Panarea

The senses tell The Stacks of Panarea

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Inside a sculpture museum

While you are on the boat, just beyond the rock of Dattilo, stop and look around you: all the rocks and isles, each with their own shape and colour, will make you feel like you are standing in the middle of a gallery dedicated to a famous sculptor.

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The gurgling of the sea

Moor your boat between the rocks of Bottaro and Lisca Bianca, in line with the fumarolic field, and jump in. No free-diving necessary, simply put your ears below the water’s surface to hear the full power of the gurgling sea.

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The smell of the active volcano

Though not as evident as on the island of Vulcano, the fumaroles between the isles of Bottaro and Lisca Bianca have the “classic” smell of an active underwater volcano, i.e. a smell of sulphur mixed with vaporised sea water.

The senses tell The Gran Cratere of the Fossa

The ancient production of salt

Alicudi, where time has stood still

At the heart of trade in history

The Sciara del Fuoco

Lipari at the centre of Mediterranean history

The senses tell the Lipari Castle

Pollara, between poetry and beauty

The summit craters

The pure white of the pumice quarries

Lipari Castle, “fused” with lava

The senses tell The summit craters

The salt lake of Lingua

The polis of the living and the necropolis of the dead

Seven islands, dozens of volcanoes

The Aeolian Islands, where volcanoes were first studied

Panarea, the island of Stacks

Volcanoes

The hidden part of the Aeolian Islands

The Gran Cratere of the Fossa

Seven islands with different faces

Filicudi, a submerged paradise

The senses tell The prehistoric village of Cala Junco

The Village of Capo Graziano

The senses tell The Stacks of Panarea

The senses tell the port of Vulcano

Filicudi: small island, big history

The malleability of Vulcano’s mud

Vulcano, the most famous volcano in the world

The fumaroles of the port of Vulcano

Wine, oil and capers, masterpieces of nature and launching pad of the Aeolian economy

The senses tell Alicudi

The prehistoric village of Cala Junco

The Cathedral of Lipari and the Norman Cloister of the Benedictine Monastery

Lipari, where history intertwines with volcanoes to create archaeology

The Stacks of Panarea

Where do Vulcano’s gases come from?

Salina, the green island with twin mountains

Stromboli, the volcano that breathes

Myths and legends about volcanoes