How to visit Capraia

Getting to Capraia from the Island of Elba

During the summer you can sail to the wild Island of Capraia with the Aquavision company.

Departures are every Friday from Portoferraio - the crossing takes 2 hours - and Marciana Marina - the crossing takes 1 hour 30 minutes.

Before reaching the town itself, the boat makes a stop at the beautiful Cala Rossa, so called because of the suggestive, red rocks, deposited over thousands of years of magma eruptions, that remind us that this is the only island in the Tuscan Archipelago to have vulcanic origins.

The moment you land in the tiny port you will see it is full of restaurants, shops, diving centres and agencies where you can book an excursion by boat or dinghy if you want to explore those parts of the island that you can reach only by sea.

Just follow the one and only road suitable for vehicles in Capraia and you will get to the scenic point where the Tower is or the tiny, old part of the town that is made up of stone roads and many anient churches.

Keep going and you will get to Punta Bella Vista from where the breathtaking view stretches right down as far as the water's edge. If you choose to go down one of the numerous, tiny streets that start here, you will get to the rocks from where you can dive into the crystal clear sea around Capraia.

Over the summer months the Tuscan Archipelago National Park organizes several, weekly excursions. View the calendar of what you can do in Capraia from June 25th to September 13th >>