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Elba (Latin Ilva) is the largest island of the Tusacan Archipelago located between the Thyrreinian Sea and Ligurian Sea and the third largest Island in Italy after Sisily and Sardinia. Elba and the other islands of the Tuscan Archipelago are part of the National Prk of the Tuscan Archipelago. The French island of Corsica lies about 50 kilometres to the west.
The island is divided into eight municipalities, of which Portoferaio is the main one, the others;Campo nell´Elba, Capoliveri, Marciana, Marciana Marina, Porto Azzurro, Rio Marina, and Rio nell´Elba, are part of province of Livorno for a total of about 30 thousand inhabitants, which increases considerably during the summer.

Originally inhabited by Ligures Ilvati who gave the ancient name Ilva, the island was well known from very ancient times for its iron resources and its valued mines. The Greeks called it Aethalia (smoke) after the fumes of the furnaces for the metal production.
The island was then taken by force by th Etruscans first and after 480 BC by the Romans. After the end of the Roman Empire the island suffered from ravages by barbarians and Saracenes. In the early 11th century it became a possession of the Republic of Pisa. In 1546 part of the island was handed over to Cosimo I who fortified Portoferraio, renaming it "Cosmopoli". In 1603 Philipp II of Spain captured Porto Azzurro and built two fortresses. In 1802 the island became a French possession, and its economy flourished. Following the Treaty of Fontainbleu, french emperor Napoleon I was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication in 1814. He was allowed to keep a personal guard of six hundred men. Although he was nominally sovereign of Elba.
During these months, he carried out a series of economic and social reforms to improve the quality of life on Elba. Napoleon stayed on Elba for 300 days. After his defeat at Watlerloo he was subsequently exiled again, this time to the isolated south Atlantic island of Saint Helena.
More recently, Elba has become famed for its wine and  is today a renowned tourist resort.
During these months, he carried out a series of economic and social reforms to improve the quality of life on Elba. Napoleon stayed on Elba for 300 days. After his defeat at Watlerloo he was subsequently exiled again, this time to the isolated south Atlantic island of Saint Helena.

More recently, Elba has become famed for its wine and  is today a renowned tourist resort.
Elba’s mild climate supports a varied vegetation of Mediterranean type, with rich olive groves and vineyards. Traditional employment included anchovy, sardine, and tuna fishing as well as iron ore mining on the east coast.
Elba is connected to the mainland via the two ferry companies, Toremar and Moby Lines, both offering routes between Piombino and Portoferraio, the capital located in the north, Rio Marina and Porto Azzurro, on the east coast of the island.

There is an airport on the island, Marina di Campo Airport, that is served by Intersky with flights to Friedrichshafen, Mücnchen and Zürich and Elbafly by internal flights.

Here you can check your ferry connection (for example via Mobylines) to Elba and directly book online with creditcard (Master- or Visacard).