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Castello Pasquini – White Beaches loop from Vada
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Castello Pasquini – White Beaches loop from Vada
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Castello Pasquini – White Beaches loop from Vada
02:08
36.5km
130m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 22, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 25.2 km for 77 m
Waypoints
A
Start point
Train Station
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1
3.21 km
White Beaches
Highlight • Beach
Yes, it's beautiful, but it's not natural: the white color is due to the soda of the nearby Solvay factory. Sometimes you feel it stinging or burning your skin, when you get into the water. :-)
Much more beautiful and wild are some beaches in Sardinia (Stintino, Is Arenas, Piscinas ...)
Much more beautiful and wild are some beaches in Sardinia (Stintino, Is Arenas, Piscinas ...)
Tip by
2
14.6 km
Hamlet of Polveroni
Highlight • Settlement
A small hamlet of Rosignano Marittimo, Polveroni is located at the intersection between the road of the same name coming from the Spiagge Bianche and the Via per Rosignano coming from Vada, which runs quietly among wide cereal fields, parallel to the much busier former SS 1 Aurelia.
Tip by
3
21.2 km
Castello Pasquini
Highlight • Castle
The Pasquini Castle is located near the Castiglioncello railway station in the municipality of Rosignano Marittimo (province of Livorno)
Despite its appearance, the castle is not ancient: at the end of the nineteenth century, Baron Patrone, owner of an agricultural land overlooking Castiglioncello, wanted a building to be built there in imitation of a medieval castle and that the surrounding agricultural land to be transformed into a luxuriant park with a romantic imprint.
In the forties it was bought by the Pasquini family, from which the current name derives; today it belongs to the Municipality, which has made it the center of a series of cultural events and performances, such as the Castiglioncello-Costa degli Etruschi Literary Prize.
The visit to the park is free. A ticket is required for some of the performances.
Despite its appearance, the castle is not ancient: at the end of the nineteenth century, Baron Patrone, owner of an agricultural land overlooking Castiglioncello, wanted a building to be built there in imitation of a medieval castle and that the surrounding agricultural land to be transformed into a luxuriant park with a romantic imprint.
In the forties it was bought by the Pasquini family, from which the current name derives; today it belongs to the Municipality, which has made it the center of a series of cultural events and performances, such as the Castiglioncello-Costa degli Etruschi Literary Prize.
The visit to the park is free. A ticket is required for some of the performances.
Tip by
4
25.9 km
Rosignano Solvay (Province of Livorno, Tuscany)
Highlight • Settlement
Rosignano Solvay is a thriving coastal town, part of the Municipality of Rosignano Marittimo; it differs from it in that R. Marittimo is located on a hill at a height of 150 meters and now has fewer inhabitants than the coastal town. Currently, in fact, Rosignano Solvay represents the most populous and active hamlet of the Municipality, but before 1914 in this plain there were only a few farmhouses and a lot of scrub and wood. In fact, life took place above all in the centers located on the hill in a more favorable position being the flat areas infested by malaria.
The turning point came at the beginning of the 1900s: in less than a hundred years it has gone from a few tens of people to more than 16,000 inhabitants. This rapid development is almost entirely attributable to the construction of the factory by the Belgian Solvay Company which in 1914 installed the first plants for the production of soda. The choice by the Belgian company to build an industrial plant in this uninhabited plain stemmed from the specific characteristics of this area: the flat terrain, the proximity of limestone quarries and the River Fine as a water resource, the availability of the railway, the axis of the Via Aurelia and the Via Emilia, the presence of the sea.
After the creation of the factory came the construction of the "Solvay Village": the houses, a series of services of various kinds, from the shops to the cinema-theater, the recreational club, the schools, the hospital, the sports field, according to a precise and modern urban plan: the straight avenues are intersected perpendicularly by the streets shaded by pine trees; the buildings, of varying size depending on the function, but also on the social role of the inhabitants of the time, are all in the same style, using exposed gray bricks.
Rosignano Solvay and the Solvay Village owe their name to the Belgian engineer Ernest Solvay who had founded this industrial plant.
At R. Solvay, however, things are not all pink and white: the pollutants discharged into the sea from the factory have damaged the environment and consequently the health of the local population.
Today the economy of the village is not based only on the factory but also on tourism, thanks to the wide beaches and the recent tourist port "Cala de 'Medici" with its 650 berths.
The turning point came at the beginning of the 1900s: in less than a hundred years it has gone from a few tens of people to more than 16,000 inhabitants. This rapid development is almost entirely attributable to the construction of the factory by the Belgian Solvay Company which in 1914 installed the first plants for the production of soda. The choice by the Belgian company to build an industrial plant in this uninhabited plain stemmed from the specific characteristics of this area: the flat terrain, the proximity of limestone quarries and the River Fine as a water resource, the availability of the railway, the axis of the Via Aurelia and the Via Emilia, the presence of the sea.
After the creation of the factory came the construction of the "Solvay Village": the houses, a series of services of various kinds, from the shops to the cinema-theater, the recreational club, the schools, the hospital, the sports field, according to a precise and modern urban plan: the straight avenues are intersected perpendicularly by the streets shaded by pine trees; the buildings, of varying size depending on the function, but also on the social role of the inhabitants of the time, are all in the same style, using exposed gray bricks.
Rosignano Solvay and the Solvay Village owe their name to the Belgian engineer Ernest Solvay who had founded this industrial plant.
At R. Solvay, however, things are not all pink and white: the pollutants discharged into the sea from the factory have damaged the environment and consequently the health of the local population.
Today the economy of the village is not based only on the factory but also on tourism, thanks to the wide beaches and the recent tourist port "Cala de 'Medici" with its 650 berths.
Tip by
5
26.1 km
Pine Tree-Lined Cycle Path in Rosignano Solvay
Highlight • Cycleway
In R. Solvay in the summer, especially during the hottest hours, it is pleasant to cycle along the cycle paths or the roads shaded by tall pine trees from the South (Medical Guard area and cycle/pedestrian underpass) to the North (bridge over the Coop). Road traffic is limited; unfortunately, however, the road surface is rough here and there due to the tree roots. It is not uncommon to see pairs of squirrels jumping from one branch to another or chasing each other along the trunk of a pine tree.
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Tip by
6
32.3 km
White Beaches
Highlight • Beach
The White Beaches are an approximately four-kilometer section of the sandy coast of the town of Rosignano Marittimo in Tuscany, between the villages of Rosignano Solvay and the center of the village of Vada. Bathed by the Ligurian Sea, are located on the extreme northern edge of the Maremma coast.
The unusual color of the sand, which is why the beach is compared with the tropical coast, is the result of years of processing and calcium carbonate precipitates of a Solvay group located in Rosignano Solvay, about one kilometer from the coast. The Sodiera, the largest in Europe, was built near the beach in 1912 and began in 1914 with the production of sodium carbonate, hydrogen peroxide, polyethylene and chloride calcium, sodium bicarbonate and hydrochloric acid. The access to the beach is given by a small hill, which until 1983 served as a landfill for production and household waste.
The unusual color of the sand, which is why the beach is compared with the tropical coast, is the result of years of processing and calcium carbonate precipitates of a Solvay group located in Rosignano Solvay, about one kilometer from the coast. The Sodiera, the largest in Europe, was built near the beach in 1912 and began in 1914 with the production of sodium carbonate, hydrogen peroxide, polyethylene and chloride calcium, sodium bicarbonate and hydrochloric acid. The access to the beach is given by a small hill, which until 1983 served as a landfill for production and household waste.
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Tip by
7
32.7 km
White Beaches
Highlight • Beach
Proceeding south from Rosignano Solvay on the old Aurelia, after 1-2 km you will reach a traffic light at the intersection with two minor roads: via Polveroni on the left and via di Pietrabianca on the right. Following the latter for less than 1 km, you arrive at the White Beaches of Vada. The road can be covered on foot and by bike (pay attention to the sandy bottom in the final stretch). Cars can be left in the large paid parking lot near the intersection. The small road then continues along the sea towards the south to Vada, where it finds a cycle path that reaches almost as far as Marina di Cecina.
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Tip by
8
34.9 km
Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, Vada
Highlight • Structure
Beautiful park area
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Tip by
B
36.5 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
22.9 km
9.48 km
3.41 km
305 m
253 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
29.4 km
6.30 km
335 m
241 m
166 m
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