Sicily Book

	Introducing
01	Sicily: a photo essay
02	Introduction	29
	A Guide to the Guide	31
03	History and Art	35
04	Culture	55
05	Food and Drink	65
	The Guide
06	Travel	73
	Getting There	74
	Entry Formalities	77
	Self-catering and Special Interest Holidays	77
	Getting Around	78
07	Practical A-Z	81
	Climate and When to Go	82
	Crime and the Police	82
	Disabled Travellers	83
	Embassies and Consulates	83
	Festivals and Events	85
	Food and Drink	86
	Health and Emergencies	87
	Maps	87
	Money and Banks	87
	Museums and Churches	88
	National Holidays	88
	Post, Fax and Email	88
	Shopping and Crafts	89
	Telephones	89
	Time	90
	Tourist Offices	90
	Where to Stay	90
	Women Travellers	91
08	Ionian Coast	93
	Messina	95
	Messina to Taormina	102
	Taormina	105
	Mount Etna and Around	112
	Catania	119
	Catania to Syracuse	127
09	Syracuse and the Southeast	131
	Syracuse	134
	Noto	150
	South and West of Noto	152
	Modica	154
	Ragusa	155
	Excursions from Ragusa	159
10	Aeolian Islands and Milazzo	161
	Milazzo	164
	The Aeolian Islands	166
	Lipari	170
	Vulcano	176
	Salina	178
	Filicudi	180
	Alicudi	182
	Panarea	183
	Stromboli	185
11	Tyrrhenian Coast	189
	Tindari to Cefalu	191
	Cefalu	201
	The Monti Madonie	205
	Along the Coast from Cefalu to Palermo	208
	Inland: The Mafia Heartland	214
12	Palermo	217
	History	220
	Getting There	223
	Getting Around	223
	Tourist Information	224
	Markets	225
	Where to Stay	225
	Eating Out	226
	Puppet Shows	228
	Other Entertainment and Nightlife	228
	The Historic Centre	229
	19th-and 20th-century Palermo	244
	North Palermo	248
	South Palermo	250
	West Palermo	251
	Around Palermo	252
	Monreale	252
	Ustica	257
13	Western Sicily	261
	Palermo to Trapani	264
	Erice	270
	Trapani	273
	The Egadi Islands	279
	Favignana	281
	Levanzo	285
	Marettimo	286
	Pantelleria	288
	Trapani to Marsala	294
	The Stagnone Islands	295
	Marsala	299
14	South Coast	305
	Mazara del Vallo to Agrigento	308
	Castelvetrano and Around	311
	Selinunte	314
	Sciacca and Around	317
	Agrigento	321
	The Pelagie Islands	330
	Agrigento to Gela	336
	Gela	338
15	Enna and the Interior	341
	Caltanissetta	344
	Enna	347
	Around Enna	352
	Piazza Armerina	354
	Caltagirone	358
16	Naples: Highlights of the Bay of Naples and Southern Italy	361
	What to See in Naples in a Day	363
	Around the Bay of Naples	366
	The Islands	368
	Down the Coast to Sicily	368
	Reference
	Language	369
	Further Reading	373
	Glossary	374
	Index	375
	Maps
	Chapter Divisions	32
	The Ionian Coast	94
	Messina	96
	Taormina	106
	Mount Etna and Around	113
	Catania	120
	The Southeastern Corner	132
	Syracuse	135
	The Aeolian Islands	162
	The Tyrrhenian Coast	190
	Tindari to Cefalu	193
	Cefalu to Palermo	209
	Palermo	218
	Around Palermo	249
	Ustica	258
	Western Sicily	262
	Trapani	274
	Favignana	281
	Levanzo	285
	Marettimo	287
	Pantelleria	289
	Marsala	300
	The South Coast	306
	Selinunte	315
	Agrigento	325
	The Pelagie Islands	331
	The Interior	342
	Trinacria and Ancient Sicily	351
	Southern Italy	362
	Naples	364