Capital of the island of Elba and the Renaissance city of ancient origins, can not fail to impress the delicacy of the ancient port and composed beauty of its architecture.
Portoferraio, with 12,000 residents and 50 square kilometers, almost half of the population resides Elba and you can find every service, from hospital to the harbor master, well-stocked supermarkets and a large shipyard, banks, pizzerias, bars, restaurants, clubs, museums, hotels, etc..
But Portoferraio is not only the city is also a pleasant place, its white beaches of eurite (a rare mineral aplitico granite) offer transparency and colors that have nothing to envy to those of the most famous tropical resort, the sea area to the north is marine reserves for many decades, it is only normal swimming along the beaches along with schools of fish are very curious.
The gulf of Portoferraio, in addition to being one of the safest natural harbors between Gaeta and La Spezia, is rich in archaeological and natural: two imperial Roman villas, an impregnable fortress to guard the bay called Volterraio, a Romanesque church in pink limestone, the residences of Napoleon, then a humid coastal area of great environmental value and scenic destination for many migratory species, a spa, a cliff pillows (pillows of ancient igneous rocks underwater), a harbor twice in recent years have come to find three large whales, a campaign with features typical ... more and the Renaissance city, with its perfect geometry and functional, the churches and the two strong that five hundred years assisting friendly attention with the passage of human events as property warriors, in a city that you can never claim to know completely.