Just as Indonesia has its fabled seven small islands, one of which is an active volcano, making up the Spice Islands of Banda in Maluku, Italy also has its own little archipelago of seven volcanic ...

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 ...

Scattered across the Tyrrhenian Sea to the northeast of Sicily, the Aeolian Islands were home to fishermen and farmers who were still living in "19th century" conditions when Italy's neo-realist film ...

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. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

"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 ...

Hotel Raya is a boutique Aeolian Islands hotel on the island of Panarea. A perfect Mediterranean hideaway, with delicious seafood and excellent diving, sailing and yachting, this magical place boasts ...

Scan any literature on this part of the world and you wince at warnings of hectic summer months, when the Aeolian Islands are said to be overrun with holidaymakers from Sicily and beyond. So, as our ...

The Aeolian Islands are off the northern coast of Sicily. Photos show why tourists are drawn to this landscape shaped by volcanoes.