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In Elba, nature is the absolute ruler, the absolute dominetor of the landescape. |
| The island is a continous discovery: the sea changes colour in every creek. | 
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On the south shore it clashes over white cliffs or rails at vast beaches, while on the north shore it seeps in the creeks among the very high cliffs or it caresses some quiet pebbled beaches. |
| In a few minutes you can go from the granitic massif of Monte Capanne, the realm of moufflons and wild goats, areas of the east side, a real "Eldorado" for scientists and geology lovers. |  |
| Elba does not only mean seaside, it also endless surprises to its hosts, and these can be best enjoyed during spring and autumn, when the island reveals its deepest essence. |
| Luxorius bushes made of colours and perfumes, the pine woods, the chestnut woods, the ilex woods, the agaves and the Indian figs of the sunny south coasts: this is a corner of the world that has been able to preserve, next to the modern ag, the old age and evoking uncontaminated widerness. Nature has been particularly generous with this island and has granted a wide variety of aromatic and therapeutic plants that flourish spontaneously, thanks to the mild climate and to the fertile soil. |
| We find typical Tuscan vineyards (wine being Elba's traditional product, not to mention the fish!). |  |
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And then you have Elba's towns: those on the sea, which often maintain the ancient flavour of a fishermen's shelter, and those chiselled out of the rock up high, which still tell us about pirate raids of long ago. |
