Too often the Elba Island is typed into search engines for summer holidays only, but in reality what our fantastic island, called “scoglio” by us Elbans, offers is much more than an unforgettable summe [..]
Beaches
Take the most touristic resort and the largest and most comfortable beach on the island of Elba, now imagine the opposite situation: this is Fonza! A little training is enough to reach Fonza in 15/20 minut [..]
A tip for those who have no experience of small islands: on a small island, wherever the wind blows and regardless its intensity, you will always find a sheltered spot. The beach at Marina di Campo Being c [..]
On some parts of this beach you seem to be on the shores of a large lake as in some places the open sea isn’t visible, it’s like a magnificent natural amphitheatre of dense green hills which span out t [..]
If you belong to those kinds of traveller looking for something rather original instead of convenient, then these three beaches are for you. First of all you need to go to a part of the island that most in [..]
During the summer weekends in this gulf there are always numbers of yachts, motorboats, dinghies and boats of all kinds. In the few hours between breakfast and lunch, what looked like a body of water capab [..]
In summer, the spectacular Gulf of Viticcio lying within the jurisdiction of Portoferraio is occupied by an unlikely crowd of boats ranging from small sailing boats, to some Russian billionaire’s yac [..]
The inhabitants of the island of Elba talk about it as if it was an exotic beach, difficult to reach and a bit mysterious. Felciaio is not any of those things, better to ask what is this beach, as it is fo [..]
There is a big gulf in the north of the island that has smaller creeks enclosed within it. As if it were possible to contain all the island’s beauty in a single line of coast, the long sandy beach [..]
This beach wasn’t made in the same usual way as other beaches which are made from the sandy deposits brought down to the sea by thousands of years of rainwater, the beach of Cala Seregola comes from [..]
In most of the world the noun “cabbage” refers to a variety of vegetable, but here on Elba Island “Cavoli” or cabbage, refers to a well-known beach. And this is not an ordinary beach, but a [..]
It is extraordinary how the geological disorder that exists between the beaches of Lido at Capoliveri and Innamorata has designed a gentle yet spectacular coastline. Blocks of pink marble veined with white [..]
Among the countless little-known beaches, both small and large, strewn along the coast of Elba, I have seven preferences. If this brief description stimulates your curiosity, you can get to know them in mo [..]
There are opposing opinions about the beach at Marina di Campo… they are love and hate. At first glance, one wonders how it is possible not to be attracted to this beautiful beach, the largest on the [..]
Porto Azzurro is located in the middle of two majestic promontories which face towards the continent: to the north lie the lands of Rio and the ancient iron mines, and to the south the wilderness of Mount [..]
By calling it a beach, I don’t know if we do it honor or whether we debase it into something more ordinary, because this is not a common beach; rather, it’s a short interval in the steep clif [..]
It is a strange name for a beach on the Island of Elba, but if our predecessors wanted to make a comparison between divine power of the biblical character and the power of this place, then I agree. The sho [..]
Of all the beaches on the island, Norsi is similar to those people who live under a concealed identity, never easily found but once discovered, it becomes difficult to forget them.Personally, I started to [..]
It could be that you never had the intention to swim at Paduella during your stay on Elba since it isn’t well known and also the majority of residents of Portoferraio prefer the more convenient Ghiai [..]
DESCRIPTION Even though the idea of beauty is subjective, if you ask 100 visitors to Elba which, according to them, is the most beautiful beach, I’m sure that at least 80 will answer Fetovaia. It is [..]
