Here you find not only wonderful water that is calm even when the sea is rough but also Etruscan ruins nearby, and a medieval fortress up above.

Great for the quite soft beaches, it is nestled under Populonia, a spectacular promontory about 70 km south of Livorno; it’s shielded from the sea and calm.

Populonia has dozens of tiny inlets that can only be reached by boat.

It’s a sun-worshiper’s paradise, and also a diver’s - you may even find something Etruscan under the waves, because Baratti is where the Etruscans smelted the iron ore they mined on Elba, and their transport ships did occasionally sink.