ISLAND OF ELBA   Information   How to get here   Capoliveri   Forecast & Webcam   Ferry timetable   Località La Valdana   57031 Capoliveri (LI)   Tel. 0565 940016   Tel. 0565 933242   Fax 0565 933261   Cell. 335 5728913   Cell. 335 5357804   Home :: Mail Car ferries leave Piombino almost hourly for Portoferraio in the summer season. There are also a couple of daily ferries for Porto Azzurro and Rio Marina. The main 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) takes 40 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: Milan, Zurich, Altenrhein, Berne, Wien are connected to the Elba airport. Airport is 15 km far away from our hotel in locality La Pila. By train: The train station of Piombino Marittima is 50 meters far to the ferries departures. For timetable see www.trenitalia.it.