Filicudi’s name comes from Phoenicusa, meaning Fern. You need only go just beyond the main roads to find lots of them. Locate one of them and smell the intense scent they give off....
Go to the beach near the port of Filicudi. Here, along with pebbles, you will find volcanic sand, which is typically black. Pick up a handful of sand, perhaps from under the water, and you will feel its delicacy and simultaneous strength and robustness....
Filicudi does not experience mass tourism like other islands. Therefore, any time of the year is ideal for taking a dip in absolute silence. Close your eyes during the day and if you are lucky you will hear a concert of cicadas. At night the cicadas are replaced by crickets, owls and other nocturnal...
Filicudi is one of the most famous places in Italy for its clear waters. The clear blue sea at Filicudi is unlike anywhere else in the Mediterranean. Take a moment to stop at the beach of Filicudi Pecorini, at the beginning of the promontory of Capo Graziano, and appreciate the crystal blue sea....
Try to reach the southern part of the village of Pollara, almost near the bay cliff and in the direction of the Falconiera. Here, in perfect silence, you will hear Eleonora’s falcon circling above, or perhaps diving into the water to catch a few small fish....
Pollara is the place in Salina where most capers are grown, thanks to its exposure to the sun and sea breeze.
The caper, however, is not only a garnish to some pasta or fish dishes. Try looking at the local products for the new forms and life taken on by the caper in the last few years: from candi...
If you are lucky to be in Pollara between March and June, you can admire the sight of the broom in bloom. These shrubby plants are thorny and inhospitable at first sight, but have splendid intense yellow flowers.
But try touching the leaves of the broom. You will be amazed at how smooth they can be...
Go down the staircase that leads to the sea below the bay of Pollara. You will arrive at some old fishermen’s huts, which have only been restored in the last ten years.
Try lying down on the cliff or sitting on a dry stone wall: if you have never smelled it before, here is where you will clearly...
Stop in front of the Salt Lake of Lingua, get comfortable and take a good look. What at first might seem to be a “stagnant” situation, with no life forms, is actually a microsystem with hundreds of species, from the shore of the lake to below the water’s surface. If you are lucky and observant...
Go towards the tip of the Lingua promontory, in the direction of the lighthouse. Here you will see pebbles on the beach, made smooth by the waves of the sea. Pick up a more porous one, pass it over your hands then take a look. You will see the famous salt once produced in Salina!...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
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