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No roads, no reception and with one restaurant: the secret Italian island most tourists don’t know
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October 7, 2026

No roads, no reception and with one restaurant: the secret Italian island most tourists don’t know

A short distance from the island of Ponza lies Flamarrola, Italy, a pristine volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea that has no roads, electricity grid or cellular reception. The protected piece of land, whose access is possible via a single daily ferry line or by arrangement with fishermen, offers accommodation in only three rooms carved into ancient fishermen’s caves, and preserves a primitive way of life dating back to the Roman Empire.

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