more places

If you would like to add more places to your travel plans, you can also take a look at Poggioferro and Polveraia.

To the higher-level travel overview: Scansano.