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Porto di Levante

Porto di Levante has the flimsy feel of a hastily erected film set, consisting of a

couple of ramshackle streets lined with whitewashed cubes that house restaurants,
bars and lots of tacky souvenir shops. If you need provisions, there’s a small
supermarket tucked into an alley at the end of the main street.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE: PORTO DI LEVANTE

By ferry and hydrofoil Ferries and hydrofoils dock at Porto di Levante, the main
harbour; ticket offices are located near the dock. All ferries, and virtually all
hydrofoils, stopping at Lipari also call at Vulcano. The services detailed here are
year-round; schedules increase during the summer months.

Ferry departures Alicudi (2–3 weekly; 3hr 30min); Filicudi (2–3 weekly; 2hr
30min); Ginostra (2–3 weekly; 2hr 30min); Lipari (5 daily; 35min); Milazzo (5 daily;
1hr 30min); Naples 2 weekly (15hr 30min); Panarea (2–3 weekly; 1hr 30min); Santa

Marina Salina (5 daily; 1hr 30min); Stromboli (2–3 weekly; 3hr).

Hydrofoil departures Alicudi (1 daily; 1hr 45min); Filicudi (1 daily; 1hr 15min);
Ginostra (1 daily; 1hr 15min); Lipari (15 daily; 10min); Messina (1 daily; 1hr 45min);
Milazzo (14 daily; 40min); Panarea (2 daily; 50min); Rinella (9 daily; 1hr); Santa
Marina Salina (13 daily; 40min); Stromboli (2 daily; 1hr 30min).

GETTING AROUND

By bus From the Porto di Levante dockside, buses run year-round to Piano (Mon–Sat
7–8 daily; 10min), and in summer to Gelso (mid-June to mid-Sept Mon–Sat 3 daily;
20min).

Bike and scooter hire Da Paolo ( 090 985 2112) and Sprint ( 090 985 2208), in
the centre of the village on the main Strada Comunale Porto Levante, rent out mountain