From a Versilia beach to a quieter bay.
Forte dei Marmi is a pier, a piazza and a long line of beach clubs. Sixty-four minutes south, the same coast gives you a bay with terraces, a kitchen and a club in one building.
The long way to a short evening.
Take the A12 south past Marina di Pietrasanta and Viareggio, continue along the Livorno coast and leave the motorway at Rosignano Marittimo. 75.8 km, 64 minutes, then the Quercetano road down to Castiglioncello.
It is a deliberate drive: you leave the Versilia seafront and arrive in a bay where the evening happens in one place, from aperitivo to the last song.
A quieter table, an hour further south.
The kitchen cooks fish: raw fish and mussels to start, spaghettoni with clams and bottarga, cuttlefish crumble, amberjack, low-temperature pork fillet, fried fish and desserts made in house.
You eat on the terrace, then stay for the piano bar; the car stays parked in the village and the return is left for the morning.
The coast without the crowd.
For a Forte dei Marmi wedding the bay offers a different setting: the ceremony on the terrace, the water below and a village above, instead of a line of beach clubs.
The civil rite is held on the terrace, accredited since 2018, and there is one wedding per day. Guests can sleep on the coast and drive back the next day, or stay for a weekend.
A12 south, past the marble.
Leave the A12 at Rosignano Marittimo and follow the Quercetano road: the last kilometres climb through the pines and drop into Castiglioncello, with the bay opening below the village.
For the return, the motorway entrance is a few minutes from the village and the drive north passes Pisa before the Versilia exits.
The recommended route
The coast changes
From Forte dei Marmi take the A12 south to the Rosignano Marittimo exit, then follow the road down to Castiglioncello.
Nearby
- Pontile di Forte dei Marmi
- Piazza Garibaldi
- The beaches of Forte dei Marmi
- Forte dei Marmi railway station
The three worlds
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