The Aeolian Islands

The Aeolian Islands

The tour of the Aeolian Islands will lead you amid the “Seven Pearls of the Mediterranean”: from Lipari to Vulcano, Panarea, Salina and Stromboli you will discover not only the Aeolian Islands but also the cities of Messina and Catania.

This trip to the Aeolian Islands will lead you to the Y-shaped archipelago, of volcanic origin, facing the Tyrrhenian coast of Messina Province. Two of the seven islands are still today active volcanoes and they offer a striking show with eruptions, lava flows, explosions all the year round.

The tour of the Aeolian Islands is planned to let you enjoy the peculiarities of these islands, dive in a blue sea, visit little coves and bays that, thanks to the sea and the wind action, have taken amazing shapes. Here you can retrace a millenarian history, taste food result of the typical Aeolian cooking tradition.

For your holidays in the Aeolian Islands Uzeda Viaggi suggests:

Day 1

From the Island to the Aeolian Islands

Arrival to Catania Airport and transfer to Milazzo. Boarding on the hydrofoil to Lipari. Arrival after about an hour crossing. Accomodation, dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 2

Lipari pumice stone and obsidian, Vulcano and the sulphurous water

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning tour of the island by bus: you will visit all the most charming corners of Lipari. At the end visit of the historical city centre and of the Archaeological Museum.
In the afternoon transfer to Vulcano by hydrofoil. Relax in the hot sulphurous waters. Entrance into the thermal area, beach towel and shower at disposal. As an alternative, you are free to reach the crater top (2h walking).
Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight

Day 3

The small and ravishing Panarea, Stromboli the volcano island

Breakfast in hotel. Morning free. In the afternoon departure for the spectacular excursion to Panarea and Stromboli by proprietary M/S.
Sailing to Panarea passing by the bay of Cala Junco and the beach of Zimmari. Stop at San Petro harbour. Departure from Panarea, circumnavigation of the mini archipelago off Panarea and transfer to Stromboli. Stop in front the picturesque small village of Ginosta, sailing along the coast of the island and stop at the harbour of Stromboli Scari till sunset. Dinner on board with “maccheronata” and grilled fish. Sailing to Sciara del Fuoco, the slopes of the volcano Stromboli from where it is possible to admire the spectacular explosions of the active volcano from the sea.
Return to the hotel late in the night.

Day 4

The White Beaches and Salina

Breakfast in hotel. Departure from Lipari by M/S. Sailing along the White Beaches of Lipari formed by pumice stones. Soon after you will reach the harbour of Rinella where you can visit the village.
In the afternoon departure for the circumnavigation of the island of Salina paying attention to the Bay of Pollara, the location for the film “Il Postino” by Massimo Troisi. Then you will reach Santa Marina Salina for a visit of the village and its narrow alleys. Leisure time for shopping. Sailing back to Lipari you will have the opportunity to admire the south-west coast of the island, notably the Grotticelle and the Faraglioni, the Grotta degli Angeli, the Scoglio della Mummia and the one called “PapaGiovanni”
Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 5

Messina and Gole dell’Alcantara

Breakfast in hotel. Boarding on the hydrofoil to Milazzo. Transfer to Messina by bus. Tour of the city and, at midday, you will see the show of the biggest astronomical clock in Europe on the Duomo’s bell tower.
In the afternoon visit of the Gole dell’Alcantara, a narrow canyon formed by the action of the water on the effusive volcanic rocks.
Accommodation, dinner and overnight in hotel nearby Acireale.

Day 6

Catania and departure

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning tour of the historical centre of Catania, a Baroque city in Eastern Sicily. The fish market in the historical city centre: colours, scents, shouting, a sort of Kasbah. Visit of the Cathedral, built for the first time during the second half of the 11th century, rebuilt in 1169 and again after the earthquake in 1693. The façade, composed of two tiers of columns, is one of G.B. Vaccarini’s best works. Piazza Duomo is on the site of the mediaeval Platea Magna but was enlarged after the earthquake of 1693. Via Crociferi is one of the most beautiful and monumental way of the city where you can find a series of churches and baroque buildings, notably the church of San Benedetto (St. Benedict), the church of San Giuliano (St. Julian)and the former Collegio Gesuitico. Via Etnea, the high street, is rich of churches, squares, baroque and 19th century buildings.
At the end transfer to Catania Airport and departure.

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