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Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Booking Hotels Lampedusa Spectacularly situated along a wide sweep of bay at the foot of Monte Pellegrino, Palermo was the wealthiest and most magnificent city in Europe in the 12th century. Tourist Information office centre Egadi Islands Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Booking Hotels Lampedusa. Stroll along the Via Roma and Via Maqueda in the heart of the old town and get a sense of what Palermo is all about. Camping and Caravan sites in Erice Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Self catering accommodation Cefalu The inside of the cathedral is covered in breathtakingly glittering mosaics.Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands, lies between southern Italy and North Africa. Houses to rent in Giardini Naxos The island can be seen as a "stepping stone" between Europe and Africa. Booking Hotels Lampedusa. A beautiful, mountainous island, Sicily has been occupied by a series of migrants and invaders. These include the Greeks, Cathaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Angevins and Spaniards. In 1861 Sicily became part of Italy when Garibaldi united the Kingdom of Italy and the island. Booking Hotels Lampedusa Eighty-five years later Sicily achieved "relative independence". This means that although Sicily belongs to Italy it is responsible for much of its own local affairs. Booking Hotels Lampedusa. The island is divided into nine provinces: Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa and Trapani. Piazza Armerina Bed and Breakfast Throughout history islands have been invaded by foreign powers. Palermo Holiday Flats However, Sicily's rugged terrain has provided its people with a degree of protection as many of its towns and villages are high in the mountains.
Sicily is a mountainous island — an extension of the Apennine Mountains separated from the mainland by the Straits of Messina. Booking Hotels Lampedusa There are many reasons to visit Sicily: water sports, beaches of rock and sand (including black sand), natural beauty, good food and friendly people. Sant Agata Militello Car Hire
Mt Etna, the largest volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world, lies south of Taormina. Erice Holiday Accommodation You are permitted to climb up to 2900m. Booking Hotels Lampedusa. A rope marks the spot where the volcano’s unpredictability makes it unsafe to go any further. Further south, the town of Syracuse was once a very powerful Greek city. Farmhouses in Noto Check out the medieval buildings on the island of Ortigia which lies in the centre of town. Don’t miss the 5th century Teatro Greco – a masterpiece hewn out of rock with a seating capacity for 16,000 people. Cheap Acireale Hotels The five Doric temples in the town of Agrigento are also well worth a visit. They are the most well preserved of Sicily’s Greek ruins and are truly spectacular.
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