Travel Guide Salina

If, as Eole, Bacchus had had to elect a home among the Aeolian, he would undoubtedly have chosen Salina, formerly mainly covered with vines. Later, she grew up with olive trees, poplars, chestnut trees, câpriers, fruit trees and many other trees. At the same time as a country of land, forest and sea, Salina is an exception among its sisters with its greenery, intense cultures and the profusion of fresh water. The second island of the archipelago by size (27 km ²), it has 2 300 inhabitants.Mountains, it is the highest of the islands, with the mountains Fossa delle Felci which peak at 962 m. It is also the only one not to be part of the commune of Lipari: it is made up of three small municipalities comprising the 2 300 inhabitants of the island. Quiet and harmonious, with its white houses scattered in the countryside, it has the charm of serenity.It is here in the quiet locality of Pollara which houses the most beautiful beach on the north-west, that was filmed the film Le Factor (Il Postino), which recounts the Italian exile of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, interpreted by the late Philippe Noiret.The island consists of two old volcanic aircraft, the Monts delle Felci mountains and the monts dei Porri, separated by the quiet Col pass. It is its distinctive silhouette that derives its ancient name from Didyme meaning "twin". But it still has 4 minor volcanoes.A good road network connects the three main communes of Santa Marina, Malfa and Leni. The most important, Santa Marina Salina, is on the east side.It is one of the two ports where boats and hydrofoil are covered, the second being the Rinella. It is also the starting point for many maritime excursions that can be made along the island's cut coast. Santa Marina also has a beautiful pebble beach.A Lingua, dominated by its white lighthouse, south-east of Salina, opens the old saltworks, a small inner lake, which gave its name to the town.