Hotel Garden Portoferraio

Loc. Schiopparello Portoferraio, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy

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Digging a Roman Villa

A travel blog entry by betsypetersnow

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... The Principal Investigator Archaeologists spent the first morning training us in safety and the proper way to do Archeology. They then took us to the archeology site of Poggio el Molino - a roman villa. We were given an introductory tour then started digging. We dug for 8 hours each day and found lots of pottery shards, roof tiles, glass, nails etc. We learned how to dig a ...

GOODBUY ISOLA d ELBA

A travel blog entry by marrigolde

... at the tea towels there was one of Mussolini !!!! why would you buy a tea towel of Mussolini. May as well get one of Hitler too. We declined to get one.

There was an elderly lady in period dress sitting at a booth exchanging money with another person. When she smiles she had no teeth, This must be the entry. No English at all. So we tried to give her money for the entry into his house, and she kept asking for more and giving us a book. Turns out she was selling ...

ISOLA d ELBA

A travel blog entry by marrigolde

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... on the dock side. We found a little place with tables and chairs on the street and small vases of bright marigolds; awww. Sitting there deciding weather to read the Italian or Dutch menu or take a stab at the blackboard. Ooooh the table next to us had a big bowl of cooked muscles. Oh yum I thought, Ill have that.

The lady came over, not even one word of English would she attempt to decipher. Just straight away no no no. So I point to the table across us and move ...

The Island Of Elba

A travel blog entry by marrigolde

... to catch a glimpse of the sea. Over the last hill and a seaside port, yachts, colour, beach, beautiful people, come into view, just perfect. Now to find the hotel. Oh my, a perfect location. Right overlooking the ocean, I mean the Mediterranean Sea. So blue and still. We booked in; Neil is next to us and Andrew one room above us. Each room has a small deck just big enough for a coffee table and two chairs and looks over the bay . Just beautiful. I take a photo on the mobile at ...

Portoferraio and the Island of Elba

A travel blog entry by khillski

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... a Roman colony, with the name of Fabricia, the town was inhabited by Ligurians, Etruscans and Greeks. Portoferraio, as it looks today, was built according to the will of Cosimo I Medici who started extensive fortification works in 1548, after renaming it Cosmopoli. In 1814 it played host to the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte. On May 3rd 1814, Napoleon landed at Portoferraio to take possession of the small reign assigned to him in return of his ...

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