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STROMBOLI EXCURSIONS

Round trip of the island
It starts from the pebbly beach of Scari : from the boat you can see the fine black sand of Ficogrande.



Cliff of Strombolicchio
it is located just a mile after the beach of Ficogrande. The cliff comes from the oldest vulcanic eruptions of the islands (about 360.000 years ago) . Now there is a lighthouse feeded by solar panels. You can reach it through 200 steps.


Sciara del Fuoco
It is a famous black hollow where the lava flows fall from the volcano. By night, the flow look like fire waterfalls in the dark..

Ginostra
Ginostra is located in the south-west of Stromboli and owns the smallest port of the world, named Porto Pertuso, reachable only from the sea. Ginostra counts 50 people, you can move on foot only, objects are carried by mules. From the beautiful Church of St. Vincenzo, you enjoy an amazing view. During volcano eruptions, the inhabitants of Ginostra have to move because of the proiximity of the Sciara del fuoco.

Stromboli Visits

The inland of Stromboli is really worth an excursion: you can start from Scari and cross the small roads of San Bartolo, the patron saint of Stromboli. You can walk to St. Vincenzo with its beautiful Church and Piscità.

Stromboli underwater routes

La Sciara di Fuoco
This impressive black rocky wall ends in a extremely deep abyss pointing to the Fossa del Tirreno (depth 3000 metres).
La Dorsale della Sciara
The dorsal rises from the sea for 100 metres, perpendicular to the Sciara. Following the dorsal, you can see two peaks: one is 35 metres tall, the other 25 metres. The dorsal is based on the seabed of Stromboli in a quickly slope.
Suddenly the seabed rises up to 25 metres and looking down you see a black abyss. Close to the rocks nearby, you can often see a particular kind of fish called "stelle pentragono".
The shallow of scirocco
It is situated in the southern side of Strombolicchio and its seabed is just 60 metres deep. This impressive rock is surrouded by many mass of stones rwith a lot of special kind of fishes: almost all the rocks of the seabed are covered with amazing red sea-fans.