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C O M C O N T E N TS 25 CONTENTS Marettimo 85 INTRODUCING SICILY 4 GETTING STARTED FESTIVALS & EVENTS 8 10 CULTURE FOOD & DRINK OUTDOORS FAMILY TRAVEL 12 16 20 24 THE AUTHORS 28 ITINERARIES 29 THE BEST OF SICILIAN ART & ARCHITECTURE PALERMO 33 TYRRHENIAN COAST 105 GETTING STARTED 36 Introducing Palermo Essential Information Orientation Walking Tour Exploring Palermo Festivals & Events Gastronomic Highlights Transport 38 39 39 40 41 56 56 59 GETTING STARTED CEFALÙ 108 110 Essential Information Exploring Cefalù Gastronomic Highlights Transport 110 110 112 113 AROUND CEFALÙ PARCO NATURALE REGIONALE DELLE MADONIE 114 Castelbuono Petralia Soprana Petralia Sottana Around Petralia Sottana Collesano Driving Tour: Monti Madonie 116 118 118 119 120 120 AROUND PALERMO 60 Mondello Monreale Solunto Ustica 60 60 62 63 WESTERN SICILY 65 GETTING STARTED GOLFO DI CASTELLAMMARE 68 70 Castellammare del Golfo Scopello Around Scopello San Vito lo Capo 70 71 71 72 TRAPANI 73 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Trapani Gastronomic Highlights Transport 73 73 74 76 78 AROUND TRAPANI 79 Erice 79 EGADI ISLANDS 82 Favignana Levanzo 83 85 SALINE DI TRAPANI 86 Exploring Saline di Trapani 86 THE SOUTHWEST 87 Marsala Mazara del Vallo Around Mazara del Vallo Selinunte 87 91 94 94 97 115 PARCO REGIONALE DEI NEBRODI 122 San Marco d’Alunzio Around the Nebrodi Regional Park 122 123 COASTAL RESORT VILLAGES MILAZZO 123 125 Essential Information Exploring Milazzo Gastronomic Highlights Transport 125 125 126 127 AEOLIAN ISLANDS 128 LIPARI GETTING STARTED 129 132 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Lipari Gastronomic Highlights 134 134 135 140 26 C O N T E N TS Nightlife Transport L O N E LY P L A N E T. C O M 142 142 Nightlife Transport 184 185 VULCANO 143 RIVIERA DEI CICLOPI 186 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Vulcano Gastronomic Highlights Transport 143 143 143 146 147 Acireale Aci Trezza Aci Castello 186 188 188 MT ETNA 189 Essential Information Orientation Driving Tour: Etna’s Western Flank Exploring Mt Etna Gastronomic Highlights Transport 189 189 190 191 193 194 SYRACUSE & THE SOUTHEAST 195 GETTING STARTED SYRACUSE 198 200 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Syracuse Festivals & Events Gastronomic Highlights Nightlife Recommended Shops Transport 200 200 201 208 208 210 211 211 SALINA 147 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Salina Gastronomic Highlights Transport 148 148 148 150 151 PANAREA 152 Exploring Panarea Transport 152 153 STROMBOLI 153 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Stromboli Gastronomic Highlights Transport 155 155 155 157 158 IONIAN COAST 159 GETTING STARTED MESSINA 162 164 AROUND SYRACUSE 211 Exploring Around Syracuse 211 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Messina Gastronomic Highlights Transport 164 164 164 166 167 THE SOUTHEAST 212 AROUND MESSINA TAORMINA 168 168 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Taormina Festivals & Events Gastronomic Highlights Nightlife Recommended Shops Transport 169 169 169 172 172 173 174 174 Driving Tour: Baroque Towns Valle dell’Anapo & Around Palazzolo Acreide Noto The Noto Coast Modica South of Modica Ragusa 212 213 214 216 219 220 222 222 CENTRAL SICILY 227 GETTING STARTED ENNA 230 232 Essential Information Orientation Driving Tour: Enna to Etna Exploring Enna Festivals & Events Gastronomic Highlights Transport 232 232 232 235 236 237 238 AROUND TAORMINA 174 Giardini-Naxos 174 CATANIA 176 Essential Information Orientation Exploring Catania Festivals & Events Gastronomic Highlights 176 176 176 181 181 SOUTH OF ENNA 238 Piazza Armerina Around Piazza Armerina Caltagirone 238 243 243 L O N E LY P L A N E T. C O M C O N T E N TS THE WESTERN INTERIOR 246 Caltanissetta 246 MEDITERRANEAN COAST 27 248 SICILY ON PAGE & SCREEN FOOD & WINE FOOD & DRINK GLOSSARY 287 292 299 AGRIGENTO 249 ACCOMMODATION 302 Essential Information Orientation 249 249 303 305 308 309 312 314 317 318 GETTING STARTED 252 Exploring Agrigento Festivals & Events Gastronomic Highlights Nightlife Transport 254 258 259 260 261 Palermo Western Sicily Tyrrhenian Coast Aeolian Islands Ionian Coast Syracuse & the Southeast Central Sicily Mediterranean Coast WEST OF AGRIGENTO 261 DIRECTORY 320 Agrigento to Sciacca Sciacca Around Sciacca 261 263 266 TRANSPORT 330 LANGUAGE 339 EAST OF AGRIGENTO 267 Gela Around Gela 267 268 GLOSSARY 345 BEHIND THE SCENES 347 BACKGROUND 270 INDEX 354 HISTORY THE SICILIANS 271 280 MAP LEGEND 360 Aeolian Islands p128 Tyrrhenian Coast p105 Western Sicily p65 Palermo p33 Central Sicily p227 Ionian Coast p159 Mediterranean Coast p248 Syracuse & the Southeast p195 SICILY PARCO NATURALE REGIONALE p115 DELLE MADONIE Enjoy spectacular scenery and delectable cuisine that changes with the season Ustica \ # ‚ ‚ To Livorno (500km); Genoa (700km) To Naples (220km) Ustica ‚ To Cagliari (280km) PALERMO p33 Savour the street life in this magnificently dishevelled and magically alive city San Vito lo Capo \ # Falcone- Golfo di Capo Borsellino Carini Gallo \ Mondello # Airport " 1 Golfo di Palermo Golfo di Capo Zafferano Riserva Naturale ^ Castellam- Palermo # b Solunto " dello Zingaro " U \ # \ # mare Trapani # Golfo di Termini \ # \ Erice \ # ] # Levanzo Partinico Bagheria Imerese Castellammare \ \ Favignana del Golfo # Alcamo b " Termini Imerese # Marettimo \ # bSegesta " Himera \ # Favignana 1 " Vincenzo Florio Caccamo Egadi Islands Collesano U " (Birgi) Airport b " Riserva Naturale Parco Naturale Corleone Mozia di Stagnone # Regionale delle \ # ] Capo Boeo Marsala Madonie To Tunis, Tunisia S \ Partanna # (150km) \ Castelvetrano # \ Mazara del Vallo # # \ # Caltabellotta Rocche di Cusa b " \ # Menfi Selinunte \ # \ Ribera # Sciacca ‚ WESTERN SICILY p65 b Eraclea Minoa " Agrigento Favara \ ] # # Scala dei Turchi # # \ # Valley of the Porto Empedocle Temples Blaze a gourmet trail along the wild and wonderful west coast \ # Palma di Montechiaro \ # Licata AGRIGENTO Traipse among the temples at this world-famous archaeological site Pantelleria ‚ \ # p249 $ Mt Grande Pantelleria (836m) To Pelagic Islands (150km) Pelagic Islands DISTANCE CHART (KM) Same Scale as Main Map 165 Messina 258 95 Palermo 126 208 226 Syracuse 218 60 160 Taormina 214 47 53 255 115 Trapani 157 312 324 104 355 a se 359 rm in Ta o m ra cu Sy le r sin MEDITERRANEAN SEA 260 o a Linosa Pa a ta ni es M Ca Ag rig en to Catania To Porto Empedocle (200km) ‚ Note: Distances are approximate # \ Linosa Lampione # Lampedusa \ Lampedusa 0 0 AEOLIAN ISLANDS 0 ! p128 LEGEND Primary Road Secondary Road Stromboli # \ To Naples (300km) Tertiary Road Stromboli Tyrrhenian Sea Alicudi Aeolian Islands Filicudi Railway line Airport Panarea \ # Salina ELEVATION Freeway ‚ Climb hissing volcanoes, laze in cobalt-blue waters and party alongside the glitterati 50 km 25 miles San Pietro 2500m 2000m 1500m 1000m 500m 200m 100m 0 \ Santa Marina Salina Mt Fossa $# delle Felci Lipari (962m) \ Lipari # Porto di Levante \ # Golfo di Gioia Vulcano Golfo di Punta del Faro Capo Milazzo Milazzo Ganzirri# \ (Capo Peloro) \ Mortelle # Milazzo Golfo di # \ \ Villa San # Patti ] Giovanni Messina # \ # \ # b " Sant'Agata Barcellona t a ^ Reggio di # i Tyndaris di Militello Calabria San Marco r Castel \ \ # # Cefalù el o d'Alunzio \ # di Tusa ti P CALABRIA n \ # i d Mo ebro Castelbuono Mistretta Mo nti N Parco Regionale \ Savoca # \ # U " \ # $ \ # dei Nebrodi Gola dell'Alcantara $ (1979m) Mt Soro # U PizzoadCarbonara " (1847m) \ Taormina # ti M onie n o \ # M # Parco \# Giardini-Naxos Bronte # \ " dell'Etna U Petralia \ Petralia $ Sottana Soprana \ Giarre # Lago di Mt Etna Pozzillo Adrano (3329m) \ # Riviera dei Ciclopi \ Acireale # Enna # ]" \ \ Aci Trezza # Paternò # ; \ # Aci Castello Ionian Sea Castello di \ # ] Catania Misterbianco # ] # Lombardia Morgantina 1 " b " Caltanissettà To Ravenna Fontanarossa \ Aidone # (1050km) \ Golfo di Piazza Armerina b# " Palagonia Catania Mazzarino \ # Villa Romana \ # \ del Casale Lentini # \ Ravanusa # Caltagirone Augusta \ # Megara \ # Butera Hyblaea " b Golfo di \ # M Necropoli di o Augusta \ Niscemi # nti Pantalica " Falconara b I \ # ; Castello Eurialo Floridia # \ " Gela ] # ] Syracuse # \ # b Palazzolo Akrai " SYRACUSE p200 Golfo di Acreide Vittòria Gela Cómiso ] # # \ Avola Explore elegant piazzas, classical ] Ragusa # Golfo di \ # Noto # \ ruins and an ancient Jewish ghetto Noto \ Modica # b Eloro " Scicli \ # \ Ispica U # "Riserva Naturale Oasi Faunistica di Vendicari b " \ # \ Pachino # Cava Pozzallo MEDITERRANEAN d'Ispica SEA Capo Passero Capo delle Correnti To Valletta, To Valletta, Malta (60km) Malta (60km) Str Me aits o ssin f a ni Capo Capo d'Orlando Calavà ‚ ble ‚ ‚ i HILL TOWNS p212 Head to the brilliantly baroque hilltop towns of Noto, Modica and Ragusa © Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd L O N E LY P L A N E T. 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