The area
Around here
Buying a house here means buying what surrounds it too: the coves under the rocks, the paths that disappear into the maquis, the fish that comes in at dawn, the summer evenings at Castello Pasquini.
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Castiglioncello The coves of Punta Righini
Low rocks, deep clear water and pines growing to the water's edge, ten minutes on foot from the middle of…
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Castiglioncello Castello Pasquini and its park
A park of pines and holm oaks between the village and the sea, and summer evenings of theatre and dance in…
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Vada The White Beaches of Vada
Three kilometres of very pale sand and water that turns turquoise: the widest beach on this stretch of coast.
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Quercianella The Chioma stream and the coastal paths
From the mouth of the Chioma the path climbs into the maquis and comes back to the sea from above: two hours…
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Nibbiaia The Livorno hills from Nibbiaia
Chestnut and cork-oak woods four kilometres from the sea, with paths leaving from the village and views as…
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Rosignano Solvay The old town of Rosignano Marittimo
The medieval village on the hill above the coast, with its archaeological museum and a view that reaches the…
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Caletta The fish at Caletta
The boats come in during the morning and the catch goes straight to lunch in the seafront trattorie, without…
- Crepatura On horseback between the maquis and the sea The white roads behind Castiglioncello, through olive groves and low scrub, with the sea appearing at every…
These pages describe the area and sell nothing: we take no bookings and organise no tours. They are here so you can picture what life is like, in August and in February, in the place where you are looking for a house.
The area
What is around the house
A house on this coast is not only the house: it is the cove ten minutes away, the Friday market, the place where you eat fish without a tablecloth. These are the things we tell people who arrive.
- Coves and beaches you can walk to, with the right hour to go.
- Paths through the scrub and over the headlands, for when the sea is rough.
- Wineries and olive mills in the hills behind the coast, open out of season too.
- Villages and historic villas, which in winter you visit without queueing.
The area
Want a house to set out from?
Everything above is within half an hour of the houses we offer.