Tag: Sicily

Sicily – Final Day, Mount Etna and Pozzallo

I don’t know what I had been looking at previously, however I believed that there were ferries between Sicily and Malta nearly every 90 minutes. The reality was…

Sicily – Day Seven, Ortigia Island

This was to be our last stop in Sicily, so to commemorate the occasion, Risa wanted to spend it surrounded by a little style – we’d heard good…

Sicily – Day Six, Baroque Opulence in Modica

We arrived in Modica from Agrigento shortly before sunset, which treated us with a fantastic view of the city from a roadside view platform from the low slung…

Sicily – Day Five, Scala de Turchi and Valley of the Temples

After leaving the beautiful coastal area in San Vito lo Capo, we made it as far as Partanna at the small B&B Camagna Country House which gave 5-star…

Sicily – Day Four, San Vito lo Capo and Erice

Continuing with our habit of doing as much as we can until the sun goes down, and then looking for a hotel nearby. After leaving Palermo, we ended up…

Sicily – Day Two, Cefalu Boogaloo

We tried not to linger too long in Savoca, as we knew we had a big day of driving ahead of us to get to Cefalu in a…

Sicily – Day One, Taormina, Castelmola and Serene Savoca

To celebrate my wife’s birthday (to be honest we didn’t really need an excuse, but this was the pretence), we decided to leave cold and wet London behind,…