Destination guide
Kitesurfing in Tuscany & Maremma Coast
Shallow, beginner-friendly bays on the Tyrrhenian coast, backed by the wine country and hill towns of the Maremma.
About Tuscany & Maremma Coast
The Maremma is the quiet corner of Tuscany — the coastal south, where the hills run down to long pine-backed beaches and the tourism is Italian rather than international. For kitesurfing it offers something specific: shallow, sheltered, flat-water bays that are unusually forgiving, in a part of the world people visit for entirely other reasons.
Talamone sits in a bay beneath a medieval castle, relatively flat and shallow and well suited to beginners and improvers, with thermal effects strengthening the westerlies — the Maestrale from the north-west and the Libeccio from the south-west. Marina di Grosseto, further north, is flat water and beginner-friendly, with the elegant old town of Castiglione della Pescaia and one of Italy's better-regarded beaches immediately alongside.
Wind here is lighter than in Sardinia — think 10 knots averaged with gusts into the low twenties rather than a reliable blow — so it suits a trip where riding is one part of the week rather than all of it. The season runs March to October, and what surrounds it is the argument: Montalcino and Morellino wine, hot springs at Saturnia, Etruscan sites, and hill towns half an hour inland.
When to go
Best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.
Plan your kitesurfing holiday
Use the local kite area guides to check riding conditions and access, then match your travel month and accommodation to your experience and travel companions.
Explore the region
Kite areas
3 distinct riding areas documented within this destination.
- Marina di Grosseto
Best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.
- Castiglione della Pescaia
Best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.
- Talamone
Best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.