ELBA island
Description:
Christmas 2006 and new year on the Elba island - The Island of Elba is located in Italy,in the middle of the Tuscan Archipelago Marine Park .It has an area of 200 square km and a coastline of 147 km, continuously alternating between beaches and rocks, gentle slopes and sheer cliffs.The Elba was known in the ancient world with the name AETHALIA (fire), : the Greeks of the 5th century BC called it thus because of the fires that rose from the ovens used to smelt iron. It was the ample presence of this mineral that characterized the Elba .In the first years of the 50's, when Elba was discovered by tourism and has become one of the most desirable tourist destinations.














