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EYEWITNESS 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 Produced by Fabio Ratti Editoria Libraria e Multimediale, Milan, Italy PROJECT EDITOR Giovanni Francesio EDITOR Elena Marzorati SECRETARY Emanuela Damiani DESIGNERS STUDIO Matra–Silvia Tomasone, Lucia Tirabassi MAPS Oriana Bianchetti Dorling Kindersley Ltd PROJECT EDITOR Fiona Wild 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 PUTTING SICILY Printed and Rbeopurnod ubcye dL . bRye Cx oPlroiunrtsincagn C (oSminpgaanpyo rLeim) ited, China ON THE MAP 12 First American Edition, 2000 07 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A PORTRAIT OF SICILY 14 Published in the United States by yDK Publishing, gIn, c., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Reprinted with revisions 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 THE HISTORY Copyright 2000, 2007 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, Londo n OF SICILY 26 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED U NDER INTENATIONAL AND PAN-AMERICA N REPCROOPDYURCIGEDH,T S CTONREVDEN INT IAO NRES.T NRIOE VPALR STY SOTFE MTH, OISR P TURBALNICSAMTITIOTEND M IANY A BNE Y SICILY THROUGH FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC , MECHANICAL , PHOTOCOPYING, THE YEAR 38 RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE , WITHOUT PRIOR WRI TTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGH T OWNER. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. PALERMO AREA BY AREA A CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION RECORD IS AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS . ISSN 1542-1554 PALERMO AT A GLANCE ISBN 978-0-75662-671-6 44 THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, FLOORS ARE REFERRED TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN USAGE, I.E., THE “FIRST FLOOR” IS THE FLOOR ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. Front cover main image: View of Castillo di Falconara, Butera The information in this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The Publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, 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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