> ISLAND OF ELBA: HOW TO GET TO

During the summer season car ferries leave from Piombino to Portoferraio almost hourly. There are also daily ferries to Cavo and Rio Marina. The shipping companies are Toremar, Moby Lines and Blu Navy.
The crossing from Piombino to Portoferraio takes one hour.

A hydrofoil service (no cars), which arrives only in Portoferraio and Cavo, takes 40 minutes.

• By car:
  From the northern Italy (click for map): from Milano, take the A1 motorway, then take the A15 at Parma Ovest to then take the A12 Genova-Livorno exit at Rosignano. Continue on the S.S. Aurelia clearway to "Venturina/Isola d'Elba" (you will see the sign to your right). Continue on the main road until you reach Piombino Marittima/Portoferraio.
  
  From north-eastern Italy (click for map): take the A1 motorway Bologna-Firenze-Pisa-Livorno, exit at Rosignano and continue as above.
  
  Alternatively: take the S.G.C. (not a motorway but a very good road) Firenze-Pisa-Livorno, exit at Firenze Scandicci and follow the clearway to Collesalvetti. At Collesalvetti re-join the motorway and exit at Rosignano, then take the S.S. Aurelia clearway as above to Piombino.
  
  From southern Italy (click on map): Take the A12 Roma-Grosseto motorway, continue on the S.S. Aurelia clearway: exit at Venturina-Isola d'Elba then follow as above for Piombino.
  
  
• By plane:
  During the summer Elba is connected by many flights through Italian and foreign companies from the following airports: Milan, Pisa, Zurich, Bern, Friedrichschafen, Münich. The airport is located in La Pila, approx. 2 km from our residence.
  
  
• By train:
  The Piombino Marittima train station is 50 meters from the ferry departures (see www.trenitalia.it).