Centro Fiorenza - IH Elba

CENTRO FIORENZA

Centro Fiorenza's branch on Elba keeps all the characteristics of friendliness and professional standards that distinguish the school in Florence. The school is located in Marciana Marina, a stone's throw from the Bay of Procchio, one of the most beautiful spots on the island, 10 km. west from Portoferraio. To get the most out of Elba's delicious climate, classes, conducted by the same expert teachers as in Florence, are usually held outdoors, in secluded and shady spots.

The school is based at the Hotel Tamerici in Marciana Marina, a 4-star hotel with a very pleasant, friendly atmosphere and is open from May to October with group or individual courses, and offers a rich program of social, sport and leisure activities. Individual courses and/or mini-groups can be booked the whole year.

"A green garden set in a blue sea." This is the unforgettable view you have when arriving on the island by ferry or plane. Located in Tuscany, only two hours away from Florence, Elba is the third largest island of Italy, following Sicily and Sardinia. Its 224 square km offer an astonishing variety of landscapes: rolling hills covered by a green carpet of vegetation the whole year round, climbing gently to Monte Capanne (1019 m). From this vantage point, which you can reach by cable-car, you will admire pine forests, ancient chestnut trees and oaks, eucalyptus and century plants right down to the sea shore. The island’s 150 km. of sea shore, with its sandy bays and delightful coves and clean sea water teeming with life, are the ideal location for those who love to bathe and fish.

Elba also has a rich and varied history that goes back to the Stone Age. It was known to the Greeks by the name of Aethalia, and in later times Etruscans and Romans settled there and exploited its rich mines full of minerals and iron. In more recent times, thanks to its strategic position, the island was contended between the Great Powers. Napoleon lived in exile here in 1814-15.
If you leave the beaches and take a walk along the roads, you will also immediately feel the atmosphere of peace that pervades such fishing villages as Marciana Marina and Porto Azzurro, or hill villages like Poggio, Marciana and Capoliveri. In the friendliness and simplicity of its inhabitants you can catch something of the old traditions.