| Castles, resort and hotels list
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| The ancient island of
"Euonimo" has a surface of only 3.5 km2, but it is the island highly admired by
élite tourism. The main village, Contrada San Pietro, consists of a group of white houses
clustered along the eastern side of the island. The built-up area is crowned with olive
trees and protected by huge walls. The other two villages north and south of San Pietro
are Dittella and Drauto. The only practicable roads join the centre with Punta Calcara:
this kingdom of fumaroles (emissions of hot gas and steam) is situated at the northern tip
of the island. The temperature of the soil can reach as high as 100 degrees. In the exact
opposite corner (the south-eastern tip of the island) lies the prehistoric village of
Punta Milazzese (a hut-village dating back to the Bronze Age), which can be reached from
the beach of San Pietro in an hours walk. We recommend a boat tour to the nearby small
islands of Basiluzzo, Dattilo and Lisca Bianca, to the Scoglio Bottaro (with its
underwater "fumaroles"), and to the crags Lisca Nera, Panarelli and Le Formiche.
Fields of golden corn cover the 420-metre-high peak of Pizzo del Corvo (the island's
highest point) while the mountain slopes down towards the sea on the eastern side. |
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