Upper Maremma · Val di Cornia
A real village between forest and sea
Monteverdi Marittimo is lived in all year: a bar on the square, a trattoria, small shops. The sea is 40 minutes away, hot springs and wineries even closer.
40′
beach at Marina di Castagneto
35′
thermal lake at Venturina
1 h
Elba ferry at Piombino
1 h 15′
Pisa airport
2 h
Florence
Explore
Eat & shop
A few addresses, all genuine: the bar on the square, the trattoria, the village shops — and the best restaurants nearby.
Getting here
Monteverdi is easy to reach by car from Pisa, Florence and Rome. Here are Italy’s road rules too.
Welcome to Monteverdi Marittimo
In 754 the Lombard nobleman Walfredo founded the monastery of San Pietro in Palazzuolo. The village grew around it, between the Val di Cecina and the Val di Cornia, between the Etruscan Coast and the geothermal land of Larderello.
Feste Triennali · 2027
Monteverdi’s secret
Every three years in September, the Cristo Nero — a 14th–15th century wooden crucifix that is normally kept covered — is unveiled and carried through the streets. The next Feste Triennali are expected in 2027.
Ideas for a day out
A day of wine
- Morning: tasting at Tenuta di Canneto
- Lunch in a Suvereto osteria
- Afternoon: Mario Botta’s Petra winery
- Sunset on the Bolgheri cypress avenue
Sea and Etruscans
- Morning: San Cerbone necropolis at Baratti
- Up to Populonia Alta and its fortress
- Afternoon on the beach in the Gulf of Baratti
Hot springs and forest
- Morning: Sterza waterfalls from La Pompa
- Lunch in Sassetta
- Afternoon at La Cerreta hot springs, evening back in Monteverdi
The steam of Larderello
- Morning: Geothermics Museum in Larderello
- Fumarole trail at Monterotondo Marittimo
- Afternoon in Volterra and the Guarnacci Museum
Canneto
A small, remarkably preserved walled medieval village a few kilometres away, with stone houses, lanes, gateways and the church of San Lorenzo. Old mine workings in the hills around.
Monteverdi in pictures
Bar Sport · Trattoria del Pettirosso · INFOOD
A few addresses, all genuine: the bar on the square, the trattoria, the village shops — and the best restaurants nearby.