Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aeolian Islands are one of Italy's most beautiful island destinations, known for volcanic landscapes, deep blue water, sailing ...

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 ...

It sounds like an impossible request—Wanted: Beautiful Italian countryside, few tourists—but the dream of an unspoiled, undeveloped Italy actually still exists in the form of the UNESCO-protected ...

Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether to build more desalination plants ...

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 ...

Cala Junco - small bay of Panarea - one of Aeolian Islands near Sicily (Italy). Lipari and Salina islands visible on the horizon. No more island-hopping. Sicily’s stunning Aeolian archipelago has ...

At the time of publishing, American travelers are not permitted to visit Italy and international travel is not currently advised. This piece is intended to serve as inspiration (and armchair travel) ...