Pantelleria, the largest of the islands surrounding Sicily, is a real naturalistic paradise, that charms visitors with its great morphological variety and the fascinating beauty of its landscape. The spectacle of its jagged coasts is ineffable, only ...
Among the most unusual attractions on Pantelleria are the "dammusi", typical dwellings where "sesi" stones were very often used in their construction, these stones were gigantic funerary monuments from the prehistoric period. Inherited from the Arabs...
Pantelleria, the island of fire, is really the emerged summit of an underwater volcano, rising from the waters about some 200,000 years ago. Morphologically divisible into two sectors - the south-western, made up of acidic vulcanites, rich in silica,...
The rich and varied food on pantesca - closely bound to the sea and fishing and to the excellent local agricultural products including capers, vegetables, grapes and delicious fruit - is the result of the culinary traditions of various peoples that h...
Pantelleria , with its favourable geographic position - the island stretches towards Africa, with Tunis to the south - has a mild and temperate climate throughout the year. For this reason agriculture has been for centuries the basic resource of its ...
One of the greatest enigmas in the history of Pantelleria is bound up with the massive "Sesi", megalithic constructions that date, it would seem, from about 5,000 years ago. The island has been inhabited since the earliest times, as the exploitation ...
The most important place on the island is Pantelleria, a modern town that has developed around the ancient castle and the large port. The original centre was almost completely destroyed by bombardment, during the last World War, so it was rebuilt fr...