Marina di Scarlino harbour
1 km · 13 min on footThe marina just below the apartment: a walk along the pier, bars, restaurants and boat hire.
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Atelier Vella · Surroundings
Things to do around Marina di Scarlino
From the harbour below the house to Elba: four routes with a map, real travel times from Atelier Vella and photos of every stop.
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Full guide to Cala Violina
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On foot from the apartment
Playground50 m
Riding stables100 m
Shops, bar, bike rental300 m
Il Tasso Scatenato2 min
Zero Distanze4 min
Marina di Scarlino harbour13 min
Puntone beach14 min
Follonica, by car11 min
Where to eat
Il Veliero, seafood restaurantPuntone, 2 km
Zero Distanze, pizzeria and fresh pastaharbour, 4 min
Il Balugano, beach trattoria, dogs allowedPuntone, 2 km
L'Osteria di Cecchi e Valentini, Tuscan foodScarlino, 7 km
Gelateria Ricci, artisan gelatoFollonica, 9 km
The routes stop by stop
The sea on the doorstep
on foot or by bike
Puntone beach
1.1 km · 14 min on footThe nearest beach: fine sand, shallow water, free stretches and beach clubs. Easy with children.
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Cala Martina
3.1 km · 46 min on footA small rocky cove in the Bandite di Scarlino woods. Garibaldi set sail from here in 1849 to escape the Austrians; a monument on the path remembers it.
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Cala Violina
6 km · 80 min on footSand that sings under your feet, clear water and pine woods all around. Reachable only on foot or by bike. From June to September entry is capped at 700 people a day, booked online from 72 hours ahead (2025 rules). Dogs are not allowed during that period.
MapFull guide to Cala Violinacalaviolinascarlino.itThe coast to the south
beaches, villages and flamingos
Punta Ala
14.1 km · 22 min by carMarina, pine woods and wide beaches. Lovely at sunset, with restaurants on the harbour.
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Castiglione della Pescaia
17.6 km · 22 min by carThe old town with its castle above the harbour canal. Good for a fish dinner and an evening stroll.
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Diaccia Botrona
23.4 km · 36 min by carOne of Italy's most important wetlands, with flamingos and herons. At its centre stands the 18th-century Casa Rossa Ximenes.
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Vetulonia
29.4 km · 37 min by carAn Etruscan hill village with an archaeological museum and large mound tombs nearby.
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castles, a lake and mines
Scarlino
8.9 km · 14 min by carThe medieval village on the hill above the apartment, with its castle and views over the whole Gulf of Follonica.
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Lago dell'Accesa
24.1 km · 30 min by carA lake in the woods for a freshwater swim, with an Etruscan site on the shore.
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Massa Marittima
25.5 km · 33 min by carSan Cerbone cathedral, the medieval square and the mining museums of the Colline Metallifere park.
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towards Piombino
Gulf of Baratti
32.8 km · 42 min by carA crescent beach below the pines, one of the finest on this coast.
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Populonia necropolis
33 km · 42 min by carThe Etruscan tombs of San Cerbone a short walk from the sea, in the Baratti and Populonia archaeological park.
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