In addition to the red heart, the boutique Hotel Ilio has received special recognition for its quality and price.

Elban hospitality has been given yet another prestigious award. Gambero Rosso, the authoritative tourist guide that follows strict criteria to select the best hotels and restaurants in Italy every year, has selected the Hotel Ilio in Capo Sant'Andrea once again. The 2004 edition of "Viaggiarbene", the vade mecum for those who plan their holiday intelligently, or rather - as the subtitle says - for inquisitive tourists with a good appetite, names it as one of only 31 hotels nationwide (including one other in Tuscany) deserving the value for money Oscar. A new way of conceiving and offering hospitality has been rewarded: friendly and relaxed welcome, discretion, quality services, respect for the environment and personalized tourist itineraries. All set in one of the most beautiful corners of Tuscany.
The hotel has nineteen rooms, with names taken from nature and is set in a luxuriant natural environment, full of colour, sounds and scents, with abundant flora and fauna, overlooking a breathtakingly crystalline sea. Its cuisine and wine list are strictly linked to local tradition and it offers sea and land sports to suit all tastes.
This quality and price Oscar is a double recognition for Maurizio Testa, owner of the Hotel Ilio, which, as in 2003, is the only hotel on Elba to be given the typical purple heart awarded to charming small
Italian hotels.
This is a real boost for the Island and the whole of Tuscany.


For further information:
Hotel Ilio Capo S. Andrea 24 - 57030 Marciana - Isola d'Elba
Tel. 0565.90.80.18 Fax 0565.90.80.87
Website: www.ilio.it