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Visit My-Sicily.com for Sicily Hotels, Holidays and Car Hire. Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage. Cheap flats in Milazzo 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 car hire and rentals. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Self catering accommodation Trapani 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 car hire and rentals. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Giardini Naxos AgriturismoFor touring the island can be roughly divided into the north-shore and south-shore areas. Palermo Car Hire The north shore has reefs, olive groves, secluded coves and countless seaside resorts including Cefalu, a gorgeous Arab-Norman city with good beaches. Sicily car hire and rentals. West of center of the north coast is Palermo the ancient capital and the island’s largest city. Be sure to visit the central market and 12th-century Monreale Cathedral which is 6 mi/8 km west of town (it has impressive biblical mosaics). Panarea villas About 50 mi/80 km west of Palermo lies the ancient village of Erice atop a mountain: It still has remains of a temple dedicated to Venus. Sicily car hire and rentals. The southern coast has an even milder climate so there’s swimming most of the year (although it can get cold there between November and March). Cheap guesthouses Segesta The little known Aeolian Islands just of the northern coast of Sicily are an undiscovered delight, particularly if you're looking for peace and quiet surrounded by the pleasures of nature. Sicily car hire and rentals The sea is deep blue, warm and clear, ideal for underwater swimming and fishing, accompanied by flying-fish, swordfish, turtles, sea-horses and hammerfish. Sicily car hire and rentals. The islands are bathed in a limpid clear light, setting off the black volcanic pumice stone. Information about Messina Vines are cultivated on the coastal strips and around the towns. Self catering accommodation Ustica On the island of Vulcano bathe in its warm sea-water, heated by underground volcanic springs. Sicily car hire and rentals. The active volcano on Stromboli offers a spectacular opportunity to observe lava flows and frequent noisy minor eruptions. Cheap flats in Sicily 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. Acireale Agriturismo And today it's still a land of fire and passion. Sicily car hire and rentals. 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. Sicily car hire and rentals. In ancient times, Sicily was covered with extremely rich farmland, whose copious wheat harvests fed virtually the entire western part of the Roman Empire. Sicily car hire and rentals 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. Car Hire Eolie Aeolian Islands Like much of southern Italy, Sicily has been the ground upon which the boots of Western civilization have trod. Hotels Marsala
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