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Portoferraio
Portoferraio Review
The lively port town where Victor Hugo (1802-85) spent his boyhood, makes a good base for visiting Elba. Head right when you get off the ferry to get to the centro storico, fortified in the 16th century by the Medici grand duke Cosimo I (1519-74). Most of the pretty, multicolor buildings that line the old harbor date from the 18th and 19th centuries when the boats in the port were full of mineral exports rather than tourists.
- Address: Elba
- Location: Elba
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