This summer, we set sail for Filicudi, an Aeolian island in the Sicilian periphery. Remote and with a rhythm of its own, it’s where we go to find solace and belonging in a daily agenda of sunbathing, napping and eating. If you make the ferry, look out for the TOTEME summer residency: a quaint oasis at the end of the beach in Pecorini a Mare.

Drawing from the untamed beauty of the island, which beckoned us with its rugged rock formations and bright-hued facades, the residency becomes a natural ode to its habitat.