The natural park, hidden amongst the hills and cultivated fields, in the middle of the Tuscany countryside. It includes the whole area of a small lake which was constructed by the Solvay Italy during the 1960's as a water basin, to be used if there was ever a fire at the industrial complex situated along the coast.

The Oasis of Santa Luce, with more than 150 censured species, represents an important stopping point for migrating birds and every season has its own protagonist. During the Winter the lake fills with multicoloured ducks of which moriglioni, teals, royal wild duck etc, while cormorants give shows standing in pose on the branches of trees with their wings stretched out drying in the sun.

During the Summer the reeds fill with small birds, hard to see, just like the nightingale bird, cannaiola and the cannereccione. While the typical bottle style nests hang swinging on the tamarisk and the multi-coloured bee-eater set up on the higher part of the lake. In the morning it is easy to see the kestrel and the buzzard patrolling the fields, or the shape of the lake falcon while it flies over the reeds: instead at night the barn owl and the small owls, together with other night-time predators come into action.

But the most exciting season is Spring: the flowering hillsides give the scenery to the wedding party with their luxurious wedding dress, becoming the symbol of the oasis. Migrating birds also appear on the lake and along its banks. Above all the herons like the nitticora, the gazzetta, the tarabusino and the red heron.

In an eco-system like that of the lake there is a great richness of life and biological differences like the elegant dragon fly, the coloured vannessa 10 and other butterflies and the great night-time sphinx. Reptiles and amphibians are also in constant presence.

The park is located along the coastal area in the centre of northern Tuscany, overlapping the provinces of Pisa and Lucca.

Institute with regional law (61/79) for the protection of its natural characteristics, environment and the Pisa and Lucca coastal history. Operational social uses and other values, the promotion, the scientific research and the naturalistic didactics. The institution extends over about 23,000 hectares, developing along about 32 km of the coast and includes the cities of Livorno and Viareggio.

The park is interested in five boroughs. Pisa, San Giuliano Terme, Vecchiano, Massarosa and Viareggio. Of particular interest is the presence of multiple environments, adjacent and penetrating one and another. So, in such a relatively limited area, we can find diverse forms of animal life and vegetation.

The San Rossore holding with a surface area of 4,800 hectares, forms the heart of the regional park. The holding is partially open to the public every Sunday and bank holidays. But it is possible to visit inside area, which are of particular environmental interest, with the service “guided visits” organised by the Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Regional Park organisation.

The Park organisation has also recently opened the "Sterpaia", an architectural building of great prestige at the hippodrome, directed by the parks' organisation. From this building in the centre, visits to - guests rooms, environmental didactic laboratory, exhibition room hall which contains glass cases with revealing material on the park and the typical biological agriculture products of the park.