Pantelleria Sights

Sights in Pantelleria

  1. Monte Grande

    The 836m volcano which dominates the centre of the island has a number of interesting sights, including the 24 cuddie (ancient craters of red volcanic rock) surrounding the main volcano. At the summit is the Stufa del Bagno di Arturo, a steaming natural sauna, and the milky white Specchio di Venere (Mirror of Venus), where the bodies beautiful (most famously a pregnant Madonna) come to wallow in the volcanic mud; the Stufa del Bagno di Arturo can get extremely hot, so beware.

    Another of these milky turquoise lakes, much bigger in size and more accessible, is the Bagno dell'Aqua (Lago di Venere), which can be viewed from the ancient village of Bugeber. In August horse race…

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  2. Castello Barabacane

    Pantelleria is less a place to see than to experience. Aside from the 16th-century Castello Barabacane, at the end of the harbour, there is little of interest in Pantelleria town - it was flattened during WWII and rebuilt with modern, cube-shaped houses. The other main towns are Gadir (the prettiest of the towns), Rekale (in the remote south of the island) and Scauri (the island's second port). You can take in all the villages during a day's drive.

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  3. Stufa del Bagno di Arturo

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  4. Bagno dell’Aqua

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