

In its 1960s jet-set heyday, Porto Ercole was more popular than Portofino. Today it’s more low key, and while it’s best known for being Il Pellicano-adjacent, it offers those not booked into its iconic hotel a restaurant-lined marina, pebbly beaches and family vineyards, with countless Tuscan villages a day trip away.

A few days spent exploring the herb-scented, sun-splashed wild coast of Maremma, with its medieval villages, small family-owned wineries and one surreal sculpture garden

A few essentials on this low-key, caught-in-time island retreat near the Hamptons