The island of Giglio is to the west of Argentario, a short boat ride from the ferry service at Porto Santo Stefano on Argentario, and a perfect day trip. The island is gorgeous, with a small population nestled in three small port towns surrounded by lush vegetation, large pine forest, vineyards and olive groves, and rocky granite coastlines. The beaches are gorgeous, the air pristine, and the local food unique and distinctive.

Giglio has been inhabited since the stone age, was an important Etruscan military base, and under the Romans it thrived as hub of commercial activity connecting maritime trade between various provinces and territories. In the middle ages it was ruled by Pisa, then Florence, and was attacked constantly by Saracen pirates, including a raid in 1544 when more than half the population were deported as slaves.