Aeolian Islands Tourism

The Aeolian Islands, also known as the Lipari Islands are an archipelago of volcanic origin, situated in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the province of Messina, in the north coast of Sicily. Included are two very active volcanoes, Stromboli and Vulcano, in addition to various phenomena of secondary volcanism.
The archipelago consists of the following islands:

• Alicudi
• Filicudi
• Lipari
• Panarea with the islets of basaltic Basiluzzo, Dattilo and Lisca Bianca.
• Salina
• Stromboli (with the nearby cliff Strombolicchio)
• Volcano

Increasingly popular tourist destination, the islands attract up to 200,000 visitors annually.
The Aeolian Islands have been designated as World Heritage by UNESCO to volcanism, but the appointment is likely to be withdrawn because of plans to build a large new marina at Lipari. The situation is still evolving, but the recent funding for the establishment of a National Park in the Aeolian Islands of the project could lead to the annulment of the port.
Aeolian Islands are an archipelago of seven islands themselves, plus islets and rocks rising from the sea. The 7 islands are arranged in a horizontal Y-shaped, off the northern Sicily, facing the Tyrrhenian coast from Messina. Therefore, they are visible from much of the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily when the visibility is excellent and there is no haze.
The Aeolian Islands are a volcanic system determined by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath the continental determine the merger with the release of magma that reached the surface, forming an island arc, the arc Eoliano along 200 km and consists, in addition to the seven volcanic islands emerged from various seamount (Alcyone, omar, Palinuro, glabrous, Marsili, Sisyphus, Aeolus, ENAR).
They can be reached by ferry or hydrofoil from Messina, Milazzo, Palermo, Sant'Agata di Militello, Reggio Calabria, Naples.
It is also available with a link from the airport of Reggio Calabria AS-350 helicopter, and also the airport of Catania.