Island of Filicudi
Municipality: Lípari
Communications
Ship connections with Milazzo, Naples and Lípari, hydrofoil services to Milazzo and the other Aeolian Islands.
Location
Filicudi, Phoenicussa in ancient times, belongs to the west group of Aeolian Islands. Seas rich in fish and over 1,000m/3,000ft deep separate it from the neighboring islands of Alicudi and Salina.
Communications
Ship connections with Milazzo, Naples and Lípari, hydrofoil services to Milazzo and the other Aeolian Islands.
Location
Filicudi, Phoenicussa in ancient times, belongs to the west group of Aeolian Islands. Seas rich in fish and over 1,000m/3,000ft deep separate it from the neighboring islands of Alicudi and Salina.
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It is a rugged mass of rock with three extinct volcanoes, Fosso delle Felici (773m/2,356ft), Montagnola (383m/1,257ft) and Torrione (280m/919ft). On the southeastern side there is a small plain connecting the promontory Capo Graziano (174m/571ft) with the rest of the island. Filicudi's landscape is distinguished by rocks, small islets, cliffs (including the 85m/279ft high Canna) and isolated green terraces.
Related Attractions
Capo Graziano
On the promontory of Capo Graziano in the southeast a Bronze Age settlement has been discovered, with oval houses and a small necropolis (18th-13th centuries B.C.) in the rocks. There were also prehistoric settlements in the Piano del Porto.
Filicudi - Sea-caves
On a boat trip it is possible to visit several sea-caves, including the extensive Grotta del Bue Marino on the southwest coast of the island of Filicudi.
Filicudi Porto, Italy
(Near Messina)
As in ancient times the population lives principally in the southern part of the island: in the harbor villages of Filicudi Porto and Pecorini and in Val di Chiesa, which takes its name after a church dedicated to St Stephen. Besides a hotel there are bars which specialize in fish dishes.
