Distance
150 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
700 m
Rating
4.7 / 5
634 reviews
Via Aurelia — Tuscany Coast.
SS1 from Livorno to Grosseto along the Tyrrhenian coast — headlands, Etruscan ruins, the Maremma nature reserve, wine estates, and small harbour towns. The Italian coastal drive that isn't the Amalfi and is better for it: no tour buses, no tourist signage, just the sea and the road.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance150 km
Days1
Total climb700 m
DifficultyEasy
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The route.
LivornoStart · The working port city of Tuscany — not a tourist destination but entirely authentic. The Mercato Centrale for a market breakfast, then south on the SS1 as the coast road begins.
CastiglioncelloScenic Point · A clifftop headland village with Aleppo pines above the Tyrrhenian. Historically the summer colony of Italian film and literary figures. Clear water visible far below the cliffs.
Bolgheri Cypress AvenuePhoto Spot · The 5-km-long perfectly straight cypress-lined avenue leading to Bolgheri village — one of the most iconic images in all of Italy, immortalised by Giosuè Carducci's poem. The village produces Sassicaia, one of Italy's greatest wines.
Populonia & San SilvestroScenic Point · An Etruscan acropolis on a headland above the Golfo di Baratti. The iron-smelting ruins below at San Silvestro date to 700 BC and are preserved in an archaeological park directly visible from the road.
Punta Ala MarinaScenic Point · An exclusive sailing marina hidden in a pine forest — the kind of place Italians go for summer holidays and foreigners never find. The Argentario peninsula is visible across the bay to the south.
Parco della Maremma ViewpointScenic Point · The road skirtsthe edge of the Maremma Natural Park — wild horses, long-horn Maremmana cattle, and the Uccellina mountains visible behind the coastal dunes. This is the wildest coastal section.
GrossetoEnd · The Maremma capital within perfectly intact 16th-century hexagonal walls. The walls are designed for promenading — the evening passeggiata on the rampart walkway is a local institution.
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