The city of Follonica, is located to the center of omonimo the Gulf, in this amphitheater, characterized from splendid sunsets, we want introduces you in some famos beach.

We pray you not to leave refusals in the pinewood, on the beach and in the sea; in all beach and pinewood drums but even if are installed found them or are not full, to make a bag and to bring back it behind are index of civilization and respect of the places that visited, THANKS!

In your excursions: Capacities single memories, only left prints!

Carbonifera - Pappasole   5 km from the center N direction

Torre Mozza     4,5 km from the center N direction

Leaving from the center of Follonica we head towards the tracing of the old Aurelia, in direction Livorno, distances approximately 3 Km, to the term of a wide curve towards right, we turn to sx in direction Torre Mozza; passed the railway-bridge we turn to right and covered approximately 400 meters we find on left a large equipped parking. Parked means, we head on foot towards the beach, that we will catch up journeying on a footbridge in wood that surpasses the marsh (inhabited in winter from garzette, gallinelle of water, and from a colony of water turtles that in summer move themselves along the adjacent channels. Crossed the footbridge we penetrate ourselves in the pinewood and covered approximately 100 meters we arrive on the beach, heading towards N we find a wide clear sand beach that arrives until casello the hydraulic engineer of Carbonifera. The sea of this beach is characterized to approximately 30 meters from the river from a reef (that it seems is the tracing of the old consular road Aurelia) where the sea always low, limpid and is inhabited from orate colonies of, saraghi, salpe and cozze, enough one mask in order to discover a new and incontaminato world.

Passerella Pappasole

Leaving from the center of Follonica we head towards the tracing of the old Aurelia, in direction Livorno, distances approximately 3 Km, to the term of a wide curve towards right, we turn to left in direction Torre Mozza; passed the railway-bridge we find ourselves of forehead to a construction in origin masonry saracena, on the sx and on the dx they are locates two incustoditi parkings to you; it passes to you which we find ourselves on the beach. The tower that is dipped towards the crystalline sea makes from guard to a wild landscape made of sabbiose dunes and canes field; from the beach all the arc of the gulf of Follonica is looked at, with on the left the cape of Punta Ala and to right that one of Piombino; in the limpid days they can be seen, beyond to the Island of Elba, Montecristo, Cerboli, Palmaiola and the Corsica; the night the lights of Macinaggio (Corsica) get confused and they are interlaced with those of the Cavo (Elba) and Piombino. Along it runs aground it them, in direction of Follonica, tourist campings and villages with attractions and widths are found divertimento and possibility svago.

Torre Mozza

 

Il Boschetto      2 km from the center N direction

La Polveriera    3 km from the center S direction  

Leaving from the center of Follonica we head on the Lungomare Italia in direction Prato Ranieri, surpassed the Village "Golfo del Sole" and still continuing for approximately 400 meters we find on left a narrow crosslane with a slab that blocks the passage to the motor vehicles, we cross the slab and us along a little street that a pit (the water is cleanest) of the marsh, the pit is in use to the Club Naval Alloy of Follonica. We arrive therefore on the beach, on the right we see the skyline of Follonica and a wonderful beach with the limpid sea and pinewood (to the inside of which you can find a bar-gelateria); the private baths that are in the zone rent patini and sail tables.

Spiaggia del Boschetto

Leaving from the center of Follonica us leave on the Road of the Collacchie, Castiglione direction of the Pescaia, the road left to the shoulders the last houses of Follonica crosses one secular pinewood; facts approximately 300 meters we advance ourselves, on the right, in a narrow lane that enters within the pinewood; covered 200 meters we arrive to runs aground them, much wide one. The sea is low and in the hours of low tide form isle of sand where the children love to play. The pinewood to the shoulders it offers to shadow in the warmer hours and many angles where to be able to consume the lunch to the bag or one they dull fast, the nearly always calm sea offers a warmer water that in other zones of the Gulf in the how much lowest one and with least currents.

La Polveriera

 

Cala Violina    9 Km from the center S direction

Casetta Civinini    12 km from the center S direction

Leaving from the center of Follonica us on the Road of the Collacchie, direction Castiglione della Pescaia, the road left to the shoulders the last houses of Follonica crosses one secular pinewood; facts approximately 2000 meters we arrive in locality Puntone, surpassed the channel used after arbour tourist, before beginning a long curve in climb, turn to right, covered approximately 1000 meters the road becomes sterrata, still continuing we arrive to a crossroad, on the right we can leave the cars and continue then on the left on foot or with the bicycle (after little in fact, the road is closed to all means to motor). After the slab a path is penetrated in the spot, with sights on the Gulf (Le Costiere).

Le Costiere


Distances approximately 1500 meters we arrive to Cala Martina, small full of rocks beach (a monument on the path and a cippo in sea, remember the escape of Garibaldi chased from the papal guards) still continuing along the path and distances others 2500 meters we arrive to Cala Violina, here, dipped in the spot we find tables and benches for pic-nic
, and one wide beach with a limpid and crystalline sea. The name of the beach derives from the fact that walking the sand sound like one instrument to rope.

Cala Violina

Leaving from the center of Follonica us on the Road of the Collacchie, direction Castiglione della Pescaia, the road left to the shoulders the last houses of Follonica crosses one secularpinewood; we continue in direction Castiglione  and distances approximately 10 Km we arrive to the crossroad, on the right, for Punta Ala we take it and covered approximately 2 Km we arrive to a wide curve on the left, to the term of which we find a small gate in wood with the indication Casetta Civinini, we enter in the pinewood and little after we find a parking. A small bar with benches to the shadow of the pines and distances little meters we are on the beach, wide and long beyond 6 Km. To our right on the hill the villa that watches Cala Civette, to our left, in distance the Hidalgo Tower and little more up the Castle than Italo Balbo. In the limpid days of forehead to we the imposing shape of the Island of Elba and the Cape of Piombino.
We are on the southern border of the Gulf of Follonica and Piombino in distance closes the splendid sabbiose semicircle of this Gulf of spiagge and crystalline waters