Good evening, blog friends, how are you? Today I'm taking you with me to Prato again, but this time we're leaving the city and heading towards the Prato mountain area. We're going to Figline di Prato, which shouldn't be confused with Figline di Firenze. The town of Prato is among the first towns on the way to the Prato mountains. As you slowly move away from the city, you begin to see older, slightly more run-down houses, but still with the typical colors of the area鈥攈ouses built from farmhouses and then divided, painted in light or brown colors. Then the area becomes greener, and you begin to see various charming fields, with a few houses scattered here and there鈥攁 landscape that I like much more than the city鈥攊t's much more peaceful and pleasant. Figline is a medium-sized town because it starts from the climb and then winds through various hamlets up the mountains, some of which are difficult to reach and with dirt roads (which luckily we were able to travel because we have a car suitable for dirt roads, luckily).
Buenas noches, amigos del blog, 驴qu茅 tal? Hoy os llevo de nuevo a Prato, pero esta vez dejamos la ciudad para dirigirnos a la sierra de Prato. Vamos a Figline di Prato, que no debe confundirse con Figline di Firenze. Prato es uno de los primeros pueblos de camino a la sierra. A medida que te alejas de la ciudad, empiezas a ver casas antiguas y algo m谩s deterioradas, pero a煤n con los colores t铆picos de la zona: casas construidas a partir de casas de campo y luego divididas, pintadas de colores claros o marrones. Luego, la zona se vuelve m谩s verde y empiezas a ver varios campos encantadores, con algunas casas dispersas aqu铆 y all谩; un paisaje que me gusta mucho m谩s que la ciudad; es mucho m谩s tranquilo y agradable. Figline es un pueblo de tama帽o mediano porque empieza en la subida y luego serpentea por varias aldeas que suben por las monta帽as, algunas de las cuales son de dif铆cil acceso y tienen caminos de tierra (que por suerte pudimos recorrer porque tenemos un coche apto para caminos de tierra).
Figline runs entirely along the Bardena stream, a small stream that winds through the Prato mountains, more precisely along the road leading to the Cantagallo area, which borders the Accerino Nature Reserve, a beautiful reserve I've mentioned several times because I often visit there in the summer. Figline has medieval origins and was famous for its terracotta trade. It also has a few small museums, but residents have told me they are almost always closed due to lack of funding. It's a sparsely populated area, but many have second homes because it's cooler there in the summer.
It seems like a peaceful place, though some of the roads to get there are a bit awkward鈥攏ot just the dirt roads, but also the small, winding ones surrounded by the beginnings of woods or fields. The woods are a bit barren and dark, very different from the lush and beautiful ones in the nature reserve, but they still have their charm. We then stopped for a while to visit some friends who live there, and unfortunately, they weren't happy about the inconvenient roads. However, they have plenty of green space for their dog; in fact, almost everyone here has pets. It was a simple and pleasant outing. Perhaps if the weather had been nicer, we could have explored the area more thoroughly and perhaps even taken a few longer walks through the woods, but unfortunately, the weather is grey these days. Now, goodbye, and see you soon, blog friends.
Figline discurre 铆ntegramente a lo largo del arroyo Bardena, un peque帽o arroyo que serpentea por las monta帽as de Prato, m谩s concretamente por la carretera que lleva a la zona de Cantagallo, que bordea la Reserva Natural de Arcerino, una hermosa reserva que he mencionado varias veces porque suelo visitarla en verano. Figline tiene or铆genes medievales y era famosa por el comercio de la terracota. Tambi茅n cuenta con algunos peque帽os museos, pero los residentes me han comentado que casi siempre est谩n cerrados por falta de financiaci贸n. Es una zona poco poblada, pero muchos tienen segundas residencias porque all铆 refresca en verano.
Parece un lugar tranquilo, aunque algunos caminos para llegar son un poco complicados, no solo los de tierra, sino tambi茅n los estrechos y sinuosos rodeados de bosques o campos. Los bosques son un poco 谩ridos y oscuros, muy diferentes de los frondosos y hermosos de la reserva natural, pero a煤n conservan su encanto. Luego paramos un rato para visitar a unos amigos que viven all铆, y por desgracia, no les gust贸 lo inc贸modo de los caminos. Sin embargo, tienen mucho espacio verde para su perro; de hecho, casi todos aqu铆 tienen mascotas. Fue una salida sencilla y agradable. Quiz谩s si el tiempo hubiera sido m谩s agradable, podr铆amos haber explorado la zona m谩s a fondo e incluso haber dado algunos paseos m谩s largos por el bosque, pero por desgracia, el tiempo est谩 gris estos d铆as. Bueno, adi贸s y hasta pronto, amigos del blog.
First and other pictures edited by my phone translation with deepl.