Tourism is an important earner of foreign currency. Palermo Holiday Accommodation. 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. Self catering accommodation Segesta Tours are available to visit Sicily's active volcanoes: Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, and Stromboli, one of the Aeolian Islands. Noto Map 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. Sicily Holiday Accommodation  

Mt Etna, the largest volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world, lies south of Taormina. Caltanissetta photos You are permitted to climb up to 2900m. Palermo Holiday Accommodation. 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. Palermo Bed and Breakfast 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. Ragusa Agriturismo 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.

Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Panarea Holiday Flats The Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Palermo Holiday Accommodation. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Calendar of events in Agrigento 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. Palermo Holiday Accommodation. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Ragusa Holiday Flats

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