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only 15 kilometers from Portoferraio, Porto Azzurro is a good
parlour of Elba where hill-houses in pastel colors frame the
harbor that recently has rendered the remainders of an ancient
Roman mill.
Porto Azzurro is the heart of the islands'
worldly pleasures that take place around the lively piazza
Matteotti and also offers interesting possibilities of excursions
in the village' immediate vicinity. It is certainly well worth
visiting the Fortresses San Giacomo and Del Focardo, built
in the 17:th century by the Spanish, as well as the Sanctuary
della Madonna del Monserrato that can be reached by taking
on to the road to Rio nell'Elba.
A visit at the Piccola Miniera, along the road to Rio Marina,
can be very interesting as it was accurately reconstructed
by the former miner Emilio Giacomelli. It is a loyal copy
of how the ancient mines used to be on Elba and get around
with a train that takes you through the caves embellished
with stalactites and stalagmites, wagons and equipment that
ware used when mining.
The premises built in the vicinity of Piccola
Miniera display typical minerals from Elba and houses a laboratory
where you can assist the lathe-processing for the transformation
of raw-materials. A few kilometers from Porto Azzurro, along
the road to Rio nell'Elba, you find Lake Terranera that offers
a charming scenery as it is colored yellow by the sulphur
from the ancient pyrite-mine, next to which it has been formed,
supplied by a sweet-water spring and separated from the sea
by a narrow tongue of land.
Banks Cassa di Risparmi di Livorno Localita' Mola Phone (+39)
0565.920030
Banks Monte dei Paschi di Siena V. Eroi della Resistenza Phone
(+39) 0565.95051
Health Ambulanza (Misericordia) Phone (+39) 0565921082
Health Ambulanza (Pubblica Assistenza) Phone (+39) 0565.920202
Health Assistenza medica per i turisti Phone (+39) 0565.95250
Health Farmacia Giusti Piazza de Santis 10 Phone (+39) 0565.95095
Health Misericordia Phone (+39) 0565.921082
Health Pubblica Assistenza Phone (+39) 0565.920202
Post Office Centrale Via Romita Phone (+39) 0565.920230
Post Office Posto Telefonico Pubblico V. dei Martiri Phone
(+39) 0565.95021
Public offices Comune Phone (+39) 0565921611
Public offices Delegazione di spiaggia Banchina IV Novembre
Phone (+39) 0565.95195
Public offices Polizia Municipale Phone (+39) 0565921663
Taxi Beciani Phone (+39) 0565.95078
Taxi Bettini Phone (+39) 0565.95428
Taxi Capuano Phone (+39) 0565.95316
Tennis Tennis Club Phone (+39) 0565.957845 |
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