"We thought little enough about him. Stromboli! What effect on the imagination did these few words produce! We were in the centre of the Mediterranean, amidst the eastern archipelago of mythological memory, in the ancient Strongylos, where Aeolus kept the wind and the tempest chained up. And those blue mountains, which rose towards the rising sun, were the mountains of Calabria! And that mighty volcano which rose on the southern horizon was Etna, the fierce and celebrated Etna!"

Jules Verne, A Journey to the centre of the earth

Stromboli lies in the Aeolian Archipelago. It is an active volcano surrounded by the sea and it represents the most desired destination for many volcanologists and keen trekkers  from all over the world. The island can be reached from Naples and from Sicily by boat and hydrofoil.