Description of the attraction
Stromboli is one of the most famous islands in the Aeolian archipelago. It has an active volcano of the same name, which has been continuously erupting over the past two thousand years! Small eruptions happen every 10-15 minutes, and the last major eruption happened in 2009. The height of the volcano is 926 meters above sea level, and if you count from the seabed, it reaches 2 thousand meters. On its surface there are three craters and the Shara del Fuoco - "stream of fire" - a horseshoe-shaped depression that has formed over the past 13 thousand years.
The island of Stromboli itself is relatively small. Its permanent population is only about 800 people, and almost everyone here is employed in the tourism business. There are only three settlements on the island - San Bartolo and San Vincenzo in the northeast and Ginostra in the northwest.
Tourists arrive in Stromboli in organized groups to climb to the top of the volcano and watch its eruptions. At night, these eruptions are visible over long distances, and therefore the volcano is often called the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean". In addition, you can see the Stromboliccio rock, located 2 km northeast of Stromboli. It is the remnant of the original volcano. At the top of Strombolicchio, there is a lighthouse, which is reached by a staircase of 200 steps, and it is also a tourist attraction.
