{"id":9937,"date":"2026-01-20T20:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:30:36","slug":"the-italian-paradise-island-with-no-roads-no-phone-signal-and-almost-no-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/the-italian-paradise-island-with-no-roads-no-phone-signal-and-almost-no-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Italian paradise island with no roads, no phone signal \u2014 and almost no tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"

CTV News<\/a><\/strong><\/em> – Palmarola has no town and no roads. There is no electricity, no mobile phone coverage and no ferry terminal. On most days, the only way to reach the island is by small boat from Ponza, five miles away across the Tyrrhenian Sea.<\/p>

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What draws the people who do make the crossing is not infrastructure or convenience, but the absence of both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":9948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel","8":"category-uncategorized"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t