The Orbetello lagoon at dusk · Melody VdA, CC BY-SA 4.0
Six private villas on a hill that was once an island. Romans named it, Spain fortified it, Caravaggio painted his last light here. Today it belongs, for a week or two, to your family.
Currents and river sand built two long bars to the mountain. Between them lies the lagoon.
Six kilometres of pine-backed beach on the Feniglia bar, ten minutes from your terrace.
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Rome founds Cosa across the lagoon. The mountain's name most likely comes from the argentarii, Rome's moneylenders.
Cosa's walls still stand twenty minutes away, with the best view back to the mountain.
Spain keeps this coast as the Stato dei Presidi. Porto Ercole has its finest century.
The forts still keep watch over the harbour where you dine.
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On his way to a pardon in Rome, Caravaggio lands at Porto Ercole. He dies here of a fever, aged 39.
At the end of the day, the light on your terrace falls the way it falls in his paintings.
Italy and WWF protect the lagoon. Each winter, the flamingos come back.
Children count them from the car on the drive to the villa.
I · La riservatezza
Your own pool, garden and terraces inside a gated estate. No shared corridors, no parties, no other families' noise.
II · Il servizio
The resort's spa, golf course and restaurants a few minutes away. One host arranges the rest, from the babysitter to the boat to Giglio.
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