Manciano, the largest town of the whole province of Grosseto, is situated in the southern part of Tuscany.

The territory is among the most attractive and evocative in Maremma: with the view spanning from Amiata to the valleys of Fiora and Albegna, from Talamone to the beaches of Montalto di Castro, from Argentario to the islands of Giglio, Montecristo and Corsica. The landscape is very extensive and varied. It begins from the coast and stretches itself over an alluvial flatland, that is widely exploited by agriculture; then it proceeds towards the mainland and the ground starts to fold into sweet hills where the hundred year old olive trees are alternated by vineyards, fields with wheat, woods and spacious Mediterranean zones of bushes. The pure environment is rich with rivers and torrents. Thanks to a remarkable net of rural roads and paths, it is a great pleasure to walk, bicycle, or horseback. Agriculture is the main activity. Typical products are traditionally squeezed olive oil, wines and cheeses, with pecorino being the most common. You can find tastes of the past which find their exaltation in the traditional kitchen.

Manciano offers a marvellous landscape and it also satisfies the traveller who prefers cultural tourism. Inhabited since prehistory, there are several archaeological evidences such as: the prehistoric village of Scarceta, the necropolis of Pian di Palma and of Puntone (Saturnia), the necropolis of "Le Calle" (Manciano), the cylinder tower and the castellum aquarum (a giant cistern of Roman Age, close to Poggio Murella).
In Manciano, the Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory are worth visiting. This is where the modern exposing conception takes you from the Palaeolithic period to the Final Bronze Age; in Saturnia the Archeological Museum collects the finds of the Collezione Ciacci.
The ruins of the ancient fortresses may be found on hills almost everywhere: the Roccaccia di Montauto, the Castle of Scarceta, the Castle of Stachilagi; while the already reconstructed private estates are; Castle of Scepena, Marsiliana, and Campigliola.

The thermal tourism has experienced a great boom recently. The sulphureous water of the Terme di Saturnia which rises with a constant temperature of 37.5 ºC , (used by the Romans), is already known at an international level.

Manciano was remembered for the first time in a sale contract, which was stipulated by Lamberto Aldobrandeschi in 973. The family Orsini possessed it from 1293 on and in the course of XIV century it became divided among the commune of Orvieto, the Baschi of Montemerano and the Orsini of Pitigliano to who it returned in 1335. In the year 1416, the Sienese conquered it; a century later, with the annexation to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Saturnia and Capalbio came under the rule of Manciano. In 1783 the Lorena decided to make this the county seat of a vaste "community" comprising of the territories of todays' commune of Capalbio. The fortress was restructurated by Sienese in 1424. Its tower offers a 360 degree panoramic view of Maremma.