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Half a day among the coves of the Argentario

Porto Santo Stefano

The Argentario is a mountain that nearly became an island, and its seaward side is all cliff and cove with no road down to any of it. The boat goes round to the parts you cannot drive to.

How the day goes

  1. Away from Porto Santo Stefano, morning or afternoon, and along the coast.
  2. The engine cuts in the coves and people swim off the side.
  3. Back into the harbour with the day only part spent.

It is a shared boat and the stops are for swimming; the same operator runs the longer day out to Giglio and Giannutri if you want the islands.

Where it is

Porto Santo Stefano at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Porto Santo Stefano, and where it is from Rome Porto Santo Stefano drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 135 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 135 min Rome Porto Santo Stefano

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Piazzale Candi 9, 58019 Porto Santo Stefano (GR), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 2 h 15drive from the middle of Rome
  • 152 kmeach way
  • 3 h 30once you are there

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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