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Sicily is a mountainous island — an extension of the Apennine Mountains separated from the mainland by the Straits of Messina. There are many reasons to visit Sicily: water sports, beaches of rock and sand (including black sand), natural beauty, good food and friendly people. Ferries Capo Di Orlando

Palermo was founded by Phoenicians who sailed there from their native Carthage; the Greeks colonized the whole island, leaving some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples they ever built at Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta. Ferries Caltanissetta. Around those glorious sites they planted Sicily's first olive trees and grape vines. Guide books about Campo Bello di Mazara 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. Ferries Caltanissetta. In Palermo, these groups were known as mafia. Hiking Agrigento

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