Good news, travelers: no more worrying about rain in paradise! This year the hotels on Elba Island, the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, have teamed up to guarantee tourists refunds for rainy days on their May or September and October trips. Based on the new Elba No Rain initiative, if it rains for more than two… Read more »
The engine rumbled as the ship backed away from the dock slowly, as if trying to quietly escape. It aimed its bow away from Marina di Campo bay and toward a still invisible line on the horizon. I was going to Pianosa Island, an isolated island just 14 km from Isola d’Elba, the largest and most popular of the Tuscan islands. As the ship churned closer, the thin line of land grew more visible, if… Read more »
Along the Italian Riviera is Camogli, a tiny town of founded by sailors and fishermen. The port can hold a maximum of thirty ships, yet it’s said there were hundreds in the early 1900s. They simply weren’t at home. Always out in a different port on a different exhibition. The city’s name, in fact, is… Read more »
You don’t come to Northern Italy for the beaches. It sounds wrong, but it’s oh-so-true. Italy has some spectacular beaches, but none as spectacular as white Caribbean sand and crystalline water. What’s more, Italy’s best beaches aren’t along the typical tourist trail. If you come to sail around the coast of Sardegna, or explore… Read more »
“Let’s go to the Black Rock Beach,” he said. “It’s a bit out of the way so there should be less people!” he said. In the summer of 2011 I came to stay with Marco for five weeks and we planned a five day vacation to Isola d’Elba, or Elba Island. I came to Elba knowing,… Read more »
