Elba Island Tourism

The island of Elba is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, located about 20 kilometers from the coast. It is the largest island in the Tuscan Archipelago, and the third largest in Italy (223 km ²).
Elba, along with other islands (Pianos, Capraia, Gorgona, Montecristo, Giglio and Giannutri) is part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park.
The island is divided into eight municipalities, all related to the province of Livorno: Portoferraio is the main one, the other fields in Elba, Capoliveri, Marciana, Marciana Marina, Porto Azzurro, Rio Marina and Rio nell'Elba, for a total of about 30 thousand inhabitants, which rose sharply in the summer.
The climate of the island presents mainly Mediterranean characteristics, except for Mount huts where winters tend to be moderately cold.
Precipitation is concentrated in autumn and appear to be fairly small.
In prehistoric times the island was inhabited by Ilvati, an ancient people belonging to ethnic Ligurian - hence the ancient name of the island: Ilva.
Rich deposits of iron, the island of Elba made possible the rise of the Etruscan civilization and the subsequent Roman military, whose soldiers were used as a weapon, the javelin with an iron tip, disposable weapon only possible with an unlimited availability of iron.
The Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba, and some villas are testimony: Villa dei Mulini in Portoferraio situated, with magnificent sea views and the summer residence of the course, Villa San Martino rented on the outskirts of the small town.
More recently, the island is famous (even abroad) for its wine (in particular Aleatico, sweet dessert fortified wine that often accompanies the typical "crushed Briaca").
Mount Stables offers the ability to walk, you can reach its summit at 1019 m asl with a cable from Marciana (LI).
Rich of beaches and cliffs on the island of Elba offers a wide choice for scuba diving, ranging from scuba diving accessible to beginners to those more challenging.
Some examples are:

• The wreck of Pomonte dell'Ogliera near the rock, lying at a depth of only 10 meters above the sandy bottom, suitable for beginners of diving;
• The Formiche della Zanca, west of the island near Cape St. Andrew, a vertical wall from 20 to 40 meters full of red gorgonian;
• Capo Stella, challenging dive up to 41 meters full of grouper, moray eels, sea fans and red coral red;
• Peaks Pablo, from 8 to 33 meters deep, the wall populated by white and yellow sea fans, sponges covered with yellow shrimp.
• The Scoglietto of Portoferraio, dive on a landslide 20 to 35 meters, with little current. Rich also in considerable numbers of barracuda, white sea bream, sea bream, snappers, groupers, croakers, moray eels, Mustella (forkbeard).