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Begin your Sicilian odyssey in its capital city - Palermo. Solunto Holiday 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. Flats in Noto Today Palermo has an air of faded grandeur and an unrivalled display of Norman art and architecture and Baroque churches. Solunto Holiday 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. Farmhouses in Solunto Don’t miss the magnificent 12th century Norman cathedral at Monreale, 8 kilometres southwest of the city. Discount accommodation Siracusa Syracuse 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. Discount accommodation Agrigento 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 accommodation Erice 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. Solunto Holiday Accommodation. 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. Diving Centres Dive Sites and Schools Ustica Sicily remained in Bourbon hands until 1861, when unification created the Kingdom of Italy.

Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands, lies between southern Italy and North Africa. Last minute accommodation Cefalu The island can be seen as a "stepping stone" between Europe and Africa. Solunto Holiday Accommodation. A beautiful, mountainous island, Sicily has been occupied by a series of migrants and invaders. These include the Greeks, Cathaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Angevins and Spaniards. In 1861 Sicily became part of Italy when Garibaldi united the Kingdom of Italy and the island. Solunto Holiday Accommodation Eighty-five years later Sicily achieved "relative independence". This means that although Sicily belongs to Italy it is responsible for much of its own local affairs. Solunto Holiday Accommodation. The island is divided into nine provinces: Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa and Trapani. Houses to rent in Nebrodi Throughout history islands have been invaded by foreign powers. Calendar of events in Ustica However, Sicily's rugged terrain has provided its people with a degree of protection as many of its towns and villages are high in the mountains.

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