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Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Sicily Accommodation 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 Piazza Armerina Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Sicily Accommodation. 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. Acireale Villa Rentals Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Calendar of events in Eolie Aeolian Islands The inside of the cathedral is covered in breathtakingly glittering mosaics.

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

Mt Etna, the largest volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world, lies south of Taormina. Giarre Holiday Flats You are permitted to climb up to 2900m. Sicily 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. Calendar of events in Noto 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. Houses to rent in Giardini Naxos 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.

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