HISTORY OF THE HOTEL

*** Hotel Raya ***

The Restaurant

Raya’s Restaurant is located in the harbour with the large bastion-terrace stretching over the sea and constituting the focus of social life in the hotel and on the island. Here people meet for a drink and for a dinner under the light of oil lamps. The menu is typically Mediterranean, but the oil, milk, ham, salami, cheese, butter, honey, marmalade, vegetables, fruit, flour used by the chefs to make pasta, bread, cakes, all come from cooperatives working with biologic and dynamic farming according to the time of the year.

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The Boutiques

Myriam and Paolo used to bring to Panarea ideas and objects from their travels all over the world in order to furnish the hotel and make it more and more comfortable.
When they discovered Bali, considered by many as a paradise on earth, they decided to spend some time every year in this country and to produce in Indonesia what guests admire every year in Raya’s boutique.
Myriam, coming from the Como area, had the silk made in its own town printed with batik and with the typical patterns of those Indonesian areas.

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Panareaa is the smallest and lower island in the Aeolian Isles (Timpone del Corvo, the highest point, is only 412 m upon sea level).
With Basiluzzo, Spinazzola, Lisca Bianca, Dattilo, Bottaro, Lisca nera, the Panarelli and the Formiche it's part of a small archipelago between Lipari and Stromboli. The Mediterranean maquis in Panarea shows plenty of prickly pears, agaves, brooms, capers and several ancient olive trees. Its crystalline waters have manifold colors. The most impressive location on the island is Cala Junco bay, the southern point of Panarea. It is a charming beach enclosed by volcanic reefs; from here tourist can climb to the prehistoric village. The houses are grouped in three villages: San Pietro, Ditella and Drautto. The main road goes from north to south and cannot be traveled by car: it passes through the houses and offers panoramic views of the rocks in front of the island and of Stromboli. There are no camping places and free camping is not allowed. The small paths and mule-tracks, marked by lentisk, capers and myrtle, lead up to the summit of the Timpone del Corvo, where the incredible panoramic view reaches the whole archipelago.
Small motor-boats can be rent directly form the island’s fishermen to explore the wonderful Cala Junco bay or the other islets of this small archipelago. A small sand beach can be reached by foot (20 minutes walk from the harbour) or by the Ape-taxi service.