The view from La Foce spreads over the Val d’Orcia's rolling hills and the cone-shaped extinct volcano of the Monte Amiata looming behind them. The Val d’Orcia has recently been included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the World for its cultural and natural beauty.

The gentle hills and fields of the Val d’Orcia are tinged with different shades and colours for each season: intense green in early spring, sprinkled with patches of yellow broom in May and June, pale or burnished gold when the wheat ripens. After the harvest, the yellow stubble takes on a luminous, almost phosphorescent sheen, until plowing turns the hills into shades of brown toning down into lighter grey. The cycle begins again when the new wheat colours the fields with pale green.

In the midst of the fields are the crete senesi, a characteristic landmark of the region. These strange lunar landscapes of clay hillocks and scrub are a haven for wildlife, including boar, deer, porcupines, hares and birds. Up to only 50 years ago, when the Val d’Orcia peasants strove to produce enough food for their own subsistence, every effort was made to reclaim the crete and transform them into productive fields. Today, only isolated areas have survived, many of them inside the La Foce property, and they are now strictly protected. In spring, broom and prickly pear dot them with patches of yellow and white, and wild roses blossom at their feet. For many years the area has been reserved by the Province of Siena for the breeding of birds and hares, and hunting is not allowed.

The hills behind La Foce are thickly wooded, and the old roads that used to link the farmhouses are now overgrown paths that provide many beautiful walks.