Elba Hotels

Lying only 20 km. from the mainland, Elba is the largest island in the Tuscan Archipelago and having a surface area of 224 sq. km., it is the third Italian island in size. A "man size" island, Elba has become an internationally famous tourist resort, without however compromising her nature, landscape, sea and coast, mountains and woods. She hasn't allowed her ancient villages to be disfigured nor the remains of her ancient civilisation to be destroyed. Elba is like a treasure chest rich in delightful surprises, framed by crystal-clear waters which caress sandy beaches, secret green bays and inlets, or steep cliffs. Inland environments range from shady woods, to sweet cultivated fields, to barren lands where aloe and cactus reign. And then you have Elba's towns: those on the sea, which often maintain the ancient flavour of a fishermen's shelter, and those chiselled out of the rock up high, which still tell us about pirate raids of long ago.

• City of Portoferraio

You can reach the island with 2 Ferry Companies: Toremar and Moby Lines.

• Moby Lines
• Toremar

Don't miss a dinner on the panoramic terrace of Osteria del Noce in Marciana.