ISLAND OF ELBA   Information   How to reach the island   Porto Azzurro   Forecast & Webcam   Ferry timetable   Flights timetable   Località Barbarossa   57036 Porto Azzurro   Isola d'Elba (LI)   Tel. +39 0565 920216   Fax +39 0565 920216   Booking Office   c/o Hotel Plaza   Tel. +39 0565 95010   Fax +39 0565 95053   Home :: Mail During summer season car ferries leave from Piombino to Portoferraio almost hourly. There are also a couple of daily ferries for Porto Azzurro and Rio Marina. The shipping companies are Toremar and Moby. The crossing Piombino-Portoferraio takes one hour. Recently a new "fast" boat carrying a limited number of cars is in service. A hydrofoil service (no cars), which arrives only in Portoferraio, takes 35 minutes. By car: From the North of Italy (click for map): from Milano take the A1 motorway, change to the A15 at Parma Ovest to join the A12 Genova-Livorno exit later at Rosignano. Continue on dual-carriageway as far as right-hand sign to " Venturina/Isola d'Elba". Continue on the main road until you reach Piombino Marittima/Portoferraio. From the North -East (click for map): Take the A1 motorway Bologna-Firenze-Pisa-Livorno exit later 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 main road as far as Collesalvetti. At Collesalvetti re-join the motorway and exit at Rosignano, then dual carriageway as above down to Piombino. From the South (click on map): Take the A12 Roma-Grosseto, continue on the main road "the Aurelia": exit at Venturina-Isola d'Elba then follow as above for Piombino. By plane: During the summer Elba is connected by many flights by italian and foreign companies from the following airports: Milano Malpensa and Linate, Pisa, Zürich, Bern, Friedrichshafen, München. The airport is located in La Pila, approx. 25 km from our hotel. By train: The train station of Piombino Marittima is 50 meters far to the ferries departures (see www.trenitalia.it)