In Sicily, many things are different. Even fire and water. In other places the two elements stand in irreconcilable contradiction to each other. But on the Aeolian Islands off Sicily's northeastern ...
Where we went: In May 2014, my wife, Catherine, and I went on a hiking vacation to the Aeolian Islands - a group of seven small islands (two with active volcanoes) north of Sicily. ATG-Oxford (an ...
THE PEAK of Stromboli lurked behind my hotel, black smoke seeping from its top, making me more fearful as the hours passed. The total absence of vegetation on the volcano’s upper half gave it a ...
Locals call them the “shape-shifting” or “floating” islands. That’s because the Aeolian archipelago has been sculpted and destroyed by volcanic activity over the millennia. Named after the powerful ...
The Aeolian Archipelago explained This volcanic archipelago is made up of seven inhabited islands, all shaped by eruptions that never fully stopped. The area is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage ...