I took my children to an active volcanic island in Sicily. He was the best

When my husband said we were staying in an active volcano, I thought he was joking. I left this part of planning our trip to Sicily, so I was completely ignorant of the place we were going to when we took the phrase.

After three hours, I was able to see smoke above our destination. It was already a volcano – it was already active. It was our best vacation ever.

We stayed in Stromoli

We decided to plan a family trip for more than two weeks with a little to explore as much as possible, and one of the places where people told us that we had to go to the Ayolian Islands. Despite the presence of a Sicily, I never went to Stromboli, one of the seven seven islands off the northern coast of Sicily.

My husband was pleased with the idea of ​​staying in Stromboli, a farmer island and Bekkan is active.

When we got, our Airbnb host was waiting for us on Tuk-Tok to transfer us and our luggage to our home. There are no cars on the island, some hosts and hotels offer golf carts and automatic vehicles to move people.

Our children, who were 7, 5 and 5 years old, were happy during our trip, and were completely surprised by the opinions.

Black sand

The house we rented was to reach a small beach. He shook my children when they saw the sand was black of volcanic activity. They changed quickly, and we all went to explore the beach.

Like many beaches in Sicily, this was one of the few sand spots and was mostly rocky. There was also a ton of sea glass, which kept my children enjoying hours while collecting different colors.

I noticed that the water was much warmer than it was in Taormina, where we were before. A few days later, evidence was that it was due to the volcanic thermal thermal activity.

We took a boat to see the explosions

On one side of the island, you can find homes, restaurants, port and church. On the other hand, you have Sciara Del Fuocco, where you can see the volcano explodes every 15 minutes or so at night.

Several long -distance walking companies offer tours to explore the volcano, and take you up to 400 meters from the explosion area. Since our children are few and height for a long time, we decided to take a boat instead and see the explosions from the sea.

We went to dusk because it is better to see lava when it is dark. I thought we would see some rocks and smoke, but I was surprised when we saw complete revolutions that directed the lava to the ocean.

Ships bring water to the island

On our first night in Stromboli, I was surprised to see a huge parking ship in front of our house. We and Kids have seen all of them in astonishment when the ship dropped its anchor, and we heard it at the bottom of the sea.

We have learned that Stromboli, like other Ayolian Islands, requires a tanker to supply water. Ships arrive regularly and provide fresh water.

Our favorite vacation was at all

Between the excitement of being on an active volcano, black sand, and completely warm water, Stromboli was a complete blow to my family.

We have explored the island on foot, visiting an amazing church and many beautiful stores (I even bought myself a volcanic rock), eating my generators, mixing with the locals.

My children spent time linking all stray cats, finding treasures in the rocks, and returning at sea.

Before we took the phrase to Sicily, we were already talking about when we would return to Stromoli.