Valle dei Templi

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One of Sicily’s premier attractions, with the imposing TEMPLE OF JUNO, the perfect TEMPLE OF CONCORD, the colossal TEMPLE OF OLYMPIC JOVE and that of Hercules, perhaps the oldest

Acireale

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This small town is highly interesting as regards art and monuments, with a particular kind of baroque. Don’t lose the CATHEDRAL and the BASILICA DEI SS. PIETRO E PAOLO, both in the main place

Caltagirone

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Elegant baroque town, Caltagirone is renowed throughout Sicily for the high quality of its ceramics. Don’t lose the SCALINATA DI SANTA MARIA DEL MONTE: each of 142 steps is decorated…

Catania

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Catania spreads out over the Plain of Catania, between the Ionian Sea and the slopes of Mt Etna. The close link between the city and the volcano is visible in the buildings, many of which are constructed in lava stone. PIAZZA DUOMO, THE STATUE DEGLI ELEFANTI…

Etna

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Europe’s highest active volcano. Hot lava flows almost constantly from one of the many fissures beneath the main craters

Piazza Armerina

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A pretty town famous for the Roman VILLA DEL CASALE, one of the most outstanding archaeological testimonies of Roman Sicily of the Imperial Age with the various series of polychrome mosaics…

Isole Eolie

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Wonderful volcanic archipelago located in the Thyrrenian sea: LIPARI, the largest island, during the summer is full of tourists. However visitors easily adapt to the rhythm of the island.

Taormina

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One of Sicily’s most picturesque town, to see the GREEK THEATRE open towards Etna and the sea, the PALAZZO CORVAIA …

Cefalù

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On the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the slopes of the “Rocca”, the promontory which looms over the town and which resembles a small head, Cefalù is dominated by the Norman-Arab CATHEDRAL

Monreale

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On Monte Caputo, overlooking the Conca d’Oro, Monreale dates from the late Middle Ages. Beautiful the CATHEDRAL, covered with mosaics on a gold background and the CLOISTER

Palermo

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Sicily’s capital, PALERMO is rich in monuments and art treasures because it was conquered by peoples of different race and religion: this finds its best expression in the city’s architectural mix…

Noto

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A town that is all baroque, stepped in art and monuments. Today Noto is included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Siracusa

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In a splendid position in the East part of the Sicilian coast, Siracusa, in the Parco Archeologico, preserves precious jewels as the ANFITEATRO ROMANO and the TEATRO GRECO, still used…

Erice

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Overlooking Trapani from a superb scenic location, ERICE has maintained the fascinatining atmosphere of an old medieval village with its paved streets, its little squares

Segesta

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Important archaeological site, encloses two precious jewels, the TEMPLE and the THEATRE, an incomparable combination of architectural elegance dated to the 2nd century BC

Selinunte

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The most important archaelogical site in the Mediterranean area, in a unique atmosphere, there are preserved the colossal remains of eight TEMPLES in the purest Doric style