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Visit My-Sicily.com for information about Houses to rent in Marsala Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Houses to rent in Marsala 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. Siracusa Syracuse Villa Rentals Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Houses to rent in Marsala. 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. Catania Map Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Windsurfing Sicily The inside of the cathedral is covered in breathtakingly glittering mosaics. Houses to rent in MarsalaTourism is an important earner of foreign currency. Houses to rent in Marsala. There are many castles and churches in Sicily to attract the tourist and important towns such as Taormina and Cefalu thrive on the tourist industry. Discount hotels Caltanissetta Tours are available to visit Sicily's active volcanoes: Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, and Stromboli, one of the Aeolian Islands. Cefalu apartments Other places of interest are Madonie National Park, the Baroque towns of south-eastern Sicily, the Cathedral of Monreale, the Dorian Temple and Theatre at Segesta, the ancient Greek Theatre of Taormina, the ancient town of Syracuse and the archaeological area of Agrigento. Acireale Map Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Acitrezza Car Hire The Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Houses to rent in Marsala. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Self catering accommodation Eolie Aeolian Islands 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. Houses to rent in Marsala. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Places of interest in Panarea Houses to rent in Marsala 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. Cheap guesthouses Siracusa Syracuse 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. Booking Hotels Segesta |