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2023. 1. Valle dei Templi. 18,508. Ancient Ruins. Admission tickets from $20. This region is one of the most important archeological sites in the world with many great temples such as Hera (Juno,) Lacinia, Concordia, Heracles (Hercules) and Olympian Zeus (Jupiter,) all dramatically perched along a long rocky scarp.
- Half Day to Full Day. TIME TO SPEND. There are many lovely islands off the coast of Sicily, and the hardest part may be choosing which ones to see.
- Natural Wonders, Hiking, Recreation, Tours, Sightseeing. TYPE. Half Day to Full Day. TIME TO SPEND.
- Address: Via del Teatro Greco, 1. Entertainment and Nightlife, Monuments and Memorials, Sightseeing. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours. TIME TO SPEND.
- Address: Via Selinunte. Tours, Monuments and Memorials, Sightseeing. TYPE. 2 hours to Half Day. TIME TO SPEND.
This two-week itinerary covers the country's top sights. Day 1: Fly into Palermo, begin sightseeing there (sleep in Palermo) Day 2: Sightsee Palermo; side-trip to Monreale (sleep in Palermo) Day 3: Pick up car, visit Segesta en route to Trapani (sleep in Trapani) Day 4: Day-trip to Mozia and the salt flats, and up to Erice (sleep in Trapani)
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- Palermo. I can only start this list of the top things to do in Sicily with the capital, Palermo. It is a very rich city in terms of historical buildings and monuments and the ideal place to visit if you like churches and palaces.
- Cefalù. This is a very picturesque place and probably the first Sicily picture you saw! This small fishing town with its colorful boats moored at the pier seems calm and peaceful.
- Taormina. Let’s continue this bucket list of things to do in Sicily with Taormina, nicknamed “the Pearl of Sicily”. This town is world-famous for the magnificent view it offers on the plain of Catania, Etna and Isola Bella.
- Etna. The Etna volcano is impossible to miss if you are in Sicily. It is one of the island’s main attractions, and it should definitely be included in your tour in Sicily.
- Discover Sicily's Backstory in A Kaleidoscope of UNESCO Mosaics
- Adventure Up Sicily's "Other" Volcano on Stromboli
- Wander Ancient Ruins in The Valley of The Temples by Moonlight
- Taste Vino with Winegrowers on The Slopes of Mount Etna
- Splash and Snorkel Like A 1960s Movie Star on Isola Bella
- Learn About The Mafia Past and Present in Palermo
- Admire Prehistoric Art in A Cave on Levanzo
- Uncover The Greatest City of Ancient Magna Graecia in Syracuse
- Get Off-Grid on The Aeolian Island of Alicudi
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. Begin your mosaic mini-tour in the glittering gold cathedral crowning the hilltop Monreale, built for William II in 1184 to upstage g...
Hiking or mountain biking up the emblematic slopes of massive brooding Mount Etna is a classic. But if you're into a fire-spitting volcano with a primordial village vibe and post-hike pizza with fireworks, hit the less-sung Stromboli – legend says that wind god Aeolus and other mythological deities had a hand in this island's marvelous creation. Bu...
On Sicily's southern Mediterranean coast, Agrigento's Valley of the Templesmakes an impression like no other ruins on the island. Strung out along a long rocky promontory where the ancient Greeks built sacred temples as holy beacons for sailors 2500 years ago, the vast archaeological site is prized by UNESCO as one of the world's "most outstanding ...
Sun-soaked grapes have always been grown on the island – this is Italy's second-largest wine-producing region after all. But with the exception of sweet dessert wines like Marsala, Sicilian wines are hard to come by outside Sicily. Drink in local viticulture, meet wine growers and swill, sniff and sip wines produced on Mount Etna's fertile slopes a...
Vintage glamour queen Taormina is the springboard for chic sea dips and snorkeling forays in the crystal water that laps the pebble beach on Isola Bella – as bella(beautiful) as its name suggests. The dot of an island, linked by cable car to Taormina (which is perched dramatically on a cliff high above), lured Europe's aristocracy during the days o...
Try to better understand what makes Sicily's disheveled, high-octane capital tick at No Mafia Memorial, a multimedia space in a palazzo onPalermo's main street Corso Vittorio Emanuele that explains Mafiosi and anti-Mafia history. Combine the interesting if unsettling exhibitions with a contemplative walk along the powerful Wall of Legality street m...
When you tire of beach-hopping by bicycle on the Egadi island of Favignana, swap wheels for water and catch a ferry to pin-prick Levanzo. From its tiny port, motorboats whip along the wave-lashed coast to Grotta del Genovese, a cave hidden high in the hillside that shelters Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic rock art. Etchings of goats, dolphins and d...
To think small town Syracuse in southeast Sicily was the largest city in the ancient world in its heyday – bigger even than Athens and Corinth – is mind-boggling. A near-perfect encapsulation of Sicily's timeless beauty, its "once upon a time" begins in 734 BCE. Split your time between the ancient island-city of Ortygia – where honey-hued medieval ...
Magical and mesmerizing, the Aeolian's second-smallestisland feels like a mischievous afterthought on the map. As isolated a place as you'll find in the entire Mediterranean basin, this 5.2 sq km island has no roads – just a relentless succession of time-wizened, volcanic-stone steps staggering mercilessly up to the craggy summit of Monte Montagnol...
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Mar 11, 2024 · The glittering gold mosaics inside Sicily's finest example of Norman architecture leave you dumbstruck. 2. Aeolian Islands. 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.
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