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All new! An unbeatable guide to an increasingly popular Mediterranean destination o Shows travelers how to explore the unique land and culture of Sicily, which was named the world's eighth-best island in Travel & Leisure's 2001 World's Best Awards o Gives readers the scoop on Sicily's many historic sites and architectural monuments, including the baroque glories of the Valdi Noto and the ancient Greek ruins of Agrigento, both recently named UNESCO World Heritage Sites o Pinpoints the best of Palermo as well as Sicily's top resorts and most memorable hill towns-and delivers the lowdown on Sicily's natural wonders, including Mount Etna, the world's tallest active volcano o Includes a giant full-color foldout map

Table of Contents:
List of Maps; The Best of Sicily; 1 The Best Travel Experiences; 2 The Most Romantic Getaways; 3 The Best Museums; 4 The Best Cathedrals & Churches; 5 The Best & Most Evocative Ruins; 6 The Best Beaches; 7 The Best Luxury Hotels; 8 The Best Moderately Priced Hotels; 9 The Best Restaurants; 10 The Best Down-Home Trattorie; Planning Your Trip to Sicily; 1 The Regions in Brief; 2 Visitor Information; 3 Entry Requirements & Customs; 4 Money; The Euro, the U.S. Dollar, & the British Pound; 5 When to Go; Sicilian Calendar of Events; 6 Health & Insurance; 7 Tips for Travelers with Special Needs; 8 Getting There; 9 Package Deals, Escorted Tours & Special-Interest Vacations; 10 Getting Around Sicily; Suggested Itineraries; Fast Facts: Sicily; Setting into Palermo; 1 Essentials; Neighborhoods in Brief; Fast Facts: Palermo; 2 Where to Stay; 3 Where to Dine; Exploring Palermo; 1 The Major Attractions; Where Mafia Wannabes Get Street Smarts; 2 Other Great Churches; 3 The Best of the Palaces; 4 Other Great Museums; 5 City Landmarks & Treasures; 6 Palermo's "Green Lungs": Parks & Gardens; 7 Especially for Kids; Walking Tour: Old Palermo; 8 City Markets & Shopping; Feasting at the Markets; 9 Palermo After Dark; 10 Easy Excursions; The Legend of Santa Rosalia; Side Trips from Palermo; 1 Bagheria: Decaying Villas; Hometown Boy Makes Good: Cinema Paradiso; 2 Solunto: Evocative Ruins; 3 Monreale & its Magnificent Cathedral; 4 Mondello: Fun at the Beach; "This Thing We Have": Men of Dishonor; 5 Ustica; Exploring a Watery Wonderland; Messina & the Tyrrhenian Coast; 1 Messina; Not-So-Fun Facts: So You Think You've Got Bad Luck?; Fast Facts: Messina; Antonello da Messina: Hometown Artist; 2 Cefalu; Fast Facts: Cefalu; 3 Termini Imerese; The Aeolian Islands; 1 Lipari; 2 Vulcano; 3 Stromboli; Taormina & Mount Etna; 1 Taormina; Fast Facts: Taormina; Where Garbo's Big Feet Trod the Sands; For That Rainy Day; When the Monks Come Out at Night; An Evening Promenade; The Case of the Bouncing Check; 2 Giardini-Naxos; 3 Mount Etna; Catania; 1 Essentials; Fast Facts: Catania; 2 Where to Stay; A Farmhouse Retreat in the Shadow of Etna; 3 Where to Dine; 4 Seeing the Sights; Where Gladiators Battled Lions; Something Fishy This Way Comes; The Green Lung of Catania; Walking Tour: Historic Catania; 5 Shopping; 6 Catania After Dark; 7 Side Trips from Catania; The Images of Lost Dreams; Syracuse & the Southeast; 1 Syracuse & Ortygia Island; Syracuse from the Sea; Fast Facts: Syracuse; The Tears of an Abandoned Mistress; 2 Noto; Like Venice, a City in Peril; Ragusa & Piazza Armerina; 1 Ragusa; 2 Piazza Armerina; Agrigento & Selinunte; 1 Agrigento & the Valley of the Temples; 2 Selinunte; Western Sicily; 1 Segesta; 2 Erice; 3 Trapani; 4 Marsala; Don't Even Mention Port in This Town; Appendix: Sicily in Depth; 1 The Natural Environment; 2 History 101: Past & Present; Dateline; 3 Art & Architecture 101; 4 La Cucina Siciliana; Index

About the Author :
Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince are coauthors of a number of best-selling Frommer's guides, notably Italy, England, France, and Spain. Porter, a bureau chief for the Miami Herald at 21, was the author of the first-ever Frommer's guide to Italy and has traveled extensively throughout the country ever since. He is joined by Prince, who was formerly of the Paris bureau of the New York Times.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780764567186
  • Publisher: Frommermedia
  • Publisher Imprint: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
  • Height: 217 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 133 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0764567187
  • Publisher Date: 25 Apr 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 312 gr


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