PORTOFERRAIO is the hub of the island's transport system, has an atmospheric old quarter of stepped alleys and old churches, and lives a life quite separate from the hectic comings-and-goings of the huge ferries which dock nearby. All boats slide past the old quarter with its Medici-built harbour to dock at the main Calata Italia. The tallest building in town - an unmissable Fifties-style eyesore known as the Grattacielo (skyscraper) - rises t... [More]