Portoferraio, the most populated and the second largest town of Elba, is one of the main Italian tourist resorts and owes its fame to the imposing seaside scenery, skilfully surrounded by medieval buildings which seem to give the streets a hug full of history and emotion.
Cited among the major Italian excellences in the field of mud, algae and salso-bromo-iodic water treatments, the Baths of San Giovanni boast a thousand-year old thermal tradition which began with the discovery of precious salt mines and continued with the supply of the latest therapeutic techniques intended for a wide range of disorders affecting the respiratory and digestive system.
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The beautiful Elba is one of the largest and most beautiful marine parks in Europe. The thermal facility, set in a 15-hectare park of eucalyptus trees, is located directly on the beach. On the island, you should visit the town of Portoferraio, a popular tourist resort particularly interesting from a historical and artistic point of view. The island offers pleasant excursions in contact with nature; in spring and summer, you can take a relaxing bath in the sea. Among the sites to be visited, it is worth mentioning the Medici Fortress, the Napoleonic Museum and the Roman Villa of the Grotte.