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Tourism is an important earner of foreign currency. Licata photos. 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. Piazza Armerina lodging Tours are available to visit Sicily's active volcanoes: Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, and Stromboli, one of the Aeolian Islands. Tourist Information office centre Sciacca 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. Palermo Accommodation Licata photosSicily is a mountainous island — an extension of the Apennine Mountains separated from the mainland by the Straits of Messina. Licata photos There are many reasons to visit Sicily: water sports, beaches of rock and sand (including black sand), natural beauty, good food and friendly people. Self catering accommodation Piazza Armerina
Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Licata photos 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 lodging Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Licata photos. 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 Accommodation Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Siracusa Syracuse Accommodation The inside of the cathedral is covered in breathtakingly glittering mosaics.
Ironically, the earthquake that devastated the southeastern provinces in 1693 became the springboard for Sicily's most glorious period, the baroque. Cheap guesthouses Campo Bello di Mazara It gleams in the cities and towns of Palermo, Catania, Siracusa, Ragusa, Noto, Comiso, Scicli and dozens more, all of which had to be rebuilt from the ground up. Discount hotels Cefalu After the Aragonese, Sicily passed briefly into the hands of the Austrians, to be willingly rescued in 1734 by the Bourbons of Spain, whose throne was actually located in Naples. Licata photos. During one forced exile in Palermo, the Bourbon king Ferdinand's wife Maria Carolina (sister of Marie Antoinette) built La Favorita. , A magnificent refuge in which to hide from the subjects she thoroughly loathed. Self catering accommodation Giardini Naxos Sicily remained in Bourbon hands until 1861, when unification created the Kingdom of Italy.