The largest province in Tuscany Grosseto is one of the least populated areas of Italy and contains the towns of Orbetello, Roccastrada, Massa Marittima, Gavorrano, Follonica, Manciano, Castiglione della Pescaia. The land has undergone massive reclamation and once putrid and unhealthy marshland has been transformed. Stretches of almost deserted beaches of fine sand and lush pine forests seem to combine to give this zone a real sense of wildness. Large stretches of land have been left undisturbed and seem to be an extension of the Parco dell'Uccellina. This park stretches inland from the gentle banks of the mouth of the river Ombrone, where it's not uncommon to come across the traditional Maremman herdsmen called butteri.