If you visit the village in the evening, try to arrive before sunset. From the overlook on a clear day you can watch the sun go down behind silhouettes of the Tuscan Archipelago islands Elba and Capraia. In front of you on the horizon of the Tyrrhenian Sea, if the air is very clear (which happens more often in the winter), you may see the French island of Corsica. If you look to your right below the fortification of the Castle of Populonia with its sparrow tail crenellations, you may see the entire coastline of the province of Livorno all the way to the Apuan Alps. As you admire the view, if you are really lucky, the wild boar that are bred for repopulation and capture on the hill below Populonia may come up to the fence just below you. In the spring a sweet breeze filled with the aromatic pollens of the blooming macchia mediterranea will make you feel as if you have died and gone to heaven; that is if you do not suffer allergies.


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Drive from Baratti to access Populonia. On your way down the hill to Baratti from Populonia Alta, if you look closely you can find the face that has been carved into the rock wall. This may be the face of Fufluns, the Etruscan god of wine and namesake for Populonia.