Visit Elba Island
un tour virtuale per conoscere meglio l'Elba
Elba is the third largest Italian island and the largest in the Tuscan Archipelago. The island, Situated at 10 kilometres from the mainland, can be accessed by ferry or hydrofoil in one hour of navigation.
The island has a population of 35.000 divided into eight different towns, 12.000 alone residing at Portoferraio.
Besides the fact that her perimeter measures only 147 kilometres, Elba is capable of offering a mild climate and a multitude of diverse landscapes and scenery: romantic fishing villages, small towns on rocky hill-tops, ancient castles, green valleys and enchanting bays combined with sandy beaches.
Only minutes away from the steep cliffs that plunge into the crystal clear sea, the granite mountain, Monte Capanne rises to 1019 metres of altitude.
The ever present evidence of history and culture, combined with an extraordinary wealth of natural beauty, make this magical island unique.
For excursions in the National Park of the Tuscan archipelago:
Cooperativa di Guide Ambientali Pelagos: www.pelagos.it
For driven excursions in historical places, museums and mines:
Gruppo Guide Turistiche: www.elbaguideturistiche.it
Curiosities about Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago
Heights of the 7 islands of the Tuscan Archipelago
The highest mountain of the Island of Elba is Mount Capanne, which is 1019 metres high on the sea
level. It is situated in the granitic massif of the western part of the island. The other hills are Mount
Orello (385mt on sea level) situated in the central part of the island, and Cima del Monte (516 on
the sea level) in the eastern part of the island. Giglio's highest hill is Poggio della Pagana (496
metres on sea level), and Capraia's is Mount Castello (445 metres on sea level). The mysterious
island of Montecristo, with its granitic cone, reaches 645 metres on the sea level with its Monte
della Fortezza (Mount of the Fortress), linked by a small crest of hills to the southern Cima dei
Lecci (Cime of the Ilexes) 563 metres high. The island of Giannutri has three different levels of
modest height: north, Poggio del Cannone (Poggio of the Cannon) of 68 metres on the sea level, in
the centre Monte Mario (Mount Mario) of 78 metres on the sea level, and south, Poggio del Capel
Rosso (Poggio of the red hat) 88 metres on the sea level. Gorgona has a maxiumu height of 225
metres on the sea level with the hill of Punta Gorgona. The flattest island of the Tuscan Archipelago
is the island of Pianosa that, as the noun says, doesn't have any hill apart from a small plateau that
reaches 29 metres on the sea level.
