Welcome to Hooked on Walking holidays and our walking holiday on Sicily. This particular hiking vacation on Sicily is themed around the active and extinct volcanoes of the region. This walking tour is available as a four or seven night self guided hiking tour and is graded as level 2. This walking holidays allows you to appreciate the power of volcanoes, contrasting sceneries, lush green scenery, the sweet taste of the “malvasia” wine,flowers and the warmth of the local people. The Aeolian Islands north of Sicily represent a little paradise where life proceeds at slower and relaxed levels.
Moreover, the Etna Volcano, that has enchanted ancient and modern writers, emblem of supernatural for Greek, Latin and Norman people, dominates the area of eastern Sicily. On this walking holiday you will visit east Sicily, Mount Etna and the Aeolian Islands of Lipari,Vulcano and Stromboli. On Stromboli you can experience the emotion stirred up by an active volcano, the northern Island of the Aeolian Archipelago, a volcano that, due to its perpetual activity, was called “Lighthouse of the Mediterranean Sea”.
Stromboli Island is a land of vibrant contrasts and strong emotions, the moonlight during the nocturnal ascent to the crater, the blue of the sea and the spectacular intermittent explosions of the volcano that light up the night in red. Climbing the Fossa delle Felci Mount in Salina, the highest of the seven Islands in the Aeolian archipelago, you’ll meet luxuriant vegetation. Lipari, thanks to the obsidian erupted from its volcanoes, is one of the few Italian minor Islands where the presence of humans has always been constant since ancient age.
One of the most interesting aspects of these Islands is the human presence, also in ancient times. The excavations carried out during forty years by Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeline Cavalier represent an extraordinary evidence of the civilizations that from the 4.000 b.C. to the V-VI century AD inhabited the Aeolian Islands.

Available daily from 1st April to 31st October
4 & 7 night level 2 self guided tour

Day 1 Arrive in Catania
Arrive to Catania where you shall be met and transferred to Giarre where you will stay for the next 3 nights.

Day 2 Taormina National Park 9.5 miles 15km up 700m down 650m
After breakfast you are transferred to Graniti from where you walk over the mountain and down to Taormina. On this walk you will have some spectacular views of Mount Etna. After your walk you will return back to Giarre by local train.
Walking time 6 hours

Day 3 Etna Linguaglossa round walk 8.1 miles 13 km up/down 350m ( This walk cannot be done on a Sunday )
After breakfast you walk to the circumetnea train station and take the local train to Linguaglossa where you will take the famous circular Panoramic walk on Mount Etna . After your walk you shall return again to Giarre by local train.
Walking time 5 hours.

Day 4 Lipari round walk 4.8 miles 7 km up/down 200m
First a short transfer to Giarre and then by train to Milazzo where you take the boat to the Island of Lipari where you will stay the next 2 nights
Walking time 2.5 hours

Day 5 Vulcano 6.25 miles 10km up/down 250m
First after breakfast a boat trip to Vulcano where you will walk to the Gran Cratere. Here you can have great views of the whole Island . After your walk you will take the boat back to Lipari.
Walking time 3 hours

Day 6 Stromboli 6.25 miles 10km up/down 1000m
After breakfast you will take the boat to Stromboli from Lipari .At the harbour you shall be met and taken to your hotel on the Island. We have booked you on an afternoon guided group walk to the top of Mount Stromboli ( you pay the guide directly ) . Access to the top is limited to 80 persons at a time and only if you are accompanied by a mountain guide of volcanologist. You can walk on your own upto 400m.
Walking time 5 hours

Day 7 Catania
After breakfast you take the boat from Lipari to Milzazzo and the train or bus back to Catania. Free time to visit the ancient city.

Day 8 Departure

Difficulty : We have graded this walk as level 2 , the days walks of between 2.5 and 6 hours with one hard day climbing Maximum 1000m .

Accommodation : Good 3 star hotels

4 nights tour: Arrive in Catania and a private transfer to Milazzo. Catch the boat to Lipari for 3 nights. Day 2/3 Various walks on Lipari 2.5-5 hours 4-6.8 miles, Day 4 Stromboli as above, Day 5 departure.

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How to get there
Fly to Catania airport where you will be met and transferred to your hotel

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