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Pantelleria

Pantelleria

L'Elefante - Pantelleria

Pantelleria

Pantelleria -The Lake of Venus

Pantelleria - Lake Venere

Pantelleria

Pantelleria is a volcanic island characterized by the extraordinary singularity of the landscape where natural elements, such as rock lava flows, coves and stacks blend with man made works built to live and to reap great harvest : dry stone walls used as retaining walls for terracing, as field boundaries and to protect fields from the wind; Pantelleria gardens,cylindrical and permanent lava stone structures  to protect citruses from wind and to regulate micro-climatic effects and finally the typical dammusi, stony and cubical habitations with thick dry stone walls, white domed roofs and round arch-shaped openings, atavic exemples of bioclimatic architecture.
Arabs named Pantelleria "the island of wind "as gentle breezes blow almost continually, keeping the temperature cool also in the summer months. Its biodiversity has been protected to preserve its unique and extraordinary charm so that the traveller becomes part of the landscape, where everything (or almost everything) is unchanged, its slow pace, its wild and rough nature, the colour of the sea which varies from cobalt blue to green emerald, the evocative scents of  mediterranean plants, the deep blue hue of "Lo Specchio di Venere" (Venus' Looking Glass- a volcanic lake fed by thermal springs), the enhanced colours of the sky at the sunset will impress your soul making your holiday unforgettable.