Today I remembered a lovely day from last May and realised that I have not showed you a single door from the Village of 100 Doors. Its name is Tatti.
While in his today’s Thursday Doors post Norm remembers our first afternoon spent together last autumn here in Italy with plenty of great door photos, I thought of a day shortly after my birthday in May when I took my parents to Tatti.
Before I saw a lovely post by Donna at The Maremma Guide in which she calls it the Village of 100 Doors, I had never heard of this town, which is not so hard, considering how many little towns there are around here. I gladly flicked it to my list of places to go and when my parents came over for my birthday, I took them on a door-spotting tour: first Tatti, then Massa Marittima (which is where Donna lives but we didn’t meet). No wonder they haven’t been back since. 😀
The day was lovely, we had a nice stroll, a couple of dogs that ran out of an open door scared mother but all ended fine, even though I forgot to count doors and just clicked at them instead. Today I show you just the first 20 or so. There will be more. I’ll count them when I’m through.
I can’t believe I haven’t posted any of the doors from here yet, since May! You can imagine the competition.
I wish to thank Donna for the idea, wish her happy painting and tell her that I think of her as a future friend. We just need to get together. And we shall.
And now let me invite you on a doorscursion with me. If you wish to learn another word from our doorcabulary and see more glorious Italian doors, you need to read Norm’s fun post. And then make your own door post and add it to his list by clicking on the blue frog, the door gatherer.
The photos are in the order in which I took them, in mere 12 minutes. I shan’t talk much under them, let’s just look at the doors. And now let’s go, father is ready.
Wonderful selection of doors!
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Thank you, Sheree! 🙂 Always welcome!
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The doors with the curtains on the glass panes….I expect to open those doors to an exquisite little restaurant with linen tablecloths……did you peek inside? Gorgeous doors, all of them.
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Thank you, Lois. 🙂 I rarely peek, not my habit. Neither I peoplewatch as such. I prefer to blend in and pass unnoticed.
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I know what you mean. I had my husband slow down so I could take a photo (from the car) of this cute little house. Well, their dogs started barking and I saw someone peek from behind the blinds…..we took off very quickly. Blending in is nice….. You have such great photos, Manja.
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Thank you!! 🙂
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Lovely photos Manja. What a beautiful town this is. Fabulous. I know my parents would love wandering around there!
I am going to have to do a door post soon, just for you. I keep seeing them as I go through my images.
Thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next batch.
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Yeahh, Gavin! I was wondering and was almost certain that you must have plenty of door photos too. You can still post them for this week’s Thursday Doors, Norm keeps gathering the links until Sunday noon. And thanks! I think almost everybody would enjoy a stroll in such a town. It’s marvellous.
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It really is nice. I can’t believe you didn’t put these photos up earlier.
I will do a post tonight after the kids are in bed. Thanks for the invite.
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What a town! That last shot with several different doors in different levels and positions had me smiling. Lovely.
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Thank you, Leya, for smiling and telling me about it. Makes me smile in return. 🙂
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Walking on such streets is fun in itself.
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You are right, Rupali, doorspotting is just an extra. Thank you!
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Interesting town, great doors, nice photos. Oh yes, happy birthday!
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Hahha, RX, you missed the crucial info: this was in May last year. 😀 But thank you, I guess a birthday never grows old. 😉 There will be many more from here on future Thursdays.
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Lots of beautiful double doors today! I love the set with the arched glass panels at the top!
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Thank you, Dan. I’m always glad to see how closely you look at the doors from the workmanship’s point of view. There are many more where these came from.
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Ah yes another classic little Italian town. The old stone and brick buildings, the gorgeous doors, and yes even the stairs make we reminisce fondly of this past fall.
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Even the stairs, yes. They are necessary for all the doors higher up. 😉 Thanks, Norm. You know yourself how many of these classic little Italian towns remain to be explored.
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What a lot of steep steps to climb. You captured some fabulous doors and lovely old stonework, Manja. I love that shot through the archway, it frames the view beautifully.
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Thank you, Jean. Yes, I love this arch too so much that I had to choose it for the featured photo even though it’s not a door as such.
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It must be a safe place if they leave the keys in the door! Your book is on its way.
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Right, Jan! And I only noticed it now going through photos, not there and then. As for the book, YEAHHH!! Duke into every Tuscan village! Thank you so much!
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These are gorgeous! What a picturesque little town!
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Thank you, Karen, and welcome to my new blog. Italy has so many of such towns. With time they start to appear the same but then little differences start to appear.
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Excellent photos! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you, Elisabeth! 🙂 Always welcome!
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Love the color of your mum’s t-shirt 😉
In Finnish, “tatti” is a sort of mushroom… don’t ask for details, I don’t know!
Great pics!!!! Italy is always so sunny in your pics!
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Thanks, SMSW. If you look closely, there is a brown door with lots of holes in the middle of the gallery, and mom’s shirt is reflected on its surface. 😀 And yes, Italy is sunny most of the time. Which makes it HOT.
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Oh yeah! Super bright coral!!!
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Another pretty little town and its charming doors, I LOVE the first photo. It makes me want to step into the photo and explore around!
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Yeahh, thank you, Joanne. I thought it was quite an inviting photo indeed. If a bit steep. You’d love it!
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Gorgeous! I’m adding Tatti to my list of places to one day visit.
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Thank you, FF, and welcome to my blog! You do that, it’s a great town. But there are hundreds just like it here in Tuscany. 😉 And it’s not just a figure of speech! My to-go list is neverending and growing all the time.
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Which would be your current top 3 (if it’s even possible to narrow them down to only 3)? I (Marla) don’t drive and am looking for places that can be accessed by train/bus.
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Ahh, not having a car is a real disadvantage in Tuscany. It’s the only way we go around. The bigger towns are quite well connected with trains and busses (even though Italy and schedules don’t really go together well), but it’s the pretty smaller ones, each up on its hill, that are hard to visit otherwise. The train station can be several km from the town. That much more planning is required. Here is a post I did on a previous blog with my top 10 places around here (if you don’t count Rome, Florence and Siena which win without a fight). If I did it again I’d replace Tivoli (where I was only once, briefly) with splendid Massa Marittima:
https://manjameximovie.wordpress.com/my-top-10-italian-towns/
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I don’t drive so unfortunately I don’t have a car as an option. But thank you so much for sharing the link to your favourites. I’ll be sure to check it out and add them to my ever-growing list.. while hoping some are accessible by train/bus. Cheers!
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Tatti looks amazing. A little warm, but beautiful. The doors are all lookers, but that first street view with your folks — OH THE BEAUTY!
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Thanks, Joey. This is a town with your name on it. 🙂 It was May but quite warm yet. Imagine it later in the summer, or better not.
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Brilliant doors! These photos remind me so much of Costa Rica.
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Ah, Cheryl, they do? How interesting! I’d never say Costa Rica had this kind of vibe. I’d love to visit it! Thank you!
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Manplaces, yes. There seems a lot of Italina and Greek influence there, especially in architecture. I think everyone should visit there once.
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Many places, not manplaces. Lol
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Hihih, sounds like mansplaining.
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So many great shots. A village I’d love to walk through!
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Thank you, Brenda! 🙂 Always welcome. I’m sure they would love to have you too.
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