Italy - Aeolian Odyssey

Aeolian Islands, Italy

Lipari

Described in Homer's Odyssey, The Home of the Winds, the seven islands ofthe Aeolus have dramatic cliffs that rise majestically out of the sea and quaint coves where the azure water laps at the shores of pebbly beaches. Sounds like a dream but it's true - the islands are also the playground of many of Europe's "in-set" and have been the setting of several films from the 1950's Hollywood box-office disaster Stromboli to Il Postino (The Postman), the 1994 Italian masterpiece made on Salina.

There is a wonderful mixture of experiences to be had on the islands from languishing by the sparkling sea and wandering around the sleepy fishing villages and tourist haunts to climbing the volcano of Stromboli at sunset to enjoy Nature’s Spectacle, which rarely disappoints with explosions every quarter of an hour or so.

The islands can be reached easily from Rome by travelling to Milazzo on the northern coast of Sicily by train and then by taking a hydrofoil or ferry to one of the islands. There are other regular services from Naples, Palermo, Messina and Calabria.

We liked The Hotel Ossidiana on Lipari and contact details are as follows:

 Via Marina, Stromboli, 98050, Lipari, ITALIA.
 Tel: 0039 090/986006.  W: www.hotelossidiana.it

Stromboli by Night

Everyday life on Lipari




Hotel Ossidiana, Lipari

 Aeolian Panorama