Trip: 2023 Apr/May: Palermo; Agrigento; Piazza Amerina; Ragusa; Siracusa; Catania; Taormina; Cefalù Travel Journal

Today I drove from Ragusa to Siracusa, with stops in Modica (which autocorrect insists should be Monica) and Scicli (which autocorrect threw up its hands...

Today, I spent most of the day walking to, from, and around Ragusa Ilba, and eating lunch there. My hotel is in Ragusa Superiore, about...

Today took me from Piazza Amerina to Ragusa, with a stop along the way. Obviously, today didn’t take me there. Days just sort of linger...

This morning, I picked up a car to drive to the Roman ruins of Villa Romana del Casale. From there, I drove to the nearby...

My plan for today consisted solely of hanging out in Agrigento. I am pleased and proud to report that I achieved my objective. This is...

My understanding is that one typically goes to Agrigento primarily to visit the Valley of the Temples and the associated sights. I’m one. There is...

This morning, I took the train from Palermo to Agrigento, a city near, but not immediately beside the sea. The centre of town is a...

I mentioned yesterday that I didn’t take a planned hop-on, hop-off bus tour then because the one route that interested me, one that stops at...

Today, my first full day in Palermo, I visited a bunch of churches, a theatre, and the seaside. That was not my original plan for...

Sicily began in Palermo. Or, that is to say, it did for me. This is my first trip to Sicily and I started it in...