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'To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not having seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the key to everything.' So said Goethe. Erice Map. Tuscany might want a look in, and Rome might beg to differ, but Sicily, with a history of foreign occupation across the centuries, is certainly fascinating, with a real pot-pourri of culture, cuisine and architecture. Plus the odd volcano. Houses to rent in Segesta Erice MapThe Aeolian Islands off the coast at Milazzo are well worth a visit. Erice Map 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. Erice Map. The island of Lipari is the most developed. Nebrodi Holiday Accommodation Sample some of the island’s sweet white Malvasia wine while here. Head for Taormina – Sicily’s most picturesque town. Milazzo 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. Erice Map. The town was an important centre for trade and art through successive Roman, Norman, Spanish and French rules. Booking Hotels Ustica
Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Erice Map 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. Hostels in Noto Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Erice Map. 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. Piazza Armerina Car Hire Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Discount hotels Trapani The inside of the cathedral is covered in breathtakingly glittering mosaics.
Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Tourist Information office centre Lampedusa The Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Erice Map. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Tourist attractions in Pozzallo 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. Erice Map. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Marsala Hotels