MAPPING TUSCANY

Close to the border of Lazio, Tuscany's southernmost town resembles a Roman colony during July and August. Albeit not one with gladiators and soldiers, but with Rome's left-wing intelligentsia populating hillside bars and restaurants as much as the deck-chairs along Capalbio's endless beaches.  To balance things out, the seaside town Ansedonia a few kilometers up the Tuscan coast has been for decades the holiday destination of choice for the eternal city's right-wing fraction. These days it's hard to say whether this geo-political line  of division is still in place - with all the party hopping of Italian politicians it's impossible to discern which side they presently belong to. But whatever the current opinion of political visitors (a class of people also derisively called la casta - the caste),  Capalbio's own views have stubbornly stayed the same for centuries. 

When I say camping, what do you think of? ... I think of this:   At least since I have seen the lodge tents at the campsite near Capalbio in Southern Tuscany. The moment I noticed these, I've realized that there is camping and camping. Or really camping and glamping.  Campeggio Capalbio is a small and charming campground right on Tuscany's southern coast. Green and welcoming, Campeggio Capalbio is slowly transforming itself from campground to camping hotel. There's still plenty of space for people who just like to pitch their tent, but for the ones who'd like to get the nature vibe  minus the sweating and fretting, there is glamping. Glamorous camping.  Shared bathrooms? That would be camping.  Glamping in Tuscany means your OWN loo. And not just that.  Private lodge tent shower with a view