Golf Club Le Capanne

Few stretches of the Tuscan coast carry quite the same unhurried, aristocratic quality as the Etruscan Riviera, the coastal strip between Livorno and Piombino where umbrella pines, macchia scrubland, and the blue shimmer of the Tyrrhenian Sea define the landscape. Golf Club Le Capanne sits within this terrain near Bibbona, a small hilltop village in the province of Livorno that has managed to stay largely off the mass-tourism radar despite its proximity to the popular beaches of Marina di Bibbona below.

The course itself winds through a mature pineta — a dense coastal pine forest — which gives rounds here a sheltered, almost meditative feel. The tree-lined corridors demand accuracy off the tee rather than raw distance, and the sandy, well-drained soils typical of this coastal Tuscan environment tend to reward year-round play even in wetter months.

As part of a wider circuit of Italian courses that serve a mix of resident golfers and visitors touring the Etruscan Coast, Le Capanne occupies the quieter, more local end of the spectrum — a club where the surroundings arguably do as much work as the design itself.