In Sicily, many things are different. Even fire and water. In other places the two elements stand in irreconcilable contradiction to each other. But on the Aeolian Islands off Sicily's northeastern ...

Sicily and Sardinia may dominate the map, but scattered through the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas are smaller places that hold their own stories — volcanic landscapes, pastel harbors, and communities ...

Locals call them the "shape-shifting" or "floating" islands. That's because the Aeolian archipelago has been sculpted and destroyed by volcanic activity over the millennia. Named after the powerful ...

Steaming volcanoes, a cobalt-blue sea and tranquil villages draw visitors to Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, a bucket-list stop for those who love European islands. A new custom tour by Blue Parallel ...

Blue Parallel, a specialty tour operator that caters to affluent travelers with customized adventure packages, added Sicily and the Aeolian Islands to its list of destinations. Emmanuel Burgio, the ...

All seemed peaceful and serene as we sailed past what, from afar, looked like a great craggy molehill. A whisp of smoke from the top of it was the only reminder that this was (and is) an active ...

"After three fun but frantic days in Palermo — the hyperactive Sicilian capital is not for the faint-hearted — we’ve come to the largest of the seven Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea looking for ...