Click on an image to see it full size.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – The Photos
Sicily 2016 – Day 11 – And home
So the holiday is over for another year. Time has really gone quickly and we have packed an awful lot into our two weeks and had a great time. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly.
What I’ll miss
The barque architecture – the places we visited to the south of the island were superb, even if the most of them were churches.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 12 – Scicli
Today is our last day in Sicily. Boy has it gone quickly.
It was back on the train again today and once more in search of Inspector Montalbano. This time it was to Scicli which is used for other parts of the fictional Vigata including the police station (shown above). … Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 11 – Siracusa
Decided to have a more relaxing day today after the couple of train journeys we have taken over the last two days.
In the morning we went back into the island part of Siracusa – Ortiga – and made our way to the market.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 10 – Noto
We’re obviously getting the taste for local train travel as we were on the same train as yesterday this morning. This time we were taking a shorter trip to the town of Noto. As yesterday there was a walk from the station to the interesting part of the town and once again there were no signs of where to go, no maps available to guide all of which I found really strange given the reliance these towns place on tourism.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 9 – Ragusa
Before you travel to a new place you have to make certain assumptions as to what you’ll need. So it was this time when we hired a car for the whole two week period. To date we have used it only twice.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 8 – Siracusa
When we first arrived here a couple of days ago one of the first places we made it to was the castle right at the end of the island. This being Italy we had missed the tiny window of time when it was actually open but did happen to notice that it was open today and, because it was the first Sunday of the month, for free too!… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 7 – Siracusa
There are several distinct areas to Siracusa: Ortiga, the tiny island joined to the main island by a bridge, the modern and unintersting town and the archological area where we went today.
The main attraction on the site is the huge Greek theatre.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 6 – Taormina to Siracusa
Today was our last full day in Taormina and I was really sorry to be leaving as it is a lovely place. The hotel was superb and really well located for the town which was just a short walk away. We spent our final morning walking through the main street and down, once again, into the public gardens.… Read the rest
Sicily 2016 – Day 5 – Castello Saraceno Monte Tauro
Between Taormina and Castelmola sit two peaks holding the church of Santurano Madonna della Rocca and next to it the Castello Saraceno Monte Tauro. They dominate the view looking between the two towns and we decided that it would be jolly fun to walk to them.… Read the rest