Thursday Doors 18/11/21: Santa Fiora 1.

This is the first of two Santa Fiora door posts from my first time there in early September. I chose this lovely sounding and looking town to show it to my two visitors from Oregon sight unseen and we weren’t sorry.

This is chestnut territory below Monte Amiata, the highest peak of lower Tuscany, which we climbed by car after lunch in Santa Fiora, a true flower of a town.

I only knew there was a certain body of water in the middle of the town and this was enough for me to wish to see it. It turns out to be a trout-raising facility of many years.

After we enjoyed a stroll around the little park that surrounds the pond, we got hungry. I googled the place for a restaurant and we lucked out in a major way but more about this next week. Today I show you the pond, the church and some doors on the way up to the old town.

Crystal and Pedro were happy, bestia and I were happy, and that’s the most one could wish from a town. Let’s go.

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  The first thing we saw. That grill must be a door of sorts.

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  This little church was next. Crystal is still sorry that we didn’t pay for the lights to turn on. The floor is translucent and there is water underneath.

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  The door leading to the pond. A little box requested a small fee without anybody present. We gave.

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  The fish inside were huge, proper trout sharks. The thing in the middle is clearly a door.

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  This is a pretty setting. You do see the door, don’t you.

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  No door, but a truly lovely stream through a little park with some ducks.

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  A little scene underneath big rocks.

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  The view back out. We needed 20 minutes for our visit.

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  We left the car here, passed the church and continued up to the old town.

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  Doors on the way had a green theme going.

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  With a lovely brown one.

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  Pub “Green Feeling” on the right.

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  The view of where we just were.

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  The right unit is on sale.

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  More green doors.

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  We first passed this door not knowing that this was the way in.

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  An inviting view. Stylish Crystal agrees.

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  As does bestia. But we don’t enter just as yet. Next week.

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  A supervised door.

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  A case of street art. Rigoberta Menchú is a Guatemalan activist and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1992.

For Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan at No Facilities

This day in my blogging history

• 2014: The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse. —Carlos Castaneda

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  2014: Sunday in Talamone

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  2015: Orange crush and green mile

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  2016: Surfin’ Ansedonia