This hotel is truly located "pieds dans l'eau", 20 meters steps from the dining room to the beach. All possible facilities at hand, sail rental, powerboat, tennins court, swimming pool. But the most important one, the beautiful bay of procchio.
The reason you will remember this hotel and come back loyally is the fantastic dinner menu, top class tuscan food, every night you would like to taste it all. Not twice the same. On friday night a 30 meters unbelivable buffet with masterpieces created by the young and talented staff in the kitchens. All food is extra fresh, mostly sourced locally, not a drop of fat and "cooking enhancers" that intoxicate our health in the northern countries.
The hotel is elegant but not stuffy at all.
We will go back next year.

My husband and I stayed at Del Golfo for ten days. We had reserved a sea view room, but when we arrived the hotel upgraded us to the only suite in the entire complex. Everything about the hotel, the beach and Elba was wonderful. The accommodations were spectacular...casual but elegant, with gorgeous colorful tile floors, very comfortable beds, super storage space and great bathrooms and balconies with a super view. We also saw the regular sea view rooms during our stay, which were on the smallish side but very, very nice. If you go, do spend extra for the sea view rooms in the main building -- the view of the beach and the green mountains from the balconies is to die for.

You have a choice of half board with breakfast and dinners. We didn't take the half board, and ate about half the time at the hotel -- which has superb, very high end food -- and the other half at a wonderful more casual restaurant, Lo Zodiaco, a five minute walk away to the town with superb fish.

All in all, Elba is a wonderful island and Del Golfo is someplace special. Perfect for couples of all ages. (Not much of a singles scene.) Elba is so close to the regular Tuscany circuit -- Florence, Siena -- it makes a perfect beach break on the art city tours.