Cruise liner Costa Concordia, carrying more than 4,200 people, hit rocks and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Friday.

The tiny Tuscan island of Montecristo, whose mysterious history is filled with saints, monks and pirates, is to be opened up to the public for the first time.

The announcement comes on the day the accident claims a sixth confirmed victim, and as questions abound about how the vessel could have hit rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

The Costa Concordia is lying on its side just metres off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

The Costa Concordia cruise ship, with more than 4,200 people on board, capsized after hitting rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy.

Ferries to the breezy Tuscan islands of Capraia and Gorgona depart from Livorno as well as Piombino.

A new dolia shipwreck has recently been discovered on the seabed just off the coast of the Tuscan island of Elba.

Divers are continuing to search the ship, which is lying on its side near the Tuscan island of Giglio.

The Costa Concordia is lying on its side just metres off the Tuscan island of Giglio, with a 50-metre hole in its hull.

A Carabinieri boat approaches the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia that ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio on Saturday.