Cosmopolitan Golf & Beach
Between the Pisan coast and the surrounding pinewoods
Between the Pisan coast and the surrounding pinewoods, Cosmopolitan Golf & Beach offers a lighter yet still intelligent interpretation of coastal Tuscan golf. The course is accessible, fluid and easy to enjoy even for travellers with families or those building a broader leisure stay, yet it retains enough technical content — water, breeze and positional angles — to avoid ever feeling shallow. Its real strength is versatility. You can play a proper round, spend time on the beach, move easily toward Pisa or Lucca and shape a holiday with several components without sacrificing golf. It lacks the monumentality of Tuscany's most celebrated resorts, but in exchange offers a more relaxed, maritime and contemporary kind of luxury. For travellers seeking a less formal side of Tuscany, where the round slips naturally into the day, Cosmopolitan is a well-balanced and convincing option.
Perfetto per un soggiorno multi-interesse: golf al mattino, mare dopo pranzo, città d’arte il giorno seguente. Va vissuto con elasticità, non con rigidità da golf trip puro.
Great versatility between golf, beach and Tuscan art cities
Accessible course but still technically sensible
Less iconic than the great resort names in the region
More leisure atmosphere than exclusively golfistic
Between the Pisan coast and the surrounding pinewoods, Cosmopolitan Golf & Beach offers a lighter yet still intelligent interpretation of coastal Tuscan golf. The course is accessible, fluid and easy to enjoy even for travellers with families or those building a broader leisure stay, yet it retains enough technical content — water, breeze and positional angles — to avoid ever feeling shallow. Its real strength is versatility. You can play a proper round, spend time on the beach, move easily toward Pisa or Lucca and shape a holiday with several components without sacrificing golf. It lacks the monumentality of Tuscany's most celebrated resorts, but in exchange offers a more relaxed, maritime and contemporary kind of luxury. For travellers seeking a less formal side of Tuscany, where the round slips naturally into the day, Cosmopolitan is a well-balanced and convincing option.
On the technical side, the course is a coastal layout of 18 holes playing to a par of 72 with a slope rating of 130. Visitor ratings underline the point: outstanding course standard, breathtaking scenery.
The best time to visit Cosmopolitan Golf & Beach is April, May, June, September, October. Among its most appreciated strengths: Great versatility between golf, beach and Tuscan art cities; Accessible course but still technically sensible.
The facilities include putting green, driving range, restaurant, pro shop, cart rental, caddy on request.
The nearest airport is Firenze Vespucci (FLR), approximately 1 hour by car.
What is the best time to play?+
The best time to play is April, May, June, September, October. Outside this window the club may be closed or operating with reduced services.
Is a handicap certificate required?+
Cosmopolitan Golf & Beach does not specify a mandatory minimum handicap for visiting players. We recommend contacting the club to confirm their current policy.
How do I get to the club?+
The nearest airport is Firenze Vespucci (FLR), approximately 1 hour by car. Car rental is recommended for maximum flexibility.
Is there on-site accommodation?+
Cosmopolitan Golf & Beach does not have on-site accommodation. There are various lodging options in the surrounding area; contact the club for partner recommendations.
How many holes does the course have, and how challenging is it?+
The course has 18 holes playing to a par of 72 with a slope rating of 130. It is a demanding course best suited to experienced players.
Exclusive Experiences
Secrets found in no guidebook, curated by our concierge.
Parco di San Rossore: l'Alba dei Cervi Bianchi
The Park of San Rossore is the Presidential country residence at Pisa: 23,000 hectares of pine forest, Mediterranean scrub, and virgin beaches where the Presidency of the Republic grants extremely limited access. Inside lives the largest deer and fallow deer colony on the Tuscan coast. Authorised guides lead dawn excursions in the reserved ecological corridor.
“Guide Elisa Rosati leads through corridor 7, which follows the Morto Nuovo river: 40 deer and fallow deer pass between 5:30 and 6:30 AM within 30 metres. The sound of antlers on pine branches in the dark is something primordial.”
Camposanto di Pisa: il Trionfo della Morte
The Camposanto Monumentale of Pisa is built on earth brought from Golgotha during the Crusades. The Triumph of Death — a 1340 fresco attributed to Buonamico Buffalmacco — is the most powerful visual document of Europe's Black Death. The Museum restores the complete cycle in an open laboratory: you see the work on the original sinopia before the restorer's eyes.
“Restorer Chiara Frugoni accepts private visitors on Friday mornings at the laboratory: she shows how the Black Death is visible in the skeleton shapes — the proportions of the dead vary decade by decade reflecting the different waves of 1348.”
Carnasciale: il Caberlot Sconosciuto
Caberlot is a grape of which only one mother plant exists in the world, discovered in 1960 in a Valdarno vineyard: Podere Il Carnasciale produces between 3,000 and 5,000 bottles per year of one of Italy's most mysterious wines. The Carnasciale — pure Caberlot — has a structure recalling Petrus with plum and black spice notes. Visits by invitation.
“Bettina Rogosky receives only by handwritten letter in Italian explaining the reason for the visit. Those who know the story of the 1960 Caberlot discovery stand a good chance. She does not answer emails or phone: it is part of the mystery.”
Osteria dei Cavalieri — Il Cuore Pisano a Tavola
Tucked into a side street of Pisa's historic center, Osteria dei Cavalieri is where real Pisans eat when they want to forget tourism exists. The cooking follows the Tuscan peasant tradition — thick ribollita, grilled meats, wines chosen without pretense. No clichés, just substance.
“Always book ahead — the tables are few and the locals don't give them up easily.”
Certosa di Calci — Il Grande Silenzio
Founded in 1366 in the hills of the Monti Pisani, the Certosa di Calci is one of the largest and most intact Carthusian monasteries in Italy. The cloisters open one into another in a procession of marble and cypress that time seems to have overlooked. Today it also houses the University of Pisa's Natural History Museum, with whale skeletons suspended among baroque frescoes.
“Go early on a weekday morning — you'll have the cloisters almost to yourself, in the slanted light that filters through the arcades.”
Lago di Massaciuccoli — Lo Specchio di Puccini
Hidden within the reedbeds and maritime pines of the regional park, this lagoon-like lake is a suspended world where grey herons and night herons move through the dawn in silence. On its shores stands Villa Puccini, where the maestro composed La Bohème and Tosca listening to the wind through the reeds. This is not a place to visit — it is a place to inhabit, at least for an hour.
“Take the boat at sunset from Torre del Lago — the lake changes colour three times before the sun disappears.”
Terme di Casciana — L'Acqua che Guarisce da Secoli
Nestled among the vineyards and olive groves of the Pisan hills, this Roman thermal village holds bicarbonate-sulphate-calcium waters that emerge at 36°C from a spring known since at least the twelfth century. The Liberty-style thermal establishment is sober and serious, far from any contemporary spa aesthetic — people come here to heal, not to perform wellness. The ritual is old: thermal bath, mud, silence.
“Book the private thermal bath first thing in the morning — the water has been the same temperature for nine hundred years.”
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