The nature reserve of Feniglia is a gorgeous strip of protected forest on the sandbar south of Orbetello that runs all the way from the mainland at Ansedonia to Porto Ercole on Argentario.

It is a beautiful wooded area with a wide straight path that runs it’s entire 6km length, with diagonal pathways that bisect it a regular intervals leading to the coastal vegetation of the beach on the one side, the forest area in the middle, and the marshland lagoon on the other.

There is car parking and bike rental near the entrance to the forest at both ends (which is also handy for the beach at La Capannuccia if you’re going there), and it’s a lovely way to get further along the beach if you want space and privacy; walk through the forest!