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| ELBA
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Marina |
| Rio
Marina probably offers the broadest choice of beaches on the
island, with its favorable location that allows you to visit
a long part of the coastline with two clearly distinct faces.
The eastern part is Elba's mining heart, where the beaches for
the most part are made of discharge material, while the western
part is the islands' most wild part, with faces overhanging
the sea and splendid coves that often only can be reached from
the sea. To get to the charming cove Capo d'Arco , you
have to accept getting on to a steep and not very easy path
that winds through a privately owned forest. Ortano beach,
which is easily reached, is made of fine sand and pebbles. |
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get to Porticciolo di Rio and Luigi d'Angelo beach
you only need to follow the indications for Porticciolo along
the road from Rio Marina and from which you get on to an excavated
street until you reach a parking-place where you walk down the
stairs that lead you to the shadowy and by rocks, well-protected
beaches. The cove 
Marina di Gennaro is small and delightful and you get
there by leaving the car where Porticciolo's excavated street
intersects with the road from Rio Marina. Park the car and walk
down the sloping path that leads to the cove, framed by charming
and stratified rocks. Torre beach is near the center
of Rio Marina and is small and charming thanks to the fascinating
frame made out of the Tore dell'Orologio. Vigneria beach
can only be reached from the sea and is made out of large and
rough reddish colored pebbles from the ferrous materials they
contain Malpasso di Rio beach requires a tiring walk
from the nearby beach Ripa Bianca, but is very peaceful
thanks to its rather uncomfortable location. The charm is increased
by the incredibly glimmering sand, the wild aspect and the stocks
brought on to the beach by sea-storms.  Topinetti
is a classical kind of beach on this western side of the island,
completely formed by discard from the mines and easily accessible
by following the indications along the road from Rio Marina
to Cavo. If you continue along that very road and park the car
at the crossing for Cala Seregola you get to Direttore
beach, characterized by a fine, black and glimmering sand, fenced
in by an ilex groove that gives shelter during the hotter hours.
Those who love solitude and nature should go to Fiammingo
beach, framed by a thick ilex wood, while the near cove
Fornacelle offers a charming foreshortening of Piombino
and every comfort within reach. Cavo beach is united with San
Bennato Bennato beach and together they make out one of
the longest sand scythes on the island, protected inside a wide
gulf and characterized by a fine mixture of sand and pebbles.
Cavo beach, at the homonymous village, is even able to
accommodate families with children as it is well-equipped, while
cala dell'Alga, , accessible by taking on to a narrow
path that branches off from the residences on via Capo Castello,
offers peace, silence and crystal-clear water but few comforts
as there are very sharp cliffs. Frugoso or 
Capo Castello,beach is an alternative to Cavo beach and
is easily reached from the Kennedy promenade. The water quality
is excellent and it could be interesting to do an excursion
to the close-by island Isola dei Topi. Capo Vita
beach can only be reached from the sea, spectacular and desert,
but constantly swept by the waves raised by the ferries going
to and from Piombino. The snow-white stones on the bottom of
the sea makes the impression of transparent water even stronger
at the cove Lentisco which you reach through the trekking-path
connecting it with Cavo, surrounded by rocks shaped by the breakers
and shrubs, typical for the Mediterranean bush. Another trekking
path that branches off from Cavo, after about half hour, leads
you to the cove Mandriola where the sea-storms strongly
have eroded the cliffs but that holds an almost intact environment
that offers peace and a crystal-clear sea. Even here though,
the waves from the ferries can become annoying. Taking on to
the very same path you also get to the lovely cove Pisciatoio,
characterized by fine pebbles and white stones, framed by the
Mediterranean bush from behind and embellished by an absolutely
pure and transparent sea. |
Photos from APT Tuscan Archipelago and Mediaweb srl.
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