Aeolian Islands
The Aeolian islands, aka Lipari Islands, are a group of attractive islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea about 25-50 km north of Sicily in Italy. This diverse group of volcanic islands used to be off the beaten track, but they are becoming more popular and can be very busy during July and August.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Stromboli and Vulcano.
Stromboli
Stromboli is a small Italian volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea just north of Sicily. It is one of the Aeolian Islands. Stromboli is little more than just the 900-m-high volcano and has an area of 12.6 km².
Vulcano
Vulcano is one of the Aeolian Islands. Famous for its mud baths, the island literally smells like rotten eggs. Odor or no odor, it's an interesting place to visit for the traveler interested in geology and hiking, not to mention soaking in some rays on the beaches.
Salina
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Salina is one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily, Southern Italy. It is the second largest island in the archipelago. Salina is divided between three comuni: Santa Marina on the eastern coast, Malfa to the north, and Leni to the south-west.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Panarea and Lipari.
Panarea
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Panarea is the smallest of the seven inhabited Aeolian Islands, a volcanic island chain in north of Sicily, southern Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Lipari.
Lipari
Lipari is the largest and most populous of the Aeolian Islands of Italy. It is the primary transportation gateway for the Aeolians, and has some attractions of its own.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Maria Addolorata and Santa Marina.
Monte Fossa delle Felci
Peak
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Monte Fossa delle Felci is a peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lingua and Santa Marina Salina.
Aeolian Islands
- Type: Island with 15,400 residents
- Description: archipelago
- Also known as: “Æolian Islands” and “Lipari Islands”
- Categories: archipelago and car-free place
- Location: Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aeolian Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجزر الإيولية”
- Armenian: “Լիպարյան կղզիներ”
- Asturian: “Islles Eolies”
- Basque: “Eoliar uharteak”
- Belarusian: “Ліпарскія астравы”
- Breton: “Inizi Eolian”
- Bulgarian: “Еолийски острови”
- Bulgarian: “Липарски острови”
- Catalan: “Eòlies”
- Catalan: “Illes Eolies”
- Catalan: “illes Eòlies”
- Catalan: “Illes Eòlies”
- Catalan: “Illes Lipari”
- Catalan: “Illes Lípari”
- Cebuano: “Aeolian Islands”
- Chinese: “伊奥利亚群岛”
- Chinese: “利帕里群岛”
- Chinese: “利帕里群島”
- Chinese: “埃奥利群岛”
- Chinese: “埃奧利群島”
- Chinese: “艾奥利亚群岛”
- Croatian: “Eolski arhipelag”
- Croatian: “Eolski otoci”
- Croatian: “Eolsko otočje”
- Croatian: “Lipari”
- Croatian: “Liparski otoci”
- Croatian: “Liparsko otočje”
- Czech: “Eolské ostrovy”
- Czech: “Liparské ostrovy”
- Danish: “Æoliske Øer”
- Danish: “De Æoliske Øer”
- Danish: “Lipariske Øer”
- Dutch: “Eolische Eilanden”
- Dutch: “Liparische Eilanden”
- Dutch: “Liparische of Eolische Eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Eolaj Insuloj”
- Esperanto: “Liparaj insuloj”
- Esperanto: “Liparoj”
- Estonian: “Aiolose saared”
- Estonian: “Aioolia saared”
- Estonian: “Lipari saared”
- Estonian: “Lipari saarestik”
- Finnish: “Liparin saaret”
- Finnish: “Liparisaaret”
- French: “Iles Eoliennes”
- French: “Îles Eoliennes”
- French: “îles Éoliennes”
- French: “Îles Éoliennes”
- French: “Îles Lipari”
- French: “Îles Vulcaniennes”
- French: “Isole Eolie”
- Galician: “Illas Eolias”
- German: “Äolische Inseln”
- German: “Liparische Inseln”
- Greek: “Αιολίδες νήσοι”
- Greek: “Αιολίδες Νήσοι”
- Hebrew: “האיים האיאוליים”
- Hebrew: “האיים הליפאריים”
- Hebrew: “האיים הליפריים”
- Hindi: “एओलियन द्वीप समूह”
- Hungarian: “Lipari-szigetek”
- Ido: “Eolia-insuli”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Aeolia”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Aeolian”
- Irish: “na hOileáin Aeólacha”
- Italian: “Arcipelago eoliano”
- Italian: “Eolie”
- Italian: “isole Eolie”
- Italian: “Isole Eolie”
- Italian: “Isole Lipari”
- Japanese: “エオリア諸島”
- Japanese: “エオリエ諸島”
- Japanese: “リーパリ諸島”
- Japanese: “リパリ諸島”
- Kazakh: “Липари аралдары”
- Kirghiz: “Липари аралдары”
- Korean: “에올리에 제도”
- Latin: “Aeoliae insulae”
- Latin: “Aeoliae”
- Latin: “Liparaeae”
- Latin: “Lipareae”
- Latin: “Vulcaniae”
- Latvian: “Eolu salas”
- Latvian: “Lipāru salas”
- Lithuanian: “Eolijos salos”
- Lithuanian: “Lipario salos”
- Lithuanian: “Liparų salos”
- Luxembourgish: “Eolesch Inselen”
- Luxembourgish: “Liparesch Inselen”
- Macedonian: “Липарски Острови”
- Maltese: “Eolie”
- Maltese: “Gżejjer Eolji”
- Maltese: “Gżejjer Lipari”
- Maltese: “Lipari”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De eoliske øyer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lipariske øyer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei eoliske øyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei lipariske øyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isole Eolie”
- Norwegian: “De eoliske øyer”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Eolianas”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܓܙܪܬܐ ܐܝܘܠܝܬܐ”
- Ossetian: “Липарийы сакъадæхтæ”
- Ossetian: “Липары сакъадæхтæ”
- Ossetian: “Эолийы сакъадæхтæ”
- Persian: “جزایر آیولین”
- Polish: “Wyspy Eolskie”
- Polish: “Wyspy Liparyjskie”
- Portuguese: “Eólias”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Eólias”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Lipari”
- Romanian: “Insulele Eoliene”
- Russian: “Липарские острова”
- Russian: “Эолийские острова”
- Russian: “Эоловы острова”
- Serbian: “Liparska ostrva”
- Serbian: “Еолска острва”
- Serbian: “Еолски архипелаг”
- Serbian: “Липарска острва”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Eolski otoci”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Liparska ostrva”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Liparski otoci”
- Sicilian: “Arcipelacu eolianu”
- Sicilian: “Arcipèlacu eolianu”
- Sicilian: “Eoli”
- Sicilian: “Eolie”
- Sicilian: “Isoli Eolie”
- Sicilian: “Isuli Eoli”
- Sicilian: “Isuli Eolî”
- Sicilian: “Ìsuli Eoli”
- Sicilian: “Ìsuli Eolî”
- Sicilian: “Isuli Eolii”
- Sicilian: “Ìsuli Lìpari”
- Slovak: “Eolské ostrovy”
- Slovak: “Liparské ostrovy”
- Slovenian: “Eolski otoki”
- Slovenian: “Eolsko otočje”
- Slovenian: “Liparski otoki”
- Slovenian: “Liparsko otočje”
- Slovenian: “Vetrni otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas Eolias”
- Spanish: “Islas Eolicas”
- Spanish: “Islas Eólicas”
- Spanish: “Islas Lipari”
- Spanish: “Islas Lípari”
- Swedish: “Eoliska öarna”
- Swedish: “Lipariska öarna”
- Thai: “Aeolian Islands”
- Thai: “Lipari Islands”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะลิพาริ”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะเอโอเลียน”
- Turkish: “Eolie Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Еолові острови”
- Ukrainian: “Ліпарські острови”
- Uzbek: “Lipari orollari”
- Vietnamese: “Isole Eolie”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Eolie”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Aeolaidd”
- Western Frisian: “Liparyske of Eoalyske Eilannen”
- Western Frisian: “Liparyske of Eolyske Eilannen”
- Wu Chinese: “埃奥利群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “埃奧利群島”
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