The island has been inhabited since the Iron Age<\/strong>. Giglio owes it’s name to the presence in past times of numerous\u00a0goats (\u03b1\u03af\u03b3\u03b5\u03c2 in greek). The name Giglio derives from the Latin version of the Greek word for “goat”,\u00a0\u0391\u03b9\u03b3\u03cd\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd (Aigylion): Goat Island, then Igilium by the Roman<\/strong> and transformed in Gilio in the Middle Age<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Giglio is the second biggest island of Tuscan Archipelago with its about 21 square kilometers<\/strong>. Mainly mountainous,\u00a0it consists almost entirely of granite<\/strong>, culminating in the Poggio della Pagana (496 m). The beaches\u00a0located towards in the east coast are equipped with facilities. The coast is made up of rocks<\/strong>, smooth cliffs\u00a0<\/strong>and several bays<\/strong>, especially on the western side.<\/p>\n Three principal settlements are located on the main island: Giglio Porto, Giglio Campese and Giglio Castello.\u00a0Giglio Porto<\/strong> is a small picturesque harbor, Giglio Campese<\/strong> is the most popular tourist spot thanks to its\u00a0wide beach and Giglio Castello<\/strong> located upon a hill between the two other localities and characterized by the\u00a0majestic walls of a fortress.<\/p>\n The Giglio Island is covered by Mediterranean vegetation<\/strong> and hosts many different types of animal species<\/strong>;\u00a0the Mediterranean scrub includes species like mastic, heather, myrtle and is populated by rare and protected\u00a0animals such the herring gull and the peregrine falcon. Characteristic of the landscape are the terraced fields\u00a0<\/strong>built on the steep cliffs which allow the production of the local wine “Ansonico<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n A visit on the Giglio Island is it possible with a mini cruise departing from the nearby port of Castiglione\u00a0della Pescaia. For further details please contact the tourist information office \u2013 IAT of Castiglione della Pescaia-\u00a0+39 0564 933678.Giglio Island is accessible by a daily boat from Porto Santo Stefano. Travel time is\u00a0approximately 1 hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The goats island The island has been inhabited since the Iron Age. Giglio owes it’s name to the presence in past times of numerous\u00a0goats (\u03b1\u03af\u03b3\u03b5\u03c2 in greek). The name Giglio derives from the Latin version of the Greek word for “goat”,\u00a0\u0391\u03b9\u03b3\u03cd\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd (Aigylion): Goat Island, then Igilium by the Roman and transformed in Gilio in the Middle Age. The second island of the archipelago Giglio is the second biggest island of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tuscan-islands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18084"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291949,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18084\/revisions\/291949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enjoymaremma.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The second island of the archipelago<\/h3>\n
Giglio Island villages<\/h3>\n
A natural paradise<\/h3>\n
How to get to Giglio Island<\/h3>\n