Cavo is a pretty seaside resort Elbana where the soul of the fishing villages is still felt. Cavo, quiet and characteristic, is located in the extreme eastern tip of the Island of Elba, at the foot of Mount Grosso, in a beautiful bay surrounded by characteristic colors of the Mediterranean scrub and the blue of its beautiful sea.

It is equipped with good tourist facilities and a small marina; it has a seafront that winds from the beach to Capo Castello, a wonderful promontory characterized by remains of a Roman villa, completely incorporated into newly built buildings, and by a wonderful cove, called the cove of algae.

From Capo Castello a beautiful coast lined with a thick Mediterranean scrub extends to Capo della Vita. The marina, in addition to being the closest port for connections to the mainland, is able to supply the numerous yachts and outboards with water and fuel that gremiss in the summer season. For those who own a boat it is therefore the ideal place to make exciting trips to the picturesque coves that follow one another from Capo Vita to Nisporto. Giuseppe Garibaldi stopped briefly in Cavo in 1849, while traveling from the continent to the island of Caprera.

It should be remembered that Cavo is the starting point for interesting excursions on the surrounding reliefs and along the paths of the eastern sector of the island; here in fact, the great Elban crossing (GTE), a path that crosses the entire ridge of the island that gives wonderful visions of the archipelago.

For trekking lovers, a walk to recommend is undoubtedly the one that leads to the Mausoleum Tonietti that towers lonely in the tangle of the stain and brings back to mind the memory of certain temples abandoned in the forest, an ideal setting for movies and adventure novels. It is a unique Art Nouveau building, with a strong charge of Dannunziano taste, whose beauty is enhanced by the contrast offered by the colors of the thick Mediterranean scrub and the blue of the sea and the sky. It was designed by the architect Gino Coppedè, as the tomb of the Tonietti family, the first dealers for the exploitation of iron mines after the unity of Italy.