Punta Ala it is a famous but strange place, which on a first visit is hard to understand. Meanwhile, there is no center around which something resembling a country develops. There is not even a promenade worthy of the name, with shops or even just a bar where to eat an ice cream, in fact in Punta Ala you can only see the roofs or the parks of the many villas and the incredible green patch of the maritime pines. The closest thing to a center is the harbor, where luxurious yachts and sailboats throng. The shops are also quite unapproachable; the same campsites, there are two of them, are expensive. This locality was literally “designed” at the table, created starting from 1962 as a locality of luxury vacation.
Well, you will tell me, but why are you talking about it in this portal? Because you can go to the sea without spending a euro given the extension of the free beach, which on the Tuscan coast is not exactly so obvious, and it is a beautiful beach.
The coast of Punta Ala embraces a part of the wide Gulf of Follonica, enclosed between Cala Violina and the Hidalgo Tower which hides the port. Throughout this long strip of sand bordered by pine trees, there are the beaches of Cala Violin, with a regulated access from the Strada delle Collacchie, Cala Martina, which can be reached from the same access, Cala Civette, which can be reached on foot from the canal that runs alongside the Punta Ala Camping Resort (it is necessary to ford the canal). They are isolated and quiet coves.
Or you can choose the long stretch of beach between the Baia Verde Campsite and the first bathing establishments. Golden sand, green pines and a very clean sea. Is worth.
