Port of call: Lipari
ISLAND TOUR - Full description
| CODE: | ISLAND TOUR HD |
| DURATION | 4 Hrs Approx |
| TRANSPORT | DELUXE COACH |
| GUIDE | INCLUDED |
| ENTRANCE FEE | INCLUDED |
| MEAL | EXCLUDED |
| NOTES |
Lipari is the largest island of the archipelago, once known as the trade centre of obsidian and renowned today as the main centre for pumice stone. The island is the most complex from a geological and volcanogical point of view.
Porticello and acquacalda
Guests depart by coach from the port and will reach as first site "porticello" and "acquacalda" where the obsidian outflows and pumice quarries are.
Quattropiani - pianoconte - quattrocchi
The drive continues to "quattropiani", "pianoconte", "quattrocchi" to admire, amongst a variety of colours,
picturesque inlets with high slender rocks which reflect in the sea. In the background the smoking vulcano rises from the sea.
Marina lunga
The excursion continues to the most important centre of lipari. Part of the city extends along the two picturesque inlets of "marina lunga"
and a part is distributed around its castle, the antique acropolis of greek and roman town, which rises majestically on a high liparitic lava rock,
with titanic sixteenth century bastions sheer above the sea.
The aeolian museum
Guests will visit the aeolian museum where there are treasures from numerous excavation campaigns carried out on the acropolis,
in the prehistoric stations discovered in the smaller islands, in the greek and roman necropolis of lipari.
On completion of the visit inside the museum, guests will return to the nearby landing pier on foot.