Villa Messina Villas Lipari Photos of the area Bouganville

Valle Muria beach - Lipari

Marinacorta - Lipari

Castle walls - Lipari

View of Monte Rosa from Lami - Lipari

Former pumice quarries viewed from the sea - Lipari

Former pumice quarry - Lipari

Grotto of Angels - Lipari

Mother church - Lipari

Small square - Lipari

Sunset on Lipari

A tiny street in the small village on Lipari

Pumice beach - Lipari

Former French village - Lipari

View of the Aeolian islands

The archipelago of the Eolian islands comprises seven islands which are located approximately thirty miles off the north east coast of Sicily. In the past these islands were frequented almost exclusively by visitors from Sicily and were not well known abroad. Despite the fact that tourism is now on the increase, this fact has helped the islands to maintain their original charm to such an extent that the archipelago has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site. The individual islands vary greatly. Lipari is the largest of the islands and makes a good base from which to explore the archipelago. It has several good beaches, the most famous of which is the white beach of pumice stone. Another is the beautiful, long beach of Valle Muria which is located approximately ten minutes on foot from the house and is formed initially with small pebbles and then by finer and finer grains of sand. The village of Lipari maintains its original charm and has plenty of small food shops, fashion shops, pubs and restaurants selling excellent fish such as the mythical “Filippino”. Information about the other islands can be found on the page of our website dedicated to the Eolian islands.