Tag: Sicily
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How to get from Catania Airport to Taormina, Syracuse and Ortigia: private transfers, the airport coach, trains, taxis and car hire compared, with timings, costs and the local details that matter.
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How to visit Mount Etna: the cable car, 4×4 tours, guided summit treks, sunset jeep tours and day trips from Catania and Taormina compared, with 2026 prices, access rules and what to wear.
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A guide to Sicilian wine: Etna’s volcanic reds and whites, Nero d’Avola and Cerasuolo di Vittoria, the revival of Marsala, Passito di Pantelleria and Malvasia, plus how to visit wineries and book tastings.
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The best boat tours in Taormina: coast cruises from Giardini Naxos, swimming at Isola Bella, the Blue Grotto, sunset dolphin tours with an aperitif and private boats, plus practical tips and how to combine your trip.
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Few harbor stops anywhere in the Mediterranean pack as much layered history into as small a footprint as Ortigia, the tiny island old town at the heart of Syracuse.
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Of the modern marinas built along Sicily’s southern coast, Marina di Ragusa stands out for pairing genuinely serious yachting infrastructure with one of the richest concentrations of Baroque culture found anywhere on the island.
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Of all the stops covered in our guide to the best yacht spots in Sicily, Marzamemi is the one visitors tend to remember most fondly despite its modest size.
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Sitting at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, closer to North Africa than to Rome, Sicily offers a genuinely different yachting experience from anywhere else in Italian waters: a coastline that…
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Sicily does not do luxury the way the rest of Italy does. There is no single postcard address here, no one town that carries the island’s entire reputation for beautiful stays, the way Positano does for the Amalfi Coast or Portofino does for Liguria.
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Sicily’s coastline runs for over 1,000 kilometres, and almost none of it looks the same twice.