A small Botanic Garden for the wild flowers of the Tuscan
Archipelago
On Monte Serra near Rio nell'Elba there is now a new Botanic Garden
with wildflowers, medicinal and endemic plants of the Tuscan Archipelago,
situated in a most beautiful location in the Eastern part of Elba,
the Hermitage S.Caterina.
Open: June - September, every day excluded Monday,
1 p.m.-7 p.m.
Information: Cooperativa Sociale Longone, Lungomare
De Gasperi 20, Porto Azzurro, Isola d'Elba, tel. 0565.95316.
Indication from Portoferraio, via Volterraio:
35 min.;
from Lacona: 40 min.
from Porto Azzurro: 15 min.
from Campo nell'Elba: 45 min.
from Marciana Marina: 60 min.
at the crossroad for Rio nell'Elba, follow the indications for
L'EREMO DI S.CATERINA;
from the parking site from still
a small walk through the mediterrane Macchia up to the Hermitage
S. Caterina.
Photographies of the "Orto
dei semplici" by Dario Franzin
