Aeolian Islands aka: Isole Eolie

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Related Articles

• Smokin’! Sicily’s volcanic hotspots by Lonely Planet September 08, 2009 Hot, dry, wracked by earthquake and eruption, Sicily marks the point where Europe is no longer entirely... (read article)
• In the Aeolian Air, Art and Volcanic Fire by JULIA CHAPLIN September 06, 2009 An alternative to Capri and Sardinia, these rugged Italian islands have recently been anointed by the contemporary art set as their seasonal stomping ground. (read article)
• Introduction to the Aeolian Islands by FROMMER'S November 20, 2006 The Aeolian Islands (Isole Eolie o Lipari) have been inhabited for more than 3,000 years, in spite of volcanic activity that even now causes the earth to issue forth sulfuric belches, streams of molten lava, and hissing clouds of steam. Lipari (36 sq. km/14 sq. miles) is the largest and most developed island, Stromboli (13 sq. km/5 sq. miles) is the most distant and volcanically active, and Vulcano (21 sq. km/8 sq. miles), with its brooding, potentially volatile cone and therapeutic mud baths, is the island closest to the Sicilian "mainland." The remaining islands ( Salina, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea ) offer only bare-bones facilities and are visited mainly by day-trippers, if at all. (read article)
• In the Aeolian Islands, a September Song by MARY TAYLOR SIMETI September 29, 2002 (read article)
• Heady Isles of Summer by ARTIE TRAUM April 12, 1998 (read article)
• Aeolians' Black Beaches, Fiery Peaks by FRANCES D'EMILIO; FRANCES D'EMILIO IS A CORRESPONDENT FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN ROME. August 06, 1989 (read article)
• Aeolians' Black Beaches, Fiery Peaks (read article)