Lipari's castle hill
Guide
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 45–90 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A rock above the harbour ringed by 16th-century Spanish walls, with churches, Greek tombs and dug-out ruins of houses going back 6,000 years.
A brief history
People have lived on this rock since the Stone Age, trading the island's black volcanic glass, obsidian.
Tips
- Best time
- Late afternoon
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 45–90 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- Lipari town: Between the two harbours under the castle; most beds and every hydrofoil.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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