• The Aeolian Islands

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  • Uniquely beautiful seven islands archipelago off the northeastern coast of Sicily, in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
    In the islands, fascinating active volcano craters, great black sand beaches, rocky coastline, mountains, and coastal hiking trails.

    Enjoy the breathtaking views, and great local cuisine and sweet dessert wines. With ~10,000 people population, and 200,000 tourists in the summer, the islands are still unknown, enabling a relaxed and tranquil vacation in most parts.

    For the more active visitors, the islands offer vast opportunities of water sport activities including swimming, sailing, kayaking, and diving. For those who are into hiking, there are great mountain trails climbing to active volcanoes, and coastline trails in rocky and black sand beaches.

    The seven islands are each unique in its own way, from the luxurious jet-set playground and the most fashionable and expensive Panarea, the largest and liveliest Lipari, and the green island of Salina.
    Admire the continuously active and mesmerizing volcanoes of Stromboli and Vulcano islands with their black sand beaches, and the undeveloped Alicudi and Filicudi with their donkeys-based land transport.

    Arrive to the islands by ferries from the Sicily towns of Milazzo 85 km north of Taormina or Palermo, or from Naples in mainland Italy.

    Select an island of your liking for a few days’ vacation, or visit few of the islands, each for few hours, with a hope on/off ferry.

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