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This series about Sicily, with its stunning photography, gives us a wonderful picture of the natural beauty and art we will find if we travel to the island. Anyone who is thinking of visiting Sicily will be glad they watched these videos. Although not for beginners, they are narrated with a clear voiceover, providing excellent pronunciation and a great many architectural, geographical, zoological and botanical terms.

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Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 1

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UNESCO counts the Aeolian Islands, off of Sicily's coast, among its World Heritage sites. The seven islands that make up the archipelago are: Vulcano, Stromboli, Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea, Lipari and Salina.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 2

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The Aeolian Islands are a favorite destination for divers from all over the world because of the underwater grottoes and ancient shipwrecks.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 3

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Rossellini's 1949 movie Stromboli put the Aeolian island on the cultural map forever.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 4

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The "Sciara del Fuoco" is a stream of red-hot lava that travels from Stromboli's volcanic summit to the sea. Seeing it is an unforgettable experience.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 5

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A guided exploration of seabed flora and fauna that live, against all odds, in a volcanic environment.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 6

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Sport fishing is a great way to discover Stromboli's hidden corners, including Strombolicchio. The little island is a kilometer and a half off the main island.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 7

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A marine biologist takes us down to the seabed of Strombolicchio to show us some rare and beautiful specimens of marine animals.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 8

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Ginostra is a little village you can only get to by sea and whose harbor is the smallest in the world.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 9

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A visit to another Aeolian Island, this time, Salina, with its twin volcanoes. Its strategic position makes it a good starting off point for a visit to all of the islands of the Aeolian archipelago.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 10

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Pollara is one of the villages on Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands, and the only one to boast fresh water with the resulting vegetative mantle. In fact, its important crops include capers and grapes (in the form of Malvasia wine).

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 11

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Panarea is the smallest of the Aeolian Islands, and is sometimes called the island with the sea inside it. Its transparent sea, steep bluffs, volcanic eruptions and quaint village make it very attractive to tourists.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 12

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In the usually quiet waters of the island, where the fishing is good, an unusual phenomenon was witnessed by fishermen and divers, an underwater volcano!

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 13

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Lipari, one of the Aeolian Islands, is famous for it pumice stone.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 14

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Pumice stone has been mined for years on the Aeolians. Divers went there to explore the effect on marine life.

Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 15

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The island of Lipari is famous for having one of Italy's most important archaeological museums. This is largely because of the numerous shipwrecks that have been excavated. A particularly evocative aspect of Lipari is the presence of sea stacks that emerge from the water in a variety of shapes.

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