La Foce is absolutely spectacular. It is an English garden designed by Cecil Pinsent and Iris Origo that was created in a place that was practically barren until the Origo’s brought water here in the 1920’s for the house, the garden and the surrounding farmland. ( It was actually Iris’s grandmother who brought water to La Foce because she paid for it. She had loads of money and was apparently appalled at what she found water-wise when she visited.) Even with the water, the garden was ultimately more successful than the farming because the soil is really poor and not strong enough to support crops year after year. We didn’t mind at all that it was raining for our visit. It was magical: it was like England with a Tuscan background.