Aeolian Islands: 8-Day Excursion Tour and Hotel Accomodation – Como, Italy

EXPERIENCE

Day 1: LIPARI
Arrive at Milazzo, hydrofoil to Lipari and transfer to hotel.

Day 2: DAY FREE
Breakfast. Discovering the the Queen of the Aeolian Islands.

Day 3: PANAREA & STROMBOLI
Breakfast, meeting at the port in the first afternoon and departure to Panarea. Stop in the beautiful Calajunco in wonderful waters. Then go for a cruise of the small islands of Dattilo and Lisca Bianca. In Panarea you will be free to visit the enchanting village. Going on towards Basiluzzo, the largest Panarea s small islands, we will reach Stromboli. Sailing along the small village of Ginostra, reachable just by sea, we will lead you to Scari, the port of Stromboli. You have free time: the island offers everything. At sunset, turning around the small island of Strombolicchio, heading towards Sciara del Fuoco, after dropping anchor, you will enjoy the spectacular Stromboli explosions sight. Come back to Lipari.

Day 4: VULCANO
Breakfast. In the morning meeting at the port and departure at 09:30 to Vulcano. Our tour starts along the east coast from Lipari to the Vulcanello peninsula and continues towards the cave of the seahorses, Grotta del Cavallo, and the bath of Venus, Pool of Venus, a natural swimming pool in the middle of the sea. Next stop is in the port of Vulcano. All places to visit are easily reachable by foot, so everybody can visit the village and have free time. Not far from the port you will find Sabbie Nere, the thermal mud pool and the sulfurous waters beach. Village offers a wide choice of traditional restaurants and all kind of shops. You can make the ascent to the big crater of Vulcano. We suggest wearing comfortable, closed shoes. The route is indicated from some signals, time for climbing is about 50 minutes and a little less to come down. Come Back to Lipari.

Day 5: DAY FREE or ALICUDI & FILICUDI
Breakfast and day free or discover Alicudi and Filicudi (Optional).

Day 6: LIPARI & SALINA
Breakfast, meeting at the port and departure. Our first stop will be in the Pumice stone beach its amazing waters, so turquoise. Going on to Acquacalda village, you will admire from the sea, the black flow of obsidian stone cutting the white and majestic mountain which, some time ago, housed the old pumice mine. We leave for a moment Lipari to head for Salina where you will visit Santa Marina. Admiring the wonderful coasts, you will be amazed to see the boat getting inside a beautiful bay with a small island in the middle. The abrupt change of depth, the half-circle shape and the stratified rocks suggest you that you are now inside an old crater partly under water. You arrived in Pollara Bay. Our last stop in Salina will be at Lingua, a small suburb, where you can visit the natural Salt Lake, in the past used for the extraction salt. In the afternoon we will come back in Lipari h. 17:00.

Day 7: DAY FREE
Breakfast and day free.

Day 8: DEPARTURE
Breakfast in the hotel. Hydrofoil to Milazzo and end of our services.

HIGHLIGHTS

Discovering Panarea & Stromboli
Discovering Vulcano
Discovering Lipari & Salina

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