The sea without the seafront
Baratti is a bay with pine trees running down to the sand, not a row of beach clubs. Twenty minutes to get there, back in time for dinner.
Tuscany · Val di Cornia, the Etruscan Coast
Hostel in Campiglia Marittima
You sleep up in the hills among olive trees, and in twenty minutes you are at the sea. Dinner happens at the hostel — the restaurant serves guests, and up here that is the natural choice — while the surrounding area goes from beach to Etruscan mines in half an hour.
Sea · Nature · Archaeology
Why this destination
Three concrete reasons.
Not everything suits everyone: here is what this hostel does better than the other three.
Archaeology you walk through
Populonia is the only Etruscan city facing the sea, and at the San Silvestro park you visit the mines by going down into them.
Evenings stay in
The restaurant serves guests, and 99% of them eat here — not for lack of alternatives, but because in the hills going out means getting in the car. For longer groups, menus are agreed in advance.
The area
What is around.
- Gulf of Baratti
- Populonia
- San Silvestro mining park
When to come. May to September for the sea; spring and autumn for the parks, when walking is easier.
Rooms, rates and booking are on the hostel's own site.
Student's Hostel Gowett — Via Benedetto Lippi 5, 57021 Campiglia Marittima (LI). That is where you see availability and actually get organised.
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