Top 10 Leisure Activities
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1. Parco Naturale della Maremma and Monti dell’Uccellina Trails
“Strada degli Olivi” beelines for the beach. Trail 1 (7.2 km) clambers around San Rabano abbey’s ruins. Trail 2 (6 km) passes medieval towers to the rocky south shores. Trail 3 (9.6 km) meanders amid prehistoric caves. Trail 4 (12 km) wanders everywhere. Trails 3 and 4 are occasionally closed (Jun– Sep).
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2. Exploring Etruscan Tombs around Sovana
Pick up a map in town or at Sorano’s fortress, to explore the tombs and vie cave hidden in the countryside.
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3. Saturnia’s Hot Springs
See Elba for the best spas and free springs.
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4. Elba’s Beaches
Portoferraio may be bland, but boats can whisk you to secluded beaches on the northeast shore. The western coast has rocky shoals (good for snorkelling) and, south of Fetovaia, sandy beaches on tiny inlets.
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5. Scuba and Snorkelling on Elba
Basic lessons and full courses, equipment rental and guided day and night dives.
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6. Sailing and Windsurfing on Elba
Rent sailboards, catamarans and Zodiacs, or take windsurfing and sailing courses.
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7. Horseback Riding on the Coast
Guided rides from an Orbetello lagoon base. Moonlit rides June to September.
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8. Hiking Elba
Tourist office brochures lay out a dozen hikes from 90 mins to all day. The most rewarding is up (or down; you may ride the cable car one way) the Monte Capenne, past Sanctuario di San Cerbone church.
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9. Scuba around Monte Argentario
Equipment rentals, lessons, guided dives and snorkelling around l’Argentario and Giglio and Giannutri islands.
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10. Etruscan Coast Beaches
The “Etruscan Coast” south of Livorno includes pine-shaded, sandy, semi-secluded Marina di Albarese and the sandy resort of San Vincenzo.
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