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In addition to its natural beauty, Pollara is famous for the backdrop created at sunset.
From the viewpoint just before descending towards the village, the sun can be admired as it sets at the side of the islands of Filicudi and Alicudi.
The horizon will change colour from an intense blue, to a thousand shades of yellow and orange, to slightly green just before the sun disappears below the water.
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Go down the staircase that leads to the sea below the bay of Pollara. You will arrive at some old fishermen’s huts, which have only been restored in the last ten years.
Try lying down on the cliff or sitting on a dry stone wall: if you have never smelled it before, here is where you will clearly and distinctly smell the sea.
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If you are lucky to be in Pollara between March and June, you can admire the sight of the broom in bloom. These shrubby plants are thorny and inhospitable at first sight, but have splendid intense yellow flowers.
But try touching the leaves of the broom. You will be amazed at how smooth they can be to the touch. It will seem like your hands can feel the shine emanated by these stems in the spring.
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Pollara is the place in Salina where most capers are grown, thanks to its exposure to the sun and sea breeze.
The caper, however, is not only a garnish to some pasta or fish dishes. Try looking at the local products for the new forms and life taken on by the caper in the last few years: from candied capers and caper jam to caper semifreddo and caper ice cream.
You will taste both the sweet and more typical sour flavour of the caper.
In fact, capers are not naturally salty, this is simply a way of preserving them.
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Try to reach the southern part of the village of Pollara, almost near the bay cliff and in the direction of the Falconiera. Here, in perfect silence, you will hear Eleonora’s falcon circling above, or perhaps diving into the water to catch a few small fish.
