Located on the eastern side of the island, the port of Pianosa consists of a pier where ferries from Piombino and Rio Marina dock. If you decide to leave from the mainland, it will take 2h and 50 minutes to reach the island. From the Elban port of Rio Marina, however, it takes 1h and 50 of navigation.
Near the pier where the ferries departing from Elba and Piombino moor there is a small tourist port for pleasure boats.
On the island of Pianosa - also due to the small size of the territory - there is no road transport service. Tourists who reach the island from Piombino and Elba can visit Pianosa on foot, by mountain bike or with the help of private carriages and buses. Once on the island, you will have the opportunity to choose from a series of visits and scuba diving with licensed guides (the excursions depart from the Casa del Parco, where the tourist information center is located, located a few hundred meters from the port).
For more information, we refer you to the official website of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park (islepark.it).
Although its territory is not particularly extensive, the island of Pianosa is rich in monuments and places of interest. On the marina you can admire the Forte Teglia (built by Napoleon Bonaparte), the Port Walls and the nineteenth-century Palazzo della Specola. Moving towards the hinterland, you can admire what remains of the catacombs of Pianosa, the agronomist's house and the church of San Gaudenzio.
On the beach of Cala Giovanna (or San Giovanni) there are also the ruins of a Roman villa (also known as the villa of Agrippa or Bagni di Agrippa, named after the nephew of the emperor Augustus who was killed in Pianosa during his exile). The island is also equipped with a maritime lighthouse: inaugurated in 1864, in the past it also housed the home of the guardian.
The island - banned for years due to the presence of the prison - has kept its nature almost intact. Pianosa is in fact characterized by the presence of numerous inlets, where you will have the opportunity to enjoy a crystal clear sea. Among the most important beaches, we can cite the aforementioned Cala Giovanna, Cala del Burned, Cala del Marchese, Cala dei Turchi so on.