During the summer season car ferries leave from Piombino to Portoferraio almost hourly. There are also daily ferries to Cavo and Rio Marina. The shipping companies are: Toremar, Blunavy, Moby Lines and Corsica Ferries.
The crossing from Piombino to Portoferraio takes one hour.
A hydrofoil service (no cars), which arrives only in Portoferraio and Cavo, takes 35 minutes.
From the northern Italy: from Milano, take the A1 motorway, then take the A15 at Parma Ovest to then take the A12 Genova-Livorno exit at Rosignano. Continue on the S.S. Aurelia clearway to “Venturina/Isola d’Elba” (you will see the sign to your right). Continue on the main road until you reach Piombino Marittima/Portoferraio.
From north-eastern Italy: take the A1 motorway Bologna-Firenze-Pisa-Livorno, exit at Rosignano and continue as above.
Alternatively: take the S.G.C. (not a motorway but a very good road) Firenze-Pisa-Livorno, exit at Firenze Signa and follow the clearway to Collesalvetti. At Collesalvetti re-join the motorway and exit at Rosignano, then take the S.S. Aurelia clearway as above to Piombino.
From southern Italy: Take the A12 Roma-Grosseto motorway, continue on the S.S. Aurelia clearway: exit at Venturina-Isola d’Elba then follow as above for Piombino.
During the summer Elba is connected by many flights through Italian and foreign companies from the following airports: Milan, Pisa, Zurich, Bern, Friedrichschafen, Münich, Hamburg, Düssendorf, Wien. The airport is located in La Pila, approx. 10 km from our hotel.
The Piombino Marittima train station is 50 meters from the ferry departures (see www.trenitalia.it).