With this crazy heat wave that keeps pummeling our nation, many people wish they had more time and money to just spend a few days by the sea. This, maybe, explains why the previous episodes of this podcast dedicated to seaside resorts have been much more popular than our usual average. As the audience is king, we scrapped our planned episode and thought about hitting the iron while it's hot. We were afraid of repeating ourselves, which is why we looked long and hard for a seaside place that's quite different from the norm. One of these places came to mind, a village I visited many years ago with my family. Being close to the Latium border it's pretty far away from where I live but it's absolutely wonderful. It has got everything: rich history, incredible monuments, amazing sea, wonderful beaches and much more. This is why this week What's Up Tuscany will bring you to Monte Argentario to discover one of Tuscany's best kept secrets, Porto Ercole. If you listen to the full episode you will know about the complex history of this town, how it became so important to play an important role in a major war and how it became property of the Spanish crown for more than two centuries. I will then tell you everything there is to know about this charming village, the many things to see, how a famous artist died here and a couple secret spots only locals know about. Then I will walk you through the many fortresses that protect this little harbour, tell you which of the many beaches might be the right one for you and then offer a plethora of practical advices on things to do, the best hotels and which eating spots could be right for you. This part of Tuscany is very different from the rest, but if you're looking for amazing sea, great beaches and plenty of stuff to do, give Mount Argentario a chance. It won't disappoint you. Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larno.it Twitter: @arno_it / @WhatsupTuscany LINKS TO SOURCES https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ercole https://www.fortezze.it/rocca_ercole_it.html https://tuscanyplanet.com/porto-ercole-cosa-vedere/ https://www.jonesaroundtheworld.com/10-best-things-porto-ercole-italy/ BACKGROUND MUSIC Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental) Zentra - Siege The Passion Hi-fi - Buried (Instrumental) Cityfires - Blood Problems (Instrumental) Audionautix - Soulstone Pipe Choir - The Opening Closing (Instrumental) Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental https://soundcloud.com/argofox/zentra-siege https://soundcloud.com/freehiphopbeatsforyou/free-the-passion-hifi-buried https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/blood-problems-instrumental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyyMXafoL-A https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/p-c-iii-the-opening-closinginstrumentalcreative-commons https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons http://www.pipechoir.com/