We had a lovely stay in Vulcano. The place has a few garden rooms and although a little walk from the port it is well worth it.
Antonio was away, but his artist friend Tanino was a great host and insisted we took a coffee with him on the first evening & invited over another (english speaking) friend Salvatore who sang and played his guitar. It was a really nice start to our holiday in the Aeolian islands. He recommended a couple of restaurants to us which we tried - first night we got the wrong place, but second night we found the amazing Enzo and had the best meal of our trip! Grazie mille Tanino for the excellent recommendation!!
We hired bikes and did a tour to Capo Grillo, which was quite hard work on the way there, but freewheeling on the way back. The scenery was beautiful and flowers just everywhere. We then climbed up to the volcano rim to catch the sunset - an easy climb and quite impressive (although not a patch on the Stromboli experience which we did a couple of days later)