Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Hotels Trapani 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. Calendar of events in Siracusa Syracuse Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Hotels Trapani. 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. Diving Centres Dive Sites and Schools Agrigento Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Enna Car Hire The inside of the cathedral is covered in breathtakingly glittering mosaics.  

Sicily was chosen by the Gods of Olympus as the scene of their stories of love and hatred, of passion and revenge, of sudden wrath and deep compassion. Farmhouses in Ragusa And today it's still a land of fire and passion. Hotels Trapani. It's also a land of great beauty and contrast, not least the contrast between what the local politicians say they'll do with the money, and what eventually ends up getting built/maintained/improved. Hotels Trapani. In ancient times, Sicily was covered with extremely rich farmland, whose copious wheat harvests fed virtually the entire western part of the Roman Empire. Hotels Trapani Its thick forests were renowned, but the Romans plundered them to build their great naval fleets and the myriad wooden homes that fueled Nero's infamous fire. Last minute accommodation Noto Like much of southern Italy, Sicily has been the ground upon which the boots of Western civilization have trod. Calendar of events in Solunto

Hotels Trapani Heavily bombed during World War Two, shaken again in 1968 by another earthquake, ravaged in recent decades by organized crime, Sicily remains what it has always been. Self catering accommodation Ustica A spectacular land of rugged mountains, golden wheat fields and rocky coasts inhabited by a fiercely independent people who bring passion to everything they do, be it a religious celebration or a holiday dinner. Nebrodi Map

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