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CONTENTSINTRODUCING SICILY 4

GETTING STARTED 8FESTIVALS & EVENTS 10CULTURE 12FOOD & DRINK 16OUTDOORS 20FAMILY TRAVEL 24THE AUTHORS 28

ITINERARIES 29

PALERMO 33

GETTING STARTED 36Introducing Palermo 38Essential Information 39Orientation 39Walking Tour 40Exploring Palermo 41Festivals & Events 56Gastronomic Highlights 56Transport 59AROUND PALERMO 60Mondello 60Monreale 60Solunto 62Ustica 63WESTERN SICILY 65

GETTING STARTED 68GOLFO DI CASTELLAMMARE 70Castellammare del Golfo 70Scopello 71Around Scopello 71San Vito lo Capo 72TRAPANI 73Essential Information 73Orientation 73Exploring Trapani 74Gastronomic Highlights 76Transport 78AROUND TRAPANI 79Erice 79EGADI ISLANDS 82Favignana 83Levanzo 85

Marettimo 85SALINE DI TRAPANI 86Exploring Saline di Trapani 86THE SOUTHWEST 87Marsala 87Mazara del Vallo 91Around Mazara del Vallo 94Selinunte 94

THE BEST OF SICILIAN ART & ARCHITECTURE 97

TYRRHENIAN COAST 105

GETTING STARTED 108CEFALÙ 110Essential Information 110Exploring Cefalù 110Gastronomic Highlights 112Transport 113AROUND CEFALÙ 114PARCO NATURALE REGIONALE DELLE MADONIE 115Castelbuono 116Petralia Soprana 118Petralia Sottana 118Around Petralia Sottana 119Collesano 120Driving Tour: Monti Madonie 120PARCO REGIONALE DEI NEBRODI 122San Marco d’Alunzio 122Around the Nebrodi Regional Park 123COASTAL RESORT VILLAGES 123MILAZZO 125Essential Information 125Exploring Milazzo 125Gastronomic Highlights 126Transport 127AEOLIAN ISLANDS 128

LIPARI 129GETTING STARTED 132Essential Information 134Orientation 134Exploring Lipari 135Gastronomic Highlights 140

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Nightlife 142Transport 142VULCANO 143Essential Information 143Orientation 143Exploring Vulcano 143Gastronomic Highlights 146Transport 147SALINA 147Essential Information 148Orientation 148Exploring Salina 148Gastronomic Highlights 150Transport 151PANAREA 152Exploring Panarea 152Transport 153STROMBOLI 153Essential Information 155Orientation 155Exploring Stromboli 155Gastronomic Highlights 157Transport 158IONIAN COAST 159

GETTING STARTED 162MESSINA 164Essential Information 164Orientation 164Exploring Messina 164Gastronomic Highlights 166Transport 167AROUND MESSINA 168TAORMINA 168Essential Information 169Orientation 169Exploring Taormina 169Festivals & Events 172Gastronomic Highlights 172Nightlife 173Recommended Shops 174Transport 174AROUND TAORMINA 174Giardini-Naxos 174CATANIA 176Essential Information 176Orientation 176Exploring Catania 176Festivals & Events 181Gastronomic Highlights 181

Nightlife 184Transport 185RIVIERA DEI CICLOPI 186Acireale 186Aci Trezza 188Aci Castello 188MT ETNA 189Essential Information 189Orientation 189Driving Tour: Etna’s Western Flank 190Exploring Mt Etna 191Gastronomic Highlights 193Transport 194SYRACUSE & THE SOUTHEAST 195

GETTING STARTED 198SYRACUSE 200Essential Information 200Orientation 200Exploring Syracuse 201Festivals & Events 208Gastronomic Highlights 208Nightlife 210Recommended Shops 211Transport 211AROUND SYRACUSE 211Exploring Around Syracuse 211THE SOUTHEAST 212Driving Tour: Baroque Towns 212Valle dell’Anapo & Around 213Palazzolo Acreide 214Noto 216The Noto Coast 219Modica 220South of Modica 222Ragusa 222CENTRAL SICILY 227

GETTING STARTED 230ENNA 232Essential Information 232Orientation 232Driving Tour: Enna to Etna 232Exploring Enna 235Festivals & Events 236Gastronomic Highlights 237Transport 238SOUTH OF ENNA 238Piazza Armerina 238Around Piazza Armerina 243Caltagirone 243

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THE WESTERN INTERIOR 246Caltanissetta 246MEDITERRANEAN COAST 248

AGRIGENTO 249Essential Information 249Orientation 249GETTING STARTED 252Exploring Agrigento 254Festivals & Events 258Gastronomic Highlights 259Nightlife 260Transport 261WEST OF AGRIGENTO 261Agrigento to Sciacca 261Sciacca 263Around Sciacca 266EAST OF AGRIGENTO 267Gela 267Around Gela 268BACKGROUND 270

HISTORY 271THE SICILIANS 280

SICILY ON PAGE & SCREEN 287FOOD & WINE 292FOOD & DRINK GLOSSARY 299ACCOMMODATION 302

Palermo 303Western Sicily 305Tyrrhenian Coast 308Aeolian Islands 309Ionian Coast 312Syracuse & the Southeast 314Central Sicily 317Mediterranean Coast 318DIRECTORY 320

TRANSPORT 330

LANGUAGE 339

GLOSSARY 345

BEHIND THE SCENES 347

INDEX 354

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