Getting around
On the island of Pantelleria live 7.600 inhabitants in Trapani province, named the mediterranean "black pearl". The town  is located at 47 km from Sicily and only at 37 km from Africa. This strong and intense isalnd hold volcanic origin. The town area is enlarged from the sea level till an height of 836 metres on the Montagna Grande (big mountain). An island full of natural beauties among which the crystalline sea easily reachable through smooth slopes (some harder) among which, not to be missed, the Balata dei Turchi, Martingana, L’arco dell’Elefante and Cala Levante. It would be nice  to rent out a rubber dinghy or agree to the several boats going around visiting  the island to admire the wonderful places that cannot be seen  except for a boat. Another place  guests cannot loose to admire  is the Lago Specchio di Venere (mirror lake of Venere) which offers swimming and a natural beauty-farm thanks to a black-green mud, due to the thermophile alga deposits, characterized by the sulphur smell and used upon the skin with therapeutic aim. Another important place you should see is the Montagna Grande (big mountain) and the several archeologic sites placed in the "Sesi" landscape: a village located in the south-west of the island where there are the chieftains and dignitaries tombs made of lava-stone big blocks with majestic civilization remains.