My family stayed in Stromboli, an island off the north of Sicily. My kids loved playing with black sand and watching the ...

Sicily is actually quite a large island with a lot of towns to visit. I have visited this beautiful Italian island twice. My ...

Rising from the waves, sculpted by fire and wind: the Aeolian Islands defy imagination. This volcanic archipelago north of ...

Robert Hardman visited Sicily's Aeolian Islands. Vulcano, pictured, is 20km north of Sicily and located at the southernmost end of the Aeolian islands ...

Aeolian archipelago has been sculpted and destroyed by volcanic activity over the millennia. Named after the powerful wind god Aeolus, the string of eight UNESCO-protected islands off Sicily's ...

Just a boat ride from Sicily, the island of Salina offers an authentic, laid-back Italian getaway with volcanic cliffs, lush landscapes, and extraordinary views.

Scattered across the Tyrrhenian Sea to the northeast of Sicily, the Aeolian Islands were home to fishermen and farmers who were still living in "19th century" conditions when Italy's neo-realist ...

The archipelago off the coast of Sicily is relatively undiscovered thanks to its lack of transport links - now is the time to visit before it gets too popular.

My family stayed in Stromboli, an island off the north of Sicily. My kids loved playing with black sand and watching the volcano erupt at night.

The Aeolian Islands are renowned for their fresh seafood with swordfish, grouper, bonito, bluefin tuna, calamari, prawns, sea urchins and the wonderfully named red porgy regularly all menu staples.

With new airports and improved transport links popping up Europe-wide to make travelling ever easier, it’s rare to find destinations truly off the beaten track. Enter: the Aeolian islands. Off the ...