The Aeolian Islands off the coast at Milazzo are well worth a visit. Cheap accommodation in Solunto Mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey and thought to be the home of Aeolus (the god of the wind) by the ancient Greeks, they offer spectacular volcanic scenery and fine beaches. Cheap accommodation in Solunto. The island of Lipari is the most developed. Diving Centres Dive Sites and Schools Caltanissetta Sample some of the island’s sweet white Malvasia wine while here. Head for Taormina – Sicily’s most picturesque town. Cheap Sant Agata Militello Hotels Its magnificent setting on a terrace of Monte Tauro overlooking the sea and its views of Mt Etna have long made it a top tourist destination. Cheap accommodation in Solunto. The town was an important centre for trade and art through successive Roman, Norman, Spanish and French rules. Cheap Egadi Islands Hotels  

Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Flats in Lipari The Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Cheap accommodation in Solunto. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Car Hire Messina Traces of the Roman period in Sicily can be found in the amphitheatres at Taormina and Siracusa, as well as in that city's Christian catacombs. But perhaps Rome's most lasting (and infamous) contribution to the island came in fostering the great land ownerships which eventually impoverished the peasantry and led, many centuries later, to the founding of secret societies aimed at destroying the fabulously wealthy landlords. Cheap accommodation in Solunto. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Diving Centres Dive Sites and Schools Lipari

Mt Etna, the largest volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world, lies south of Taormina. Palermo lodging You are permitted to climb up to 2900m. Cheap accommodation in Solunto. 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. Tourist attractions in Eolie Aeolian Islands 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. Panarea photos 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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