Tour To Elba Island

The Island of Elba, the Tuscan Archipelago (Pianosa with, Giglio, Montecristo, Gorgona, Goatherd and Giannutri) is a piece of land in front of Tuscany. Easily accessible by ferry, are only a dozen kilometers from the coast, is a tourist destination from May to October for both temperature and beach sand into rock.

It 'really a paradise, Slightly larger than 200 square miles and thirty thousand inhabitants, which almost tripled in the summer, do you think in the central part of the island has a width of only 3 km and a half. You arrive in Portoferraio, the island's main town, located to the north west and from there you can quickly reach any other location.

Island rich in iron ore deposits located on the east (the name of the main center is one example) in the past exploited even by the Etruscans and many beaches has vanished for the reddish color, it has also become famous for exile Napoleon in 1814 after the disastrous campaign in Russia, but remained as a trace only two villas his residences.

You can find accommodation without problems thanks to the great accommodation both in hotels, apartments or houses for rent, but also many campsites are well equipped.


To find beautiful beaches you do not have an embarrassment of choice, from southeast clockwise Innamorata find the beach, where in July is celebrated a festival where it is lit at the beach and people in costume replicates the death of a noble woman who fell from a cliff (the girlfriend), beach pebbles and sand, suitable for snorkeling, then we move to the Gulf of Northmen, always mixed with the beach right to see the black background with little effort. Instead, in the Gulf of Lacona beach is white with pine forest, then for bathing suits families, but it is always nice for sunbathing. If you want a beach to walk, the longest is that of Marina di Campo of almost 2 km, always white sand.

After the road offers a beautiful panorama of the coast to the mountains coming down to the beaches of Cavoli, Seccheto (the smallest) and Fetovaia: the first is the trendy beach par excellence suitable for those who love the sea after the dance and drink on the beach The second and third are more familiar with the peculiarities of a luminescent sand in water has an effect of suspended glitter, crystal clear water and a small cave to visit, also suitable for making Diving.

The north west is mainly rock from St. Andrew Hague up to Marciana Marina. Procchio returned again to have sand. Last resort is to be reported with the Biodola mixture of stones and sand.

If you want to do some visit you can go and take a stroll up to Poggio a small village perched on a hill and take the cableway from Marciana, which takes you to the top of the highest mountain in the island, the Mountain Huts, Which goes up to 1019 meters high from where, on clear days, you can see almost the whole island, up to Tuscany, Pianosa and Corsica.

For the evening you do not have the choice of small towns with restaurants, taverns, bars and clubs open till late Capoliveri, Porto Azzurro, Portoferraio, Marina di Campo and well. There are numerous fairs and festivals with wine and sausage, if you like the genre.
Easy to get around by car or scooter, bike to the many challenging slopes, is for those who love climbing. If you still have a few days of vacation's worth a thought.