The largest of the Aeolians is the capital of an archipelago UNESCO-listed since 2000: from the castle on the acropolis — inhabited for six thousand years — the Aeolian archaeological museum unfolds one of the Mediterranean's richest prehistory collections, obsidian first: the volcanic glass that made Lipari a trading power before metal existed.
Below, Marina Corta and its boats; around, the white pumice quarries of Porticello and beaches reached by sea. From here the sisters radiate: Vulcano opposite, Salina an arm away, Stromboli glowing in the night. Malvasia and capers as a farewell.
Near Lipari
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
