Around the island of Vulcano

TRAILS AND TALES FROM LIPARI

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July 19th 2012
The morning following our amazing trek up to the top of Stromboli was already proving to be sweltering. It was nearly 30° C at 7.30 a.m.! We needed to get a hydrofoil back to Lipari where Carmelina wanted to recee a walk. "The other path has fallen away into the sea", she said! So at 8.30 a.m we were gliding smoothly across a millpond sea towards Panarea, our first stop. It was going to take on ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more