The long, sandy beach rivals any in the South of France. The mountain roads — winding, climbing, and plunging toward the sea — are treacherously worthy of Monaco. The hill-embraced medieval fishing towns could be lifted from the legendary Cinque Terre. The mountaintop fortresses echo the sentinels of Spain. The island-dotted sunsets could be postcards from Greece.
What’s more, not one of these world-class wonders is more than a half-hour drive from the other, situated as they are on compact, 23-square mile Monte Argentario, a patch of paradise that also happens to be an easy 90-minute highway drive from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport.
