Seven remote and wild Italian islands you probably hadn't thought to visit

With quiet coves, wild sheep, goats and donkeys and few other visitors, these seven isles can feel far removed from Italy’s summer hotspots 🖋️ Silvia Marchetti

. Part of the Pelagian archipelago , its lava pebble beaches and cliffs are streaked with sulphur-yellow, black, green and red. Linosa looks like a slice of Mars on Earth. The waters, popular with divers, are patrolled by hammerhead sharks and sea turtles that lay their eggs on the shore.Just one dusty road circles the isle, leading to an extinct volcanic crater and a sleepy fishing village with cute rainbow-coloured dwellings and bars that serve refreshing lemon granita.

You get here on boat day trips from its sister isle, Ponza, with fishermen who spin tales and lead groups to the 19th-century Punta Varo lighthouse.Ruins of a 13th-century Benedictine convent and lavish villa where a Roman couple held orgies and wild parties in the 60s hint at a varied past. Overnight visitors are not permitted, but day visitors can sunbathe on the seaweed-flecked beach where the lascivious marquise once skinny-dipped.

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