Location: Pantelleria
Top Things to do in Pantelleria
The 10 Best Nature & Parks in Pantelleria, Sicily
This small, hilly island between Sicily and Tunisia is growing in popularity as a tourist destination (so if you’re like us, you’ll want to get there soon). Rent a moped to explore. One must-see: the island’s thermal pools. Beaches are rocky, but offer great snorkeling just offshore.
Restaurants in Pantelleria
1. Cala Karuscia
2. Montagna Grande
3. Bagno Asciutto
4. Lago di Venere
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,482 reviews
Reviewed By Lawrentian - New York City, United States
We visited lo specchio di venere several years ago, and it was one of the great highlights of our week in Pantelleria. The island as a whole is fascinating and spectacular--craggy volcanic rock everywhere, used for everything from building houses to building sheltered groves for fruit trees. Lo specchio di venere--the mirror of Venus--is a placid pool, shallow at the edges, deep in the center, with water ranging from a milky blue at the edges to violet blue in the deep center. Many visitors coat themselves with grey volcanic mud and come away looking like animated figures from the ruins of Pompeii. We found the place very moving--peaceful, beautiful, unexpected. The surrounding landscape is interesting, too--I have uploaded a picture--but the water is the compelling feature, and the reason to visit.
5. Laghetto delle Ondine
6. Giardino Pantesco
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 63 reviews
7. Balata dei Turchi
8. Pantelleria Island
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 109 reviews
Reviewed By opossumd
This amazing island is the top of a volcanic cone emerging over 2000 metres from the bottom of the Mediterranean. It originated from the African and European plates breakup. Pantelleria is the largest of the small islands surrounding Sicily, and the prevailing colour is the black of the volcanic lava and obsidian, a glass-like compound of it. Jewelry and decorative object made fro it are sold in local craft shops. Volcanic thermal springs and lakes are to be found throughout the island, there are no sandy beaches, but a few breathtaking bays, where it is possible to bathe. A Crown jewel of an island.
