Panarea is an Italian island belonging to the Eolie Islands archipelago, in Sicily. It's the smallest (3.4 sq.km.) and the lesser in height of the Eolie Islands (421 meters at it's highest point, the Timpone del Corvo) and with the islets of Basiluzzo, Spinazzola, Lisca Bianca, Dattilo, Bottaro, Lisca Nera and the rocks of Panarelli and the Formiche, form a small archipelago, between Lipari and the island of Stromboli, all lying on a single underwater baseplate. The main harbour and commercial port is in the area of San Pietro, the district where the main urban center is concentrated. The other districts are Ditella (or Iditella) to the north-east and Drautto, to the south-west.