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Lampedusa is one 's mood, the island of escape in the film as "Mediterraneo" by Gabriele Salvatores in which echoes a famous quote by Henri Laborit "In times like these escape is the only way to stay viable and continue to dream" and it ends with "Dedicated to all those who are fleeing".
L' atmosfera del posto ci fa dimenticare il mondo la fuori e ci pone al centro del Mar Mediterraneo con lo sguardo che si perde in tutte le direzioni mentre alle spalle l' isola presenta scenari nord africani che ci riportano al senso di avventura e di abbandono.
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| La "Mehari" è la tipica auto di Lampedusa - "Mehari" is the typical's car here |
Qui le regole lasciano il posto alla libertà di essere e di esprimere la propria naturale vocazione all' incontro con il respiro del vento che ha scolpito per secoli forme e varietà di insenature rocciose battute da un sole incessante che spende tutto l' anno.
Here the rules give way to freedom to be and to express their natural vocation to encounter with the breath of the wind has sculpted for centuries variety of shapes and rocky coves battered by a relentless sun spends the whole year.
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| La porta d' Europa - The door of Europe |
Lampedusa is located in 'Pelagie archipelago which includes the islands of Linosa and Lampione. It is also "the door of Europe" why being so close to Africa is the european southern most land . So it happens frequently see signs of the different stores that carry the phrase bar, restaurant, hotel, bakery "so far of Europe "
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| L' isola di Linosa - Island of Linosa |
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| Cala Pulcino - Chick Bay |
Come tutte le isole le Pelagie sono ancora più interessanti se visitate con la barca perché sebbene le loro spiagge siano raggiungibili anche in auto o a piedi, la navigazione aggiunge un esperienza indimenticabile, specialmente se effettuata con il catamarano "Il Respiro" di Lampedusa che offre bagni in calette mozzafiato.
Like all the islands the Pelagie are even more interesting if you visit them by boat because even though their beaches are reachable by car or on foot, navigation adds an unforgettable experience, especially if performed with the catamaran "Breath" of Lampedusa offering stunning baths in breathtaking coves with crystal waters.
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| Catamarano "Il Respiro" di Lampedusa |
This is a weekly or daily charter catamaran, that goes around the islands of Lampedusa, Linosa and Lampione. Skipper and owner Nino Di Maggio welcomes you aboard blissful pampering with his innate sympathy, delicious food & wines and impeccable service, just in the midst of nature. Daily boat trips are expecially for guests overnighting at "Costa House Resort" in Lampedusa. But this boat can be rented separately on a weekly basis as has four comfortable cabins with floor watching directly onto the seabed, at unrivaled price.
Between a bath and another, enjoy the authentic and typically Mediterranean cuisine of Lampedusa. Squid, shrimps, tuna, olives, dried tomatoes, Sicilian pizza, pasta with tuna or sea urchin, always accompanied by regional wine "Insolia".
Interno cabina
Nino Di Maggio
While sailing you can see dolphins and turtles of the specie "Caretta Caretta" swimming in shoals near the islands. In Lampedusa and Linosa are centers for recovery and protection of turtles and dolphins managed by university researchers.
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| Tartaruga Caretta-Caretta durante un' attività di recupero fisioterapeutico (photo by A.Massari) |
In these seas there are many sponges, so it is common to see fishermen at the old port of Lampedusa washed them into the sea, before to be exposed in the stores right on the quay.
The north side of Lampedusa is full of caves that penetrate deep into the rock walls sometimes forming lagoons with turquoise waters rich in fish and corals.
Il paesaggio complessivo è esotico e primordiale, la pietra predomina sull' acqua che a sua volta la completa scolpendola in forme, colori e sfumature.
The overall landscape is exotic and primitive, stone predominates over water, whose activity determines sculpted shapes, colors and shades.
La pietra è usata anche per costruire i "Dammusi" antiche costruzioni i cui mattoni sono le rocce trovate sul suolo dell' isola e murate a secco incastrandole l' una con l' altra. La funzione del "Dammuso" è di proteggere dal caldo mantenendo una temperatura adeguata all' interno dello spazio domestico.
The stone is also used to build "Dammusi" old brick buildings which are found on rocky soil of the island and dry walled fit one with each other. The function of "Dammuso" is to protect from heat while maintaining a suitable temperature to internal domestic space.
In the island of "Linosa" architecture differs significantly from Lampedusa. Here the buildings are very colorful and reminiscent of the Greek Cycladic islands.
Dove Alloggiare a Lampedusa: "COSTA HOUSE RESORT"
La recensione del Direttore Editoriale
Accommodations in Lampedusa: "COSTA HOUSE RESORT"
The Rating of Editorial Executive :
The "Costa House" Resort and Farm House is something really rare. I traveled for years to work all over the world and my activities is to write ratings on restaurants and hotels at professional level. For this reason I have considerable experience in this regard and this time I feel I deserve the highest rating for a facility that has proven not only to be the height of the judgments made previously by others, but even exceeded them. The service received and was very accurate right from arrival, when Mr. Giuseppe Guarnieri has pick us up at the airport of Lampedusa. After leading the room (Superior type) nice, clean spacious and comfortable, explained everything about the island providing advice to plan your stay. The Coast House Resort is an oasis of green in dry and beautiful Mediterranean island belonging to the "Pelagie" archipelago. The garden is rich in plants and has its own "orto" with eggplant, peppers, chilies, tomatoes herbs used to prepare various recipes of Rosaria, the wife of Giuseppe. Every night it becomes a boardwalk restaurant dishes all made incredible authentically according to family tradition of Lampedusa. Rosaria spends most of the day to prepare the numerous and varied appetizers, first and second seafood and the magnificent Sicilian pastries that will remain unforgettable and indelible in your mind. Some family secrets are the rare such as the "Girgentana" goat, directly raised in this farmhouse. Its production of milk from quality unquestioned because similar to that sourced by mother's breast. It's used for preparations of fresh ricotta cheese and natural yogurt, always present at the in house buffet. The fish is fresh and different every day. Especially good tuna with salt and pastry stand Cassata Sicilian cannoli and, for us the best in the region. When and 'there is a good amount' of grouper Rosaria prepares a great fish couscous. I strongly recommend the catamaran trip with Nino di Maggio, which takes you around the islands for a relaxing and unforgettable marine experience. Aboard the "Respiro" (Breath) of Lampedusa will find the same food quality of the resort. Pasta alla Fabio (the skipper who helps Nino) spaghetti made with Tuna and occasionally noodles with sea urchin, while the rest of the day you are always pampered by the crew, with stunning meal, fresh white wines Sicilian cakes, local island's pizza. Nino can lead the catamaran to the island of "Linosa" representing a lost paradise, far from tourist routes. Deserves a break of at least one night, possibly on board the "Respiro" in its beautiful cabins all with bathroom and every comfort possible. On the floor of the catamaran there are portholes to see the seabottom underwater. During the trip you can watch dolphins and turtles and numerous seabirds. At the Costa House Resort & Farm House we also house a rented directly a "Mehari" the only car really suited for this island. You are cool and traveling at reduced speed, slowly, to enjoy the scenery of wild and free island with its distinctive odors that seem to come out of the movie "Mediterraneo" by Gabriele Salvatores. Overall, we hit 's beautiful solar atmosphere and family structure with its authentic and real characters, kid, Giuseppe, Rosaria, Nicola, Miriam and Cristian, all part of a winning team to always provide simply the best. It's a structure in which each of you will return in subsequent years. Overall rating of "Travelscore" in the "Resort & Farm House" (Agriturismo) category is 20/20.
Article by Luca Centoni / Photo by Michela Caroti
