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The island itself evokes the feeling of being kind, surrounded by sea, his will, and not the masters of a whole. And the Elba amplifies this feeling. Because even looking around, not only beyond the shores and among the waves, it feels kind: vegetation everywhere, lush, diverse, fascinating, and interventions, towns, roads, do not injure the green. We complement each other.
The island of Elba is the perfect place to find peace with themselves and with the world. To sunbathe on the beach, among gravel, sand or snow-colored stones, but also in lost coves reached via narrow streets in the green. O for hiking, mountain paths on the various difficulties: the highest peak is the huts, 1019 meters. And to get closer to the locals, reserved, like any island nation, but the Tuscan has cordiality.


More dell'Arcipelago Tuscan island (which is national park) and the third Italian, Elba is a real geological puzzle, a meeting of clods and debris wandering in the Mediterranean which have built in a million years socket emerging from the sea of incredible geological variety. And so, between cable and Rio Marina, the waves break on frontoni rocky red fire, traces of quarries from which until a few years ago was mined pyrite and now are becoming park mining. Among Rio Marina, Portazzurro and of Capoliveri swarm variety enchanting beaches. Not to be missed for those who like solitary spaces, the cove of Marina di Gennaro, enclosed in a small bay, decorated around the stratified rocks, and that of the Rio Theater, to reach on foot through a scenic road not easy.

But we would have time to see them all because, although many are all different. How can we not see, for example, the most popular but still breathtaking Cape Blanc, in Portoferraio, gravel mixed with medium-fine sand, both white and a wall as white cliffs behind. And the water? Wherever transparent.
It is recommended, just arrived on the spot, buying guide to the Beaches (very good Elba, all the beaches of the Editorial Group Nine).

And as the town of Elba stay? The municipalities are, from east to west: Rio Marina, Rio nell'Elba, Porto Azzurro, Capoliveri, Portoferraio, Campo nell'Elba, Marciana Marina, Marciana. For those who prefer to see the sea from above: Rio nell'Elba, more quiet village, and Capoliveri, more full of tourist shops, clinging to the mountains. For those who want the sea to walk: Portoferraio and Porto Azzurro, more crowded and cozy, and Rio Marina, most small and quiet. But each center Elba has its purpose and worth a visit.
The ideal is to move every day and devote a different location. But this is not essential to be equipped car: you can move well in buses (service Atl), with races that allow you to reach every good location. And to leave the usual routes, perhaps in the footsteps of some sanctuary lost, just rent cars or scooters (rentals are present only in larger cities).

And how to get the island? Two companies of ships and ferries leaving the island lead always Piombino (Li): Toremar, which reaches Rio Marina, cable, Porto Azzurro and Portoferraio, and Moby Lines, which affects only Portoferraio.
Best time to visit? June, when still is not full of tourists.
Place of residence tested? Bed & breakfast Mini Easy Time Hotel Rio Marina, voting 8: excellent combination of price, quality and sympathy.