This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily 05: Palermo, Cefalu Next day, we left Agrigento and decide to take a long scenic drive to Palermo, passing several interesting places. We drove west from Agrigento along the coast to Mazara del Vallo, via Sciacca, Menfi, and Castelvetrano. Nice scenery along the…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily 4 – Agrigento We walked from our B&B in Siracusa over to the parked car. On the way, we had to cross the fish and vegetable market that was just starting to come to life. Saw the way sea-urchins get processed; the exterior…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Siracusa Next day, we drove to Syracuse (called Siracusa in Sicily). Siracusa is another old fortified town, and the original town was built on the island of Ortigia; and we were staying on this island of Ortigia, at the B&B Globetrotter Siracusa. We drove…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily-2: Taormina, Torre Faro & Castelmola, Sicily Next day, after breakfast, we picked up our friends from Catania airport, & drove from Catania to the outskirts of Taormina, where we were going to be staying next few nights. We drove along the coastal road…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily 1: Catania, Sicily Took a trip to Sicily; one of those places on my bucket list. We flew from Dallas to Rome on American Airlines, and then took Alitalia from Rome to Catania in Sicily. So the island of Sicily has a tumultuous…
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