Table Of ContentEYEWITNESS TRAVEL
SICILY
ANCIENT SITES ISLANDS
FESTIVALS • MUSEUMS
MARKETS • BEACHES
RESTAURANTS • VOLCANOES
VILLAGES • RESORTS • HOTELS
THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT
OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU
Sicily Area by Area
T Ustica
EAST PALERMO
Pages 46–57
WEST PALERMO • P A L E R M O
Pages 58–69
Ègadi • Trapani
Islands
N O R T H W E S T E R N
S I C I L Y
S O U T HW E
S I C I
Agrigento
•
NORTHWESTERN
SICILY
Pages 84–109
SOUTHWESTERN
SICILY Pelágie
Pantelleria Pages 110–131 Islands
Aeolian
Islands
NORTHEASTERN
SICILY
Pages 158–191
Messina •
N O R T HEAS T E R N
S I C I L Y
CATANIA •
Enna
•
E S T E R N
•
Caltanissetta
L Y
Syracuse •
S O U T HER N
S I C I L Y
RAGUSA •
0 kilometres 250
SOUTHERN
SICILY
0 miles 20
Pages 132–157
EYEWITNESS TRAVEL
SICILY
EYEWITNESS TRAVEL
SICILY
CONTENTS
HOW TO USE
THIS GUIDE 6
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Editoria Libraria e Multimediale, Milan, Italy
PROJECT EDITOR Giovanni Francesio
EDITOR Elena Marzorati
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DESIGNERS STUDIO Matra–Silvia Tomasone, Lucia Tirabassi
MAPS Oriana Bianchetti
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DTP DESIGNERS Maite Lantaron, Lee Redmond
PRODUCTION David Proffit Female bust sculpted in the
MANAGING EDITORS Fay Franklin, Louise Bostock Lang
MANAGING ART EDITOR A nnette Jacobs 5th century BC (see pp30–31)
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Vivien Crump
ART DIRECTOR Gillian Allan
PUBLISHER Douglas Amrine INTRODUCING
CONTRIBUTORS SICILY
Fabrizio Ardito, Cristina Gam baro
Additional tourist information by Marco Scapagnini
DISCOVERING SICILY
ILLUSTRATORS
Giorgia Boli, Si lvana Ghioni, A lberto Ipsilanti, Na dia Vigan ò 10
ENGLISH TRANSLATION Richard Pierce
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Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Great Britain. Backcloth, Museo delle Marionette
in Palermo (see pp50–51)
The Temple of Hera in the Valle dei Templi at Agrigento
Castellammare del Golfo (see p96), one of many fishing villages on the Sicilian coast
EAST PALERMO TRAVELLERS’ SHOPS AND MARKETS
46 NEEDS 222
WEST PALERMO ENTERTAINMENT 226
58
SPECIALIST HOLIDAYS
FURTHER AFIELD 70 AND OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES 230
SICILY AREA
BY AREA SURVIVAL GUIDE
SICILY AT A GLANCE 82 PRACTICAL
INFORMATION 236
NORTHWESTERN
SICILY 84 TRAVEL INFORMATION
240
SOUTHWESTERN A cheese vendor at Catania’s
SICILY 110 open-air market (see pp222–3) GENERAL INDEX 244
WHERE TO STAY 194 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
254
WHERE TO EAT 208
PHRASE BOOK 255
Ancient theatre mask,
Museo Eoliano (see p190)
SOUTHERN SICILY
132
NORTHEASTERN SICILY
158 The medieval castle at Erice, in
Northwestern Sicily (see p33 & p100)
6 H O W T O U S E T HIS GUID E
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
his guide will help you to get the regional sections describe the most
most out of your visit to Sicily. It important sights, with ma ps, floo r
Tprovides detailed practical infor- plans, photogra phs and detailed
mation and expert recommendations. illustrations. Restaurant and hotel
Introducing Sicily maps the island and recommendations are described in
sets Sicily in its historic, artistic, Travellers’ Needs and the Survival
geographica l and cu ltural context. Guide has tips on everything from
Palermo Area by Area and the four transport to hiring a surfboard.
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