Camaiore sits on the Tuscan coast between Viareggio and Lucca. Its valley holds 25 limestone sport crags; the core, Candalla (upper and lower sectors), lists 229 routes on theCrag, mostly in the 7th grade, and is known for steep tufa walls. San Rocchino has Naturalmente 9a+, first climbed by Adam Ondra in 2017. In the Alpi Apuane to the north, the north face of Pizzo d'Uccello carries the Oppio-Colnaghi, a trad classic about 850 m long. The thing most likely to change your plans is transport: the E33 bus up to Candalla passed to a new operator in June 2026, so check it again before you go.
Capo d'Uomo is on the Monte Argentario promontory at the southern tip of Tuscany: a south-east-facing wall of grey-white limestone rising straight from the sea, with a medieval watchtower on top. The single-pitch sector had 18 routes, mostly 5c to 6c+; 10 more were added in 2025, up to 8a, and theCrag now lists 38. Further toward the sea are fully bolted multi-pitch routes such as the Spigolo Bonatti (240 m, max 6a). In winter the wall is in the sun all morning, making it a central-Italian winter crag that gets crowded at weekends when the weather is bad elsewhere. Buses from the railway station only reach the port of Porto Santo Stefano, leaving about 3.5 km uphill to cover on your own.
Elba lies off the Tuscan coast, about an hour by ferry from Piombino. Unusually for central Italy the rock is granite: Climb Europe counts 8 crags, mostly single-pitch sport routes from the 5s to the low 7s, and Monte San Bartolomeo on the west coast has bolted multi-pitch routes up to about 170 m. The thing most likely to change your plans is the state of the bolts: on many sectors bolts and lower-offs are rusty, and only 3 multi-pitch routes on San Bartolomeo have been rebolted recently. The crags on the Costa dei Gabbiani in the south-east are on a private estate, and you must report to its reception before going in.