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The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Escape the crowds aboard a private sailing yacht circling the wild, emerald waters of Isola del Giglio — one of Tuscany's most protected archipelago gems. Swim in hidden coves, snorkel crystalline reefs, and drift into sea caves accessible only by boat.
Step inside the dramatic 16th-century Spanish Fortress that crowns Porto Santo Stefano's hillside, with a private licensed guide who brings centuries of Aragonese, Sienese, and Napoleonic history dramatically to life. Panoramic rampart views over the Tyrrhenian Sea are nothing short of breathtaking.
Paddle a sea kayak along the raw, cliff-sculpted coastline of Monte Argentario, slipping into grottos and secluded coves reachable only from the water. Snorkel teeming posidonia meadows and turquoise inlets in a small group of never more than eight.
Settle into a cliff-perched terrace above the Tyrrhenian Sea as the sun melts into the horizon, tasting indigenous Maremma wines — Ansonica, Morellino di Scansano — paired with locally cured meats and aged Pecorino. Porto Santo Stefano's golden hour is simply unmissable.
Journey into Tuscany's little-known hinterland to Pitigliano — the 'Little Jerusalem' rising dramatically from volcanic tufa cliffs — and walk the ancient Etruscan sunken roads (vie cave) carved up to 20 metres deep into the rock. A full-day private immersion into pre-Roman civilisation.
Board a small rigid inflatable with a marine biologist guide and motor along the protected Maremma coastline, snorkelling in three distinct underwater habitats — posidonia forests, rocky reefs, and sea-grass meadows teeming with colour. A front-row encounter with Tuscany's most biodiverse marine world.
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