Sicily. Linosa between Faraglioni and turtles

One embarks late in the evening from Porto Empedocle in Agrigento on the Siremar ship to disembark the next morning and thus already take a first swim at the Pozzolana di Ponente beach or trek to the craters of Monte Rosso, Monte Nero and Monte Vulcano, which are within everyone's reach and very scenic. The old people who have remained here sell capers and lentils directly from the doorways, offering prickly pears that are now ripe and juicy. In the smallest of the Pelagie Islands, which emerged during the Quaternary period as a result of volcanic explosions, the houses sport pastel colours, the beaches are dark, and caretta caretta turtles are regular presences. On this handkerchief of land with a surface area of just over five square kilometres, where it is enough to walk eleven kilometres if you want to complete the circumnavigation and admire its basaltic cliffs in full, everyone knows each other and meets up at the Trattoria da Anna or the Ristorante Errera (you can stay at the Casa Blu). The Linosa lighthouse is also another destination to plan for its solitary architecture and the views from this lookout over the Mediterranean. Here, on this land some 160 kilometres from both Sicily and Tunisia, the boat is the most exciting way to explore the Pelagie Islands Protected Marine Area, become intimate with the Faraglioni and the Grotta del greco. The Natural Pool, the beaches in contrada Mannarazza, at Punta Calcarella, and Cala Pozzolana di Levante also provide moments of intimate connection with the submerged creatures of the Mediterranean.