The Island of Elba is one of Italy’s most fascinating tourist destinations, known for its crystal-clear beaches, rich history and breathtaking views. Today, more and more travellers are looking for w [..]
Elba Island
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 [..]
You’ve often heard us talk about the “Pearls of the Tuscan Archipelago” referring to the seven beautiful islands that make it up: Gorgona, Capraia, Pianosa, Montecristo, Giglio, Giannutri and [..]
April is one of the months when Elba Island gives its best: beautiful colours, the days get longer, the scent of spring floods the streets and you can feel that calm perfect for those who need to regenerat [..]
The first time I came across Elba Island, I was a young man with high hopes. I was working for one of the oldest banks in the world, I felt I was part of a tradition! Unfortunately, the same feeling was no [..]
This is my publication about the flora of the island of Elba. There are one hundred and sixty-eight pages of “floral portraits” all dedicated to the plants and flowers of the third largest Ital [..]
The holiday on the island of Elba in August can lead to doubts before and, for someone, some inconvenience during the stay. We are at the height of summer, as mid-August marks the peak of highest season in [..]
One of the protagonists of the Elban springtime is the sweet scent of the brooms. Brooms are plants that are resistant and can easily grow in the arid climate of the Island of Elba. The thorny broom, one o [..]
Valle di Lazzaro, on the island of Elba, is today a residential area just off the city of Portoferraio, but in 1988, when Master Luciano Regoli decided to adopt it as a haven and atelier, it was still (in [..]
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 [..]
After just half hour navigation from Piombino to Portoferraio, the idea that the island of Elba is small soon changes when you see the endless, beautiful rocks that roll out before your eyes. These ten sug [..]
The aim of my most recent visit to the Island of Pianosa was to go to one of the smaller beaches, deliciously unknown in the Tuscan Archipelago. I had already admired it before during a bicycle tour organi [..]
Cave bears and lynx, birch and fir, have shared the lands of the Archipelago for thousands of years with Homo sapiens. From 20,000 years ago, the progressive loosening of the grip of the cold has caused th [..]
In this post you won’t find grand descriptions of the lovely square right on the sea in Porto Azzurro, or even tips on restaurants, pubs, the beaches or other experiences that you could have. The [..]
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 [..]
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 [..]
We are used to viewing Elba as a holiday destination with beaches, the sea, walking, biking, which are all obvious main attractions of the place but it is not as well known now for its agriculture as in [..]
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 [..]
Nothing can be ever more deceptive and false than cliché. One of these says that the three bees presented on Napoleon’s Elba flag stood for the industriousness of the three different geographical and ad [..]
