Lipari

The largest and most populous island in the archipelago, all the other islands except Salina depend on it. It is equipped with three ports and numerous anchoring possibilities, which allow you to find rides with winds from any direction. All are in the bay to the east of the island and, in the event of heavy seas, suffer from strong undertow; the most sheltered is the Port of Pignataro, while the Port of Sottomonastero is very open to the winds of the East sector. During the high season, it is advisable to moor at the numerous piers in front of the Marina Lunga beach. Other possible shelters are: from the northern winds, the Sponda di Vinci south of Lipari, offers a good shelter from the north winds; Vallemura on the SW coast of Lipari, a large inlet between P.ta di Jacopo and P.ta di Ponente, again a good shelter from the north winds; Canneto, in front of the town halfway up the coast AND of the island, is sheltered from the westerly winds and the sirocco.

Salina

Superb island that in ancient times was called "Didyme" which means "Double". This name is due to the two very high conical peaks connected by a low saddle. Its current name derives from the old saline of Punta Lingua. The saddle and the narrow and low plain of the East Coast are the inhabited and cultivated areas. The island has two marinas: one to the east, in front of the town of Santa Marina di Salina, the other to the south (Renella); the first, although the main port of call, is not the most attractive, while Renella is a picturesque village situated in the hollow of a natural inlet which was later transformed into a port. Malvasia (from which an excellent wine is produced) and i capers are the best known products of the island.

Panarea

Panarea can be defined as an archipelago in the archipelago as it is surrounded by many small smaller islands. Its coast is hospitable and safe almost everywhere, with to the west, great sheer cliffs, and to the east gentle and verdant slopes. A SE you have to pay attention to the group of scoglietti called Le Formiche, surrounded by shallow waters. To visit the islet of Basiluzzo, whose tormented cliffs offer an incomparable sight, but it is advisable to approach only with calm sea. To the east of Panarea there is a group of islets called Lisca Bianca where there is a very rare phenomenon: an underwater solfatara, at ca. 15 meters deep, which continuously emits gas and sulfur salts.

Stromboli

The volcano, a regular cone, more than 900 meters high, was called in the ancient times "Faro del Mediterraneo", is in fact, perhaps, the only active volcano in the world in constant activity for at least 2000 years. Arriving at the island during the night will thrill you with the magnificent spectacle of its eruption. Its coasts are inhospitable, in fact there is no shelter in case of strong wind, coming from any direction and the only anchorage points, as well as the only inhabited centers are Ficogrande and Ginostra.

Vulcano

It is separated from Lipari by a channel just 800 meters wide and is less than 12 mg from the northern coast of Sicily. It consists of 4 volcanoes, the largest of which is the "Gran Cratere", 386 meters high, which has a limited activity to fumaroles. At the NE end of the island, Vulcanello appears to have risen from the sea, linked by an isthmus to Vulcano and just 120 meters high; between the two overlook the bays of Porto Levante, characteristic for the black and very fine sand and Porto Ponente, famous and very popular for the very hot waters due to submarine sulfur sources caused by the escape of hot gases from the seabed. The coasts, formed by jagged and colored cliffs, are spectacular.

Filicudi

Beautiful island, with many sea caves, the most famous of which called the "Bue Marino", which was once considered a den of monstrous creatures. The island is formed by three extinct volcanoes and was anciently called "Phoenicodes" due to the presence of the large number of ferns. The SO and west coasts are edged by numerous rocks and dry outcrops and the steep coasts of the island, almost everywhere deserted and hardly accessible, do not offer no safe haven. The main urban agglomeration of the Island (Filicudi Porto) is a modest village located on the East coast, whose port is really sheltered only with the SW winds. From the NO Coast a spectacular 71 meters high volcanic obelisk called La Canna is clearly visible, surrounded by shallow and shallow bottoms ideal for fishing and scuba diving.

Alicudi

The island of Alicudi is the westernmost of the Aeolian archipelago and is located about 34 nautical miles (almost 63 km) west of Lipari. It is dominated by Mount Filo dell'Arpa, whose name derives from the dialect word harp or harp which indicates the buzzard. The island's plan is almost circular, with a surface of about 5 km², with steep and rugged coasts, and constitutes the emerged part, from the 1,500 m of depth of the sea bottom up to 675 m s.l.m. of the culminating point of an extinct volcano, built around 150,000 years ago and remodeled by successive eruptions and Quaternary phenomena. The island is inhabited only on the southern slope, sloping towards the sea in lines (narrow plots), supported by dry stone walls.

Favignana

The largest of the Egadi Islands, is famous for its traditional tuna fishing. The tonnara of Favignana, which was the first in production and size, is among the last two still active in Sicily. The only inhabited center of Favignana rises in a cove called Cala Principale, which extends between Punta Faraglione and Punta S. Nicola, which also constitutes the port, well sheltered from the winds of the II and III quadrants but exposed to winds from the North. From the eastern end of the Cala, the breakwater jetty stretches towards the northwest, quay on the inner side. The two sides of the cove are almost entirely quays: at the bottom, instead, there is a beach where there is a slipway. There are two main jetties: the Molo S. Leonardo, about 90 m long that juts south-west from the jetty and the main pier, which is entirely quay, which juts north-west from the eastern shore.

Levanzo

The lesser of the Egadi, is famous for the Grotta del Genovese where graffiti is recorded testimony of the prehistoric art of the Upper Paleolithic and paintings dating back to the Neolithic. It has steep coasts and are accessible only on the north-west and south-east sides that fall steeply from a plateau culminating with the Pizzo del Monaco (278 m). The only inhabited center, where most of the population is concentrated (about 230 inhabitants), rises on the southern coast of the island in a cove called Cala Dogana, which also constitutes the small harbor, which offers good shelter from the northern winds and of west. It has two small quayside piers.

Marettimo

It is the most mountainous and distant of the Egadi Islands and culminates with Mount Falcone (686 m). Geologically older than the other two, it is also more beaten by the currents and much more jagged than Levanzo and Favignana. Some of the numerous caves existing on the west side, up until the beginning of the eighties, were the refuge of the monk seal (Monachus monachus), which has now disappeared from the waters of Marettimo and those of Sicily. The town of Marettimo is built in the center of the East coast, on Punta S. Simone and the port is made up of three ports of call, called: Scalo Vecchio, the one to the north; Scalo Nuovo, the one to the south; Scalo di Mezzo, located between the first two. The Scalo Vecchio, an excellent refuge from the winds of the II and III quadrants, is a cove with depths of about 2 meters which presents numerous rocks emerging in the center and below the coast, protected to the east by a small quay inside the quay.

Formica e Maraone

Formica and Maraone are two small islets that are part of the Egadi archipelago. Very small from a territorial point of view, they extend a few meters from the route from Trapani to the island of Levanzo. Maraone, is the smallest and most unknown in the area: it can be considered as a real piece of land located in the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean Sea. It is completely uninhabited but is part of the very important protected area as a nature reserve. Precisely in the stretch of sea between the islands of Favignana, Levanzo, Maraone and Formica is located the so-called Zone C (Partial Reserve).

Ustica

Known as the "Black Pearl of the Mediterranean" due to its lava rocks, the island is located at 35 mg. north of Palermo. Of volcanic origin, it is the emerging point of an underwater volcano. The beauty of the coasts and seabeds depend on its complex geological events. Every corner of the island reveals unique landscapes of extraordinary charm and naturalistic interest. S. Maria, is the town of Ustica, the only center of the island with just over a thousand inhabitants, the natural harbor is protected by a quay inside quay.

Pantelleria

The Heart of the Mediterranean, the center-place where winds and thoughts converge. That particular point in the middle of the sea, halfway between Italy and Africa, where you can breathe, more than any other part, the idea of ​​contact. And if Pantelleria is one of the most evocative islands of the Mediterranean, it is due to this soul capable of welcoming and giving like no other. Already from the physicality of the island emerges its character that easily approaches otherwise unapproachable contrasts. Next to the black of the lava that created the suggestive descents to the sea, we find the green of the summit of the volcano from which the horizon seems hopelessly unreachable and the white of the characteristic "dammusi", the traditional houses of Pantelleria that refer immediately beyond the sea, towards the south.