Just 12km (7½ miles) long and 3km (2 miles) wide, the largest of the Pelagian Islands has an arid, desert-like feel, yet lures visitors with its white sandy beaches, hidden coves, fluorescent ...

Linosa is about the same distance from Sicily as it is from Tunisia and belongs to the so-called Pelagian Islands. The crossing from Porto Empedocle in Sicily takes around seven hours by ferry.