By car: Highway A1 "del Sole" (Salerno-Villa San Giovanni free of charge), once arrived on Sicily, proceed on the Highway Messina - Palermo, off ramp Milazzo - Isole Eolie - Harbour. Take the ferry or hydrofoil to Lipari.
By air: from Catania, Napoli, Palermo and Reggio Calabria airports;
By sea: with the ferry or hydrofoil from the ports of Napoli, Messina, Milazzo, Palermo and Reggio Calabria.