The places not to miss in Sicily

Etna

Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the convergent plate margin b…

Teatro Greco (Greek theatre)

The ancient theatre of Taormina is an ancient Greek theatre in Taormina, Sicily, built in the third century BC.

Isola Bella

Isola Bella is a small island near Taormina, Sicily, southern Italy. Also known as the Pearl of the Ionian Sea, it is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea; it was a private property, for a time owned by Florence …

Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples)

The Valle dei Templi, or Valley of the Temples, is an archaeological site in Agrigento, Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding examples of ancient Greek art and architecture of Magna Graecia, and is one of the main at…

Villa Romana del Casale

La Villa romana del Casale è un edificio abitativo tardo antico, popolarmente definito villa nonostante non abbia i caratteri della villa romana extraurbana quanto piuttosto del palazzo urbano imperiale, i cui resti sono…

Duomo di Monreale (Monreale Cathedral)

Monreale Cathedral is a Catholic church in Monreale, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. One of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily an…

Riserva naturale orientata dello Zingaro (Zingaro Nature Reserve)

The Riserva Naturale Orientata dello Zingaro was the first natural reserve set up in Sicily in May 1981, located almost completely in the municipal territory of San Vito Lo Capo. It stretches along some seven kilometers …

San Vito Lo Capo

San Vito Lo Capo is a town and comune (municipality) on the north-western coast of Sicily, Southern Italy. Administratively, it is included in the province of Trapani.

Scala dei Turchi

The Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, southern Sicily, Italy. It has become a tourist attraction, partly due to its mention in Andrea Camilleri's series of detective stori…

isola di Ortigia (Ortygia)

Ortygia is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily. The island, also known as the Città Vecchia, contains many historical landmarks.

Teatro greco di Siracusa (Greek Theatre)

The Greek theatre of Syracuse lies on the south slopes of the Temenite hill, overlooking the modern city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, Italy. It was first built in the 5th century BC, rebuilt in the 3rd century BC …

Orecchio di Dionisio (Ear of Dionysius)

The Ear of Dionysius is a limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy. Its name, given by the painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio, comes from its similarity in…

duomo di Siracusa (Cathedral of Syracuse)

The Cathedral of Syracuse, formally the Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima, is an ancient Catholic church in Syracuse, Sicily, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa. Its structure is o…

cattedrale di Noto (Noto Cathedral)

Noto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Noto in Sicily, Italy. Its construction, in the style of the Sicilian Baroque, began in the early 18th century and was completed in 1776. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas …

cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel)

The Palatine Chapel /ˈpælətaɪn ˈtʃæpəl/ is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman, and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sic…

cattedrale di Palermo (Palermo Cathedral)

Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is…

chiesa della Martorana (Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio)

The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral, also called Martorana, is the seat of the Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci, overlooking the Piazza Bellini, next to the Norman church of San Cataldo and facing the Baroque church of S…

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele

The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of E…

Duomo di Cefalù (Cefalù Cathedral)

The Cathedral of Cefalù is a Roman Catholic basilica in Cefalù, Sicily. It is one of nine structures included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monrea…

Sito Archeologico di Segesta (Segesta)

Segesta was one of the major cities of the Elymians, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. The other major cities of the Elymians were Eryx and Entella.

Selinunte

Selinunte was a rich and extensive ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. It was situated between the valleys of the Cottone and Modione rivers. It now lies in the comune of Ca…

Monte Erice

Monte Erice is an isolated mountain on the western coast of Sicily, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. It rises to 751 m (2,461 ft), with the historic centre of Erice at its summit and the lower slopes occupied by its moder…

isola di Stromboli (Stromboli)

Stromboli is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing Mount Stromboli, one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the seven Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily, …

Vulcano

Gole dell'Alcantara

Le Gole dell'Alcantara, dette anche Gole di Larderia, sono situate nella Valle dell'Alcantara in Sicilia dove termina la catena montuosa dei Peloritani tra i comuni di Castiglione di Sicilia e di Motta Camastra.

Riserva naturale orientata Oasi Faunistica di Vendicari (Vendicari Nature Reserve)

The Oasi Faunistica of Vendicari is a nature reserve near the towns of Noto and Pachino in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

Marzamemi

Marzamemi is a southern Italian hamlet of Pachino and Noto, two municipalities part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily.

riserva naturale orientata Pantalica, Valle dell'Anapo e Torrente Cava Grande

La riserva naturale orientata Pantalica, Valle dell'Anapo e Torrente Cava Grande è un'area naturale protetta situata nei comuni di Buscemi, Cassaro, Ferla, Palazzolo Acreide e Sortino, in provincia di Siracusa.

castello di Lombardia

The Castello di Lombardia is a castle in Enna, Sicily. It is one of the largest and most ancient edifices in Italy, with an area of some 26,000 m2 (280,000 sq ft)

Morgantina

Morgantina is an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy. It is sixty kilometres from the coast of the Ionian Sea, in the province of Enna. The closest modern town is Aidone, two kilometres southwest o…

castello Ursino

Il castello Ursino di Catania fu costruito dal re Federico II di Svevia nel XIII secolo. Il maniero ebbe una certa visibilità nel corso dei Vespri siciliani come sede del parlamento siciliano e, in seguito, come residenz…

cattedrale di Sant'Agata (Catania Cathedral)

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Agatha, usually known as the Catania Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It was the seat of the Bishops of Catania until 1859, when the diocese…

Tonnara di Scopello (Tonnara of Scopello)

La tonnara di Scopello è una delle più importanti e antiche di tutta la Sicilia; fu edificata non prima del XIII secolo e notevolmente ampliata dalla famiglia Sanclemente nel corso dei secoli XV e del XVI. Passò quindi a…

Spiaggia dei Conigli (Rabbit beach)

Tonnara di Favignana (Stabilimento Florio)

The Tonnara of Favignana, officially known as the Ex Stabilimento Florio delle tonnare di Favignana e Formica, is a historic tuna fishery located on the island of Favignana, which is part of the Aegadian Islands off the …

Mozia

Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum and Lilybaeum. It is within the present-day commune of Marsala, Italy.

Riserva naturale orientata Saline di Trapani e Paceco

The salt pans of Trapani and Paceco are a historic salt-producing landscape and protected wetland in the province of Trapani, western Sicily. Situated between the city of Trapani and the town of Paceco, the area consists…

castello Maniace

The Castello Maniace is a citadel and castle in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy. It is situated at the far point of the Ortygia island promontory, where it was constructed between 1232 and 1240 by the Emperor Frederick …

Duomo di San Pietro Apostolo (San Pietro Cathedral, Modica)

San Pietro is a Roman Catholic church located in the lower town of Modica, province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy.

La Zisa (Zisa Palace)

The Zisa is a grand 12th-century Norman hunting lodge and summer palace in the western area of Palermo, in the region of Sicily, Italy. The edifice was started around 1165 by Arab craftsmen under the rule of the Norman c…

chiesa di San Giovanni degli Eremiti (Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti)

San Giovanni degli Eremiti is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is about two blocks south from the P…

Eraclea Minoa (Heraclea Minoa)

Heraclea Minoa was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia situated on the southern coast of Sicily near the mouth of the river Halycus, 25 km west of Agrigentum. It is located near the modern town of the same name in the…

Teatro greco di Tindari (Greek Theatre of Tindari)

Il teatro di Tindari è nel suo genere il secondo polo monumentale presente nella provincia di Messina.

Museo archeologico regionale eoliano "Luigi Bernabò Brea" (Museo archeologico regionale eoliano (Lipari))

Il museo archeologico regionale eoliano "Luigi Bernabò Brea" è ubicato nel complesso del Castello che domina l'isola di Lipari ed è intitolato a Luigi Bernabò Brea, grande archeologo e Soprintendente della Sicilia Orient…

Riserva naturale orientata Torre Salsa

La riserva naturale orientata Torre Salsa è un'area naturale protetta situata nel comune di Siculiana, in provincia di Agrigento. La riserva è stata istituita nel 2000 dalla Regione Sicilia e affidata in gestione al WWF …

Castelmola

Castelmola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Palermo and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Messina. As of 31 December…

isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)

The Aeolian Islands, sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands or Lipari group after their largest island, are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, said to be named after Aeolus, the mythical r…

isola di Ustica (Ustica Island)

Ustica is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, administravely part of the comune (municipality) of the same name in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. It is abo…

Isole Egadi (Aegadian Islands)

The Aegadian Islands are a group of five small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the cities of Trapani and Marsala, with a total area of 37.45 square kilometres (…

Isola di Pantelleria (Pantelleria Island)

Pantelleria, known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an island and comune (municipality) in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 106 kilometres southwest of Sicily and 68 km (35 nmi) east of the Tunisi…