Stromboli - An intriguing island. You are delivered to the green side and could almost wonder where the volcano is -did I see a little glow of red up at the top in the undergrowth? The small town is quite interesting but mostly given over to routes to the top but there are some interesting buildings and alleyways. The black beach of volcanic sand with its coloured boats is just waiting to be photographed. When the boat takes you round the back, everything changes. This is a volcano with screes running from the peak down into the sea and flashes of light coming from the crater at the top. As darkness descends it becomes more dramatics with mini-eruptions every ten minutes or so. It’s not always like this - there can be violent eruptions, hence the screes. But not when we visited. The boat trip back to Vulcano where we were staying was a two hour drag in the cold but, hey, this was a real live working volcano. Strombolicchio - The boat took us on a little side excursion to the Stromboli trip to use up some time before dusk fell and we repaired to see the volcano doing little eruptions every ten minutes or so. You can’t set foot on the rock (it would be extremely hazardous; just look at the photos) but it was a little delight to see and, of course, to photograph from every angle

Tbe visit of the Strombolin island is a delight. The views, the volcano, the strombolicchio, the wonderful color of the sea ...