Spiaggia delle Sabbie nere

Drop anchor off Spiaggia delle Sabbie Nere (Black Sand Beach) on Vulcano island and you're treated to one of the Aeolian archipelago's most striking settings — dark volcanic sand meeting water that shifts from turquoise to deep blue. The backdrop of Vulcano's active fumaroles steaming on the hillside gives this bay a raw, otherworldly feel you won't find at your average beach stop. It's a calm, sheltered anchorage where you can swim ashore and walk the black sand.