Located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, at about 50km east of the French island of Corsica and 20km from the coastal town of Piombino, Elba is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago and the third largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia. There are more than 130 beaches on the island, and some noteworthy places to visit, such as bastions of the Medici, fortress Volterrayo, Villa Romana delle Grotte or mountain Monte Capanne, but the most important are, without the slightest doubt, the two residence occupied by Napoleon in Portoferraio by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the island: La Palazzina dei Mulini (the Palace of the Mills), and Villa San Martino.
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