Sicily Car Hire
Sicily Agriturismo
Sicily Apartments
Sicily Holidays
Sicily Accommodation
Home
Caltanissetta lodging
Flats in Catania
Last minute accommodation Lipari
Cheap accommodation in Acitrezza
Booking Hotels Erice
Visit My-Sicily.com for Sicily Hotels, Holidays and Car Hire.
For touring the island can be roughly divided into the north-shore and south-shore areas. Information about Agrigento The north shore has reefs, olive groves, secluded coves and countless seaside resorts including Cefalu, a gorgeous Arab-Norman city with good beaches. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando. 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). Booking Hotels Milazzo 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. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando. 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). Farmhouses in PanareaIronically, the earthquake that devastated the southeastern provinces in 1693 became the springboard for Sicily's most glorious period, the baroque. Discount cheap lodging Solunto 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. Hotels Licata 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. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando. 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. Capo D Orlando Tours and Excursions Sicily remained in Bourbon hands until 1861, when unification created the Kingdom of Italy.
The Aeolian Islands off the coast at Milazzo are well worth a visit. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando Mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey and thought to be the home of Aeolus (the god of the wind) by the ancient Greeks, they offer spectacular volcanic scenery and fine beaches. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando. The island of Lipari is the most developed. Self catering accommodation Agrigento Sample some of the island’s sweet white Malvasia wine while here. Head for Taormina – Sicily’s most picturesque town. Tourist Information office centre Lipari Its magnificent setting on a terrace of Monte Tauro overlooking the sea and its views of Mt Etna have long made it a top tourist destination. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando. The town was an important centre for trade and art through successive Roman, Norman, Spanish and French rules. Tourist Information office centre Egadi Islands
'To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not having seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the key to everything.' So said Goethe. Tourist Information office centre Capo D Orlando. Tuscany might want a look in, and Rome might beg to differ, but Sicily, with a history of foreign occupation across the centuries, is certainly fascinating, with a real pot-pourri of culture, cuisine and architecture. Plus the odd volcano. Catania lodging
Nebrodi Map
Discount hotels Giardini Naxos
Car Hire Sciacca
Messina Map
Marsala apartments