The woody area around I Pianelli offers a wide range of paths and hiking tracks leading to beautiful, unspoilt spots like the nearby Crevole castle or the very scenic natural area south west of Murlo. Following the stream Crevole through the picturesque hamlet of Miniere di Murlo, you can get further south towards La Befa, entering the Natural Reserve of the Val di Merse, named after the stream Merse that flows through it.
We will be happy to provide our guests with detailed information about the most interesting hiking tracks in the surrounding area.
The people of the Val di Merse have always tried to protect from foreign invasion the thousands of acres of forests, the gently rolling hills, the thickets of holm-oaks, the chestnuts, the pines, the laurel, the berries, the oaks, the hornbeam, creepers and brambles which cascade into the white river Merse, and which continue to reproduce day after day and are a special feature of this valley. It is the river. which throughout its history, has fed many mills, and which seems to exist only to promote the flora which naturalists define as \"extraordinary \" or to encourage the increase of fauna, which even strangers to this area are amazed to find, and greatly admire.