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Via Porto Ponente, Vulcano (messina)
User review: 10.00. From EUR 64.00
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Località Vulcanello, Isola Di Vulcano (messina)
User review: 8.17. From EUR 150.00
Hotel Aura
Lentia 49, Vulcano
User review: 8.00. From EUR 67.00
 Hotel Orsa Maggiore
Porto Ponente, Isola Di Vulcano
User review: 7.72. From EUR 60.00
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Vulcano hotels - About Vulcano
Vulcano is a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea , about 25 km north of Sicily and the southernmost of the eight Aeolian Islands. It is 21 square kilometers in area, rises to 499 meters, and contains several volcanic centers, including one of four active non-submarine volcanoes in Italy.
==History==The Greek wind god Aeolus was said to have lived on this island, then called Hierà. The name for the entire Aeolian Island chain descended from the mythical residence of Aeolus. The Roman name for the island Vulcano has contributed the word for volcano in most modern European languages. The Romans used the island mainly for raw materials, harvesting wood and mining alum and sulfur. This was the principal activity on the island until the end of the 19th Century.
When the Bourbon rule collapsed in 1860 (see Francis II of the Two Sicilies) a British man named James Stevenson bought the northern part of the island, built a villa, reopened the local mines and planted vineyards for grapes that would later be used to make Malvasia wine. Stevenson lived on Vulcano until the last major eruption on the island, in 1888. The eruption lasted the better part of two years, by which time Stevenson had sold all of his property to the local populace, and never returned to the island. The villa is still intact.
Currently, around 470 people live on the island, mainly deriving their income from tourism. It is a few minutes hydrofoil ride from Lipari and has several hotels and cafes, the important attractions being the beaches, hot springs and sulfur mud baths.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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