With the form of halfmoon, extended for approximately 260 hectares, it is the more southern island of from Tuscany Archipelago. It belongs to the Common of Giglio island. Morphologically it is characterized for the presence of three reliefs: Capel Rosso, Monte Mario and Poggio del cannone. The coast is irregoular and full of rocks, interrupted alone two beaches: Cala Spalmatoio to the Northeast and Cala Maestra to North-West: Of remarkable interest they are the numerous coves that are opened along the coast, most famous of which is Cala dei Grottoni, in the southern extremity. The climate is particularly mild of winter, like testifies the numerous tropical plants (wild euforbie, palms and orchidee) and good ventilated of summer. The ancient Artemisa for Greece people and Dianium for the Roman people, covered an important role for the marine traffics of the III and II sec. a.C. as they demonstrate some objects in obsidian, original of Lipari islands, the Sardinia and Palmarola. In roman age, Giannutri belonged to the family of the Enobarbi, than it constructed a splendid valuable marble villa to you, covered, the whose rests are really visible also are today the complex are in restructure and therefore not visitable one. The Island is reached with the ferry all the year from Porto S. Stefano and in season also from the Giglio with the Maregiglio society. From the Cala Spalmatoio, where the ferry arrives, a pedestrian path runs through the mount in order to catch up from the other side the Cala Maestra. Around private rooms and lands appear; currently a single exercise exists trades them, before the Cala Maestra, that it is the Taverna del Granduca managed from the Sig. Morbidelli (338/4684020) that it organizes also the little rents available on the Island.
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