Seven volcanic islands off Sicily's north coast: Stromboli's fireworks, Salina's greenery, Lipari's ease.
Explore → Get Early AccessSeven volcanic islands off Sicily's north coast — Stromboli erupting on schedule like a lighthouse of lava, Salina's green calm, Panarea's whitewashed glamour. Island-hop by hydrofoil and pick your energy level; the archipelago has one for every mood.
Named for Aeolus, keeper of the winds, the islands supplied obsidian to the Neolithic Mediterranean and pumice to the world; UNESCO listed the whole archipelago for giving volcanology two of its fundamental eruption types — Strombolian and Vulcanian.
Stromboli has erupted more or less continuously for over two thousand years — sailors called it the Mediterranean's lighthouse — and evening boat trips watch the Sciara del Fuoco throw lava into the sea. Malvasia delle Lipari, the islands' honeyed wine, was Carthage's export three millennia ago.
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