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Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe; it is separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,357 m (11,014 ft) high.
In Sicily, you can visit the majestic volcano Etna, the Valley of the Temples, the Greek Theatre of Taormina and the one of Syracuse. You can learn more about Quasimodo, Verga, Il Gattopardo and the Rape of Persephone. Close your geography, science and art history books.
- Fly in and out of two different airports. The most efficient way to plan a tour through Sicily is to fly into Palermo and leave from Catania, or vice versa.
- Public transport in Sicily is not for the weak. Traveling by train through Sicily is convenient if you stick to the coasts and plan to travel out of main hubs like Palermo, Messina or Catania.
- Plan to move around. Sicily’s major attractions are dispersed throughout the island, so you will feel limited if you choose one city as your base for the whole trip.
- Understand the real history of the mafia. Sure, you can buy plenty of Godfather merchandise when you get to Sicily, but you will have a deeper appreciation of the reality of the island’s mafia history if you take the time to understand it as a tragic story, not one to be idealized.
- Palermo
- Aeolian Islands
- Mount Etna
- Ragusa Ibla
- Reserva Naturale Della Zingaro
- Caltagirone
- Parco Naturale Regionale Delle Madonie
- Catania
- Valley of The Temples
- Favignana
Best for urban culture Sicily’s capital assures urban adventure. Provocative street art, rough-cut food markets pulsating with local life, and pertinent multimedia Mafia-focused exhibitions provide up-to-minute commentary on this endlessly fascinating city. Art and architectural buffs meanwhile can swoon over a smorgasbord of treasures harking back...
Best for beach- and island-hopping Boats, beaches and buckets of granita (crushed ice) soaked in fruits of the land: island-hop around the Aeolians to gorge on Sicilian dolce vita. Milazzo, on Sicily’s northeastern Tyrrhenian Coast, is the springboard for Liberty Lines ferries and hydrofoils to this seven-island slice of paradise. Scoot around the ...
Best for a volcanic family expedition There’s no age limit to getting up high on Sicily’s emblematic active volcano – Europe’s largest. Three-and-a-half centuries after burying neighboring Catania in volcanic ash, Mt Etna still broods over the city. A combo of cable car (up to 2500m/8200ft from Rifugio Sapienza), 4WD vehicle and volcanological moun...
Best for baroque beauty It needed an earthquake in 1693 to usher in Sicily’s glorious golden age. In the island’s southeast, lose yourself in the baroque labyrinth of nooks and lanes in Ragusa Ibla, awash with the decorative masks and chubby-cheeked putti (cherubs) sculpted in stone, that rose from the ashes. Don’t miss the Duomo, designed by super...
Best for scenic coastal walks Straddling the grand sweep of western Sicily’s Golfo di Castellammare, the island’s oldest nature reserveis a thing of beauty. Don comfy shoes and a daypack with water, a swim kit and a lunchtime picnic, and stride out along its sublime walking trails beaded with pristine coves and exhibitions in trailside huts celebra...
Best for arts and crafts From decorative grave vases spun in clay to accompany the dead, to lifelike marionettes, coral jewelry and elaborate 18th-century maiolica statuettes, Sicily’s arts and crafts heritage is immense. In central Sicily, roll up your sleeves in Caltagirone where ceramic production has been the town’s lifeblood since the Middle A...
Best for getting right off the beaten track Sicily doesn’t get wilder or more remote. Motor south from the beach-busy Tyrrhenian Coast into the folds of the rugged Monti Madonie. Ramble around medieval hilltop villages, where the lifestyle is overwhelmingly traditional, the sense of history palpable, and the mountain cuisine exceptional. Overnight ...
Best for an A to Z of Sicilian ocean fish Its prized location between the big blue sea of the Ionian Coast and the smoking hulk of Mt Etna makes Sicily’s second-largest city a great base for exploring the eastern part of the island. Catania’s striking architecture reads like a potted history of Sicily: many of its distinctive, black-and-white palaz...
Best for history nerds and romantics That UNESCO’s temple logo is a mirror of star-turn Tempio della Concordia at Agrigento's breathtaking Valley of the Templessays it all: don’t miss Sicily’s most spectacular archaeological site, strung along a rocky promontory by the Med where the ancient Greeks erected Doric temples, tombs and sanctuaries 2500 y...
Best for snorkeling, cycling and scootering around Most Sicilian explorers have heard of the Aeolians, but fewer are familiar with the five Egadi Islands – Sicily’s “other” archipelago idyll stitched from whitewashed cottages, creamy tufa-stone walkways and bright blue cala(coves). The largest island, butterfly-shaped Favignana, is a half-hour hydr...
Sicily is a picture-postcard island characterised by the indelible marks of the people who have lived there and made it unique, amidst artistic and cultural testimonies of enormous value. Learn more. Discover the incredible Mount Etna and some of the beaches in Sicily.
Sicily, Italy. Sicily is unlike anywhere else in Italy. Sure, the Mediterranean island offers everything that makes Italy a major destination: beaches, wine, food, and architecture—but all with a Sicilian twist. Rustic fare makes the most of local produce from rich cannoli to crispy creamy arancini.
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Nov 18, 2021 · Scantily-clad Olympians, African animals, lepers, deities, mythical monsters, Adam and Eve: the wild stories told by Sicily's Herculean cache of Roman, Byzantine and Arab-Norman mosaics will have you hooked for days.
