“La Tirrena”, as our small hotel is affectionately called in the family, was born from the realization of a dream by Sauro and Helga Anselmi in 1965. Sauro fell in love with Helga in Germany, where he was working in the early 1960s.
They got married and moved to Elba, where he was born and raised, and with their hard-earned savings they began building the hotel, stone by stone. The hotel was finally ready for the summer season of 1967 and became one of the first accommodation facilities on Elba Island.
La Tirrena soon became a point of reference for Guests, many of whom over time turned out to be irreplaceable friends. Sadly, Sauro passed away in 2002, but he passed on to the Anselmi family and his valuable collaborators his same passion for this work.
Still today, after nearly sixty years, the Anselmi family’s philosophy remains the same:
to make Guests feel at home by offering a simple but attentive service,
good cuisine, and a warm, family-style welcome.
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- Sauro e Helga Anselmi negli anni ’60
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- Tutta la famiglia al lavoro per la costruzione dell’hotel
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- Anche la nonna Luisa!
