Aeolian islands grand tour
PANAREA – STROMBOLI – LIPARI – FILICUDI
ALICUDI – SALINA – VULCANO
Program
8 days / 7 nights
Saturday/Saturday
1 day - Saturday: arrival
Various transfert are combined to the tour: from Milazzo railway station, from Catania airport,
Taormina and surroundings;
Accommodation in hotel – free for the day – meeting the guide before dinner;
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
2 day - Sunday: Lipari
Breakfast in hotel:
Free time to visit the historical town of Lipari and the
Greek Acropolis with the Archaeological Museum;
Free for lunch;
Tour of the Island by bus, going through the little towns: Pianoconte, Quattropani and Acquacalda;
Stops at the magnificent viewpoints of Quattrocchi,Quattropani and at the Pumice Quarries;
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
3 day - Monday: Panarea and Stromboli
Breakfast in hotel - boat trip to Panarea, tour of the island, sailing around the islets and along Cala junco
bay; Stop at Panarea to visit the Island (weather
permitting a swim is possible) - free for lunch;
Departure to Stromboli;
Stop at Stromboli for a walk to the observatory (280mt).;
Departure to go and admire the Volcano’s eruption from the boat at twilight;
Back to Lipari late at night;
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
4 day - Tuesday: Lipari
Breakfast in hotel,Free day for shopping or relax;
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel
5 day - Wednesday: Filicudi and Alicudi:
Breakfast in hotel, Whole day excursion by boat to Filicudi and Alicudi -
sailing along the north-west coast of Lipari;
Short break in Filicudi port - free for lunch;
Tour around the Island of Filicudi by boat, sailing by “La Canna” and “La Grotta del Bue Marino” , the small village of “Pecorini” and around Cape “Graziano” approaching the island of Alicudi;
Short break on the little Island - back to Lipari late in the afternoon; (During the excursion it will be possible to go for a swim if the weather is good)
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
6 day - Thursday: Salina
Breakfast in hotel;
Ferry to Salina Rinella, where the tour bus starts: Sanctuary of Valdichiesa, Pollara, a volcanic crater from which you can admire the famous bay where “Il Postino” has been filmed Malfa, two interesting churches will be visited in this little town
Lingua, a natural salt lake Marina Salina the main town of the island where you
can go for a walk.
Free for lunch;
back to Lipari in the afternoon by hydrofoil;
dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
7 day - Friday: Vulcano
breakfast in hotel;
boat excursion to Vulcano travelling along the southeast
coast of Lipari;
Vulcano boat Tour:
✗ Vulcanello the north-west coast of Vulcano
✗ Spiagge nere (the bay with the black sandy beach),
✗ Grotta del Cavallo,
✗ Venu’s Pool,
✗ Gelso, once a little fishermen’s village where there might be a brief stop, time permitting,
✗ South-east coast sailing under the volcano's crater,
✗ Vulcano main port, if on schedule, it will be possible to go for a swim.
Free for lunch and afternoon: you can either choose to
bathe in the sulphur mud baths (we suggest to use an
old swimming costume), to have a swim at “le spiagge nere” the black sandy beach or simply go shopping;
back to Lipari at twilight;
dinner and overnight stay in hotel
Day 8 / saturday: end of the tour
breakfast in hotel and departure
