Excursion LIPARI PANAREA AND STROMBOLI

Great tour. A full day trip. Excellent ship. Next time in Calabria will try again.

A truly well-organized tour despite there being so much to see. Excellent boat, excellent crew for their availability, courtesy, and professionalism. In short, it was truly a wonderful experience, highly recommended, thanks also, and especially, to the guide and the historical and geographical insights from Mrs. Angelo, who told us about these marvelous islands in a way that deeply engaged my wife and me, managing to create an unexpected empathy that made the over 12 hours of the excursion fly by, despite the scorching heat. Thank you all. Mauro & Paola

Very cultural tour, with a highly prepared speaker; we were lucky to see the fiery eruption of Stromboli... perhaps an extra dip would have made it a perfect 10.

A wonderful experience, we spent a pleasant day, departing at 10 from the port of Tropea, punctual and well organized, the lady Angela was excellent in describing the beauty and history of the places we were visiting, the staff on board was kind and helpful, we were lucky to have calm seas, I recommend Tripodi Navigazione and the Aeolian Islands to everyone.

The boat was clean, the staff friendly, and the small kiosk provided us with delicious coffee in the morning. Lipari was very worth seeing, with beautiful streets, shops, and various local establishments. Panarea was rather disappointing, small, and one had to pass the time (here, a circumnavigation of the island was sold in advance for an extra €10; those who did not join could then be bored there). A two-hour stay was announced on all islands. Stromboli was the last island, and then the departure was spontaneously announced 45 minutes earlier upon arrival. For us, it was too spontaneous, as we now only had an hour's stay and actually wanted to go out for a nice meal. The earlier departure caused confusion at the dock, as another ship wanted to depart at the same time. Chaos was preprogrammed! Stromboli was also not circumnavigated; we went near the volcanically active side, and a good view of the slopes was not provided. The other ship went significantly further around the island. It was not even close to night; the sun was still shining, and the title "Stromboli by night" had promised us something different. The return trip then dragged on, so we still did not arrive back in Tropea until 10:30 PM (not 45 minutes earlier, as we had departed from Stromboli). The Italian tour guide spoke continuously and extremely loudly, which made the overall six hours on the boat unpleasant! English explanations were rattled off in no time. The German tour guide was hardly understandable, quiet, and had a very strong accent (Austrian); she provided hardly any information about the islands and instead talked about some movies that younger people do not know or care about! I would not recommend this tour, perhaps with another provider and then only Lipari and Stromboli, both with sufficient time!

We turned around from the volcano after 5 minutes due to “fog” even though we were supposed to be there for at least 30 minutes. Sure enough the fog lifts as we are leaving. The highlight of the trip is to see the volcano erupt and to not even give it a fair chance is very disappointing

Full day trip spent exploring and experiencing the islands accompanied by the professionalism of the staff everything. Mrs. Angela enchanted us with historical, geological, mythical and legends. Experience to do absolutely

Congratulations was a wonderful trip and thank you Angela for the explanations on the Aeolian Islands all! I advised Angela to beg the guests on board not to throw litter and cigarette butts into the sea because we all want our sea to be clean

Very unique experience, we left Tropea early in the morning and despite the rough sea it was very pleasant to sail, also thanks to Mrs. Angela commander of the shuttle who entertained us throughout the journey, very nice and good at her job. Arrived in Lipari there was also a guide to tour the most beautiful points of the city, after we went to Panarea very nice and singular islet, in the end we arrived at the foot of Stromboli doing first the tour of the islet, unique experience and to be redone

A real joke! The tour was called Lipari Panarea Stromboli by Night but of what we were promised we saw practically nothing. In Lipari they left us very little time, just a touch and go without the opportunity to really visit the island. We didn't even dock in Panarea, so it was cancelled altogether. And Stromboli? The main attraction of the tour, the Sciarra di Fuoco, we didn’t even see it! The commander decided not to complete the lap due to “high wind”, but by morning it was clear that the conditions were not right to go out. Despite this, they made us leave anyway, knowing full well that we could not live the experience we had paid for. In the end the tour was a total failure: no Panarea, no Sciarra di Fuoco, ridiculous weather in Lipari. No alternative, no refund, no professionalism. A shameful management and an absolute lack of respect for those who spent money and time. I strongly advise against it: a tour like this does not even deserve a star.