Elba
Tuscany

Elba is an island in Tuscany where Napoleon was banished both of his homes ( summer & winter ) .Going hiking on Elba means following thousands of years of its inhabitants history, from prehistoric caves to ancient stone villages, finding Etruscan furnaces and forts, visiting antique granite quarries where Romans “worked” columns. You could relive the Saracen raids, visiting battlefields, defensive forts and destroyed villages that have never been rebuilt. Walking on Elba means you’ll discover and get to know all this and more thanks to the enormous concentration of sites that this small and great island offers.

» Hotel Hermitage

Taormina

Sicily

Taormina is a charming hillside town on the east coast of Sicily, Italy and is one of the island's main tourist resorts. Many package tourists stay at the nearby beach resorts of Giardini Naxos (below Taormina on the coastline, some 3 km away to the south) and Letojanni about 5 km to the north. You can visit Teatro Greco - impressive open-air (mainly Roman(!)) theatre, with great views up and down the coast and across to Mount Etna (vulcano)

» San Domenico Palace Hotel

Ponza

Lazio

Ponza is the largest of the Italian Pontine Islands archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea.The island is famed for its Blue Grottos, which were created by the Etruscans. It has the Serpents Grotto and the Roman Gallery which is a Roman tunnel that connects the town of Ponza to the large sandy beach called Chiaia di Luna on its west side. The island has many archeological ruins visible all over. There are Egyptian, Canaanite, Greek, and Phoenician Necropoli ruins at the middle of the island.

» Grand Hotel Chiaia Di Luna