The ferry cuts through the Tyrrhenian Sea toward a cluster of volcanic islands that rise from the water like black jewels. The Aeolian Islands smell of salt and sulphur and wild Mediterranean herbs. Each island has its own personality. Stromboli glows orange at night as lava tumbles down its slope. Lipari offers white pumice beaches […]
Categories: Islands, Italy, Nature, Nature, Sicily, Volcanoes
Dark volcanic cliffs plunge into an Atlantic that shifts between deep blue and emerald green. Above, the terraced hillsides of Madeira are thick with laurel forests, banana plantations, and vines trained low over stone-walled patches of red soil. Levada channels trace the contours of the mountains, carrying clear water from the rainy highlands to the […]
