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How to reach the Aeolian Islands Aeolian islands

Aeolian Islands

How to reach the Aeolian Islands In this page we will try to clarify the use of transport means towards the Aeolians. It is good to highlight that none of the islands has an airport, and the unique way to reach them are hydrofoils and ferries. The only exception are the helicopters because some of the companies provide transfer service, connecting the archipelago with the airports of Catania, Reggio Calabria, and Palermo. The main port of the Aeolian Islands is that of Milazzo. In the ports of Palermo, Messina, Reggio Calabria, and Naples there are some connections with the archipelago,…

Malvasia – The vine of the volcanoes Aeolian islands

Aeolian Islands, devil's vine, food & wine, Malvasia, typical product

Malvasia – The vine of the volcanoes “The wine of the volcanoes” (called so by Guy de Maupassant in his work “ Vita errante” , “The Wandering Life”, who was fascinated by its incredible flavours) was defined as the syrup of dense and sweetened sulphur which permeate all the palate (“devil’s vine”). The name comes from a Christian legend dating back to the Muslim domination. According to this legend, a farmer who carried an amphora of Muscat vine, met a government, and prayed God so that it got changed into the mallow (malva) vine. He exclaimed: “Malva sia”. The wine…

Cinema Aeolian islands,Curiosity

Aeolian Islands

Cinema The birth of cinema left a strong print in the cultural background of the islanders, changing in this way the Aeolians’ essence. The first to promote the amazing landscapes of the Aeolian archipelago were the founders of Panaria Film: Francesco Alliata from Villafranca, Quintino from Naples, Pietro Moncada, and Renzo Avanzo, Rossellini’s cousin. These prominent personalities of the ‘40s, with the aid of their handmade equipment ,and rudimental techniques, created a diving suit for a movie camera, in order to realize shoots in apnoea. Their techniques became more elaborated with the production of a series of documentaries: Bianche Eolie…

Underwater archaeology Aeolian islands

Aeolian Islands, Diving

Underwater archaeology The sea has always been admired not only for its beauty, but also for the richness which can derive and really deriving from it. The history teaches us that the lucky coasts bathed by the sea have always been indisputable “ladies” of trade, of creation of communication networks, and exchanges between countries. The sea’s pearls are a precious resource from many points of view, from natural beauties to the possibilities of man to intervene on nature, without altering it negatively, for the development of an eco-friendly economy. The typical examples of history repeating itself teaches us we all…

Aeolian Islands experience Aeolian islands,Video

Aeolian Islands, video

Aeolian Islands experience The immense rocks, the landscapes of the lunar aspect, wild nature, active volcanoes, cosy coves, stacks, the solfatara, mountains of white pumice, bizarre rocky formations, crystalline waters and all the smells of a population which was capable to preserve its own identity, its traditions and customs. The islands of winds and of the sun, the Aeolians, the “Seven Pearls of the Mediterranean”, marked by their volcanic origin, constitute a paradise inducing relax and evasion, a unique archipelago in the world, a privileged universe, where the temperate climate rules 12 months a year; so similar and so different,…

Alicudi Alicudi

Aeolian Islands, Alicudi

Alicudi Lone, pristine and timeless, Alicudi is one of the seven islands of the Aeolian Archipelago which, during the globalisation era when we all are citizens of the world, permits the man to be reconciled with the original relationship between the nature and the essential. There are no cars or well- asphalted streets. There is only the ancient beauty of long walks to do upon rustic paths, connected roads, and a long staircase; or upon mules, a unique means of transport, which facilitate the harshest routes. In Alicudi the possibility to be surprised with a little and to discover the…

Thermal muds Vulcano Not to be missed,Vulcano

Aeolian Islands, Vulcano

Thermal muds The natural lake of warm muds is the perfect result of the balance between the intervention of man, and nature. The artificial human intervention has not changed anything of an already existing natural heritage; on the contrary, works of removal of the soil’s crust, did in the 60s of the twentieth century to create a volcanic lake , permitted a man to better overwork the properties of the place, without artificially changing its original qualities. The volcanic lake has emissions of water from lower slope with a presence of vapours of sulphur, anhydrite, metal saults, and natural radioactivity….

Vulcano The islands,Vulcano

Aeolian Islands, Vulcano

Vulcano Vulcano, among all, is the island referring to that ideal relationship of man with the primeval, the need to feel himself a part of nature which includes all the necessary of psycho-physical welfare of man. The man’s action, operated on the island, is applicable as agreement and a perfect balance, strongly wanted by those who love this kind of paradise. Only great technique and nature are able to release this kind of purpose: to interfere with the environment, without however damaging the nature, with the only purpose to find out the already present resources. It is not a case…