The Natural Park of Maremma is in the province of Grosseto, along 25 km of the Tyrrhenian coast, between the mouth of the river Ombrone and Talamone, in the municipalities of Grosseto, Magliano in Toscana and Orbetello.

The Park of Maremma, is reached from the north along the SS 1 Aurelia, exit at about 7 km south of Grosseto, exit Rispescia-Alberese. Continue for several km on S.P. of Alberese up to the homonymous village. Coming from the south you can exit at Km 166 of the SS Aurelia exit Alberese-Natural Park of Maremma. Continuing in a few minutes you reach the village of Alberese where is the Visitor Center. 

The park features pine forests, marshes, cultivated fields, pastures and hills that reach the coast, which is characterized by cliffs and long beaches, the environment is typical of the maquis. 

Maremma Natural Park is located in Southern Tuscany and is part of the Province of Grosseto. It includes a strip of coast of about nine thousand and eight hundred hectares which spreads from the town of Principina a Mare, to the north, up to Talamone promontory, to the south. The main part of the Park is characterised by the Uccellina Mountains, a chain of hills parallel to the coast and covered by the thick Mediterranean maquis, which ends with the Lecci Hill ( Poggio Lecci). The northern area of the Park is flat and characterised by flood-lands which were formed by the sediments transported by the river Ombrone, near whose mouth one can see the typical palustrine environments denominated Palude della Trappola. From a naturalistic point of view, the complex formed by Uccellina Mountains, the pinewood of Marina di Alberese, the mouth of the river Ombrone, and the Paludi della Trappola represents a precious mosaic of ecosystems shaped by man in different periods and ways, characterizing the landscape without degrading it. The coast, which has developed for about twenty kilometres, is a succession of sandy shores which stretch from the Ombrone mouth to Cala di Forno, where the Uccellina mountains create cliffs which continue up to Talamone promontory. The average temperature is around six grades in January and around twenty four grades in August. The average yearly rainfall is of around six hundred and ninety millimetres, with maximum points in November- December and minimum points in July-August. Summers are generally almost dry. 

VISITS:

To visit the park, which is open all year, you should buy tickets from the Visitor Center.

Visitor Center Alberese: Via Bersagliere, 7/9 - Alberese (Gr) Tel. +39 0564 407098 - Fax. +39 0564 407278. Open daily, including holidays, with these hours: from October 1 to March 22 from 8:30 to 13:30, from 23 March to 30 September from 8 to 17.

Visitor center and aquarium Talamone (Aquarium of the Lagoon of Orbetello and recovery center for the conservation of sea turtles (Tartanet)): : Via Nizza, 12 - Talamone (Gr) Tel. +39 0564 887173 - Fax. +39 0564 887173. Open daily, including holidays, with these hours: from September 1 to June 30 from 8 to 13, from 1 July to 31 August from 8 to 12 and from 17 to 20.

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