Floating on the edge of Europe, Sicily features some of Italy's most beautiful scenery. We illuminate the island's rich heritage as a European and African colony, and explore its ancient cave dwellings, Greek temples, volcanic islands, and foothills of Mount Etna. Complete details on the resorts ensure your quotient of fun and sun, while escapes to sleepy fishing villages and remote beaches recapture the Sicily of lore.
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ROUGH GUIDES ARE OUR FAVES FOR EUROPEAN TRAVEL...MAINLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SO ROUGH
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Rob Andrews is a quarter Sicilian, though has lived most of his life in the UK. Jules Brown first visited Sicily in 1987 and has contributed to half-a-dozen Rough Guides.
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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On Target,
By Jory Probber (White Plains, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Sicily (4th Edition) (Paperback)
We have been to Sicily three times and find the Rough Guide to be unerringly on target. Its assessments of the priority of things to see and do, its reviews of sights, hotels, restaurants have been the most helpful of the many guides we used. Short on color photos but long on info, the rough guide let us find the beauty quickly to see and taste it for ourselves, and steered us to many interesting places in Palermo, Patti, Milazzo, Messina and Syracuse.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Good basic overview for first time traveler to Sicily,
This review is from: Sicily (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)
We have never traveled to Sicily before, so we found this book useful in planning our trip and useful once we got there. The book is organized well according to region and then by city, with more space given to larger cities. It was very helpful for us since we went to 4 cities in 9 days. However we went off season, so we found that sometimes the times and days open listed in the book were not true once we showed up at a site.
The colorful pictures really help when you need to find buildings and other sites, but the maps are not detailed enough for navigating Sicilian streets. Stop in at any tourist office for a free map of each city once you get there. I agree that the historical descriptions for certain sites could have been better. But I found the brief descriptions helpful at times when making quick decisions. Do we really want to walk to this site or skip it for another one? The book also has some sample walking paths to take around cities to maximize your time.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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New Fan of Rough Guides,
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Sicily 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
This book was the single best tool to plan and execute a two week tour of Sicily. My wife and I were not only impressed with the maps of each city, but the tips on how to get to and from the airport or train stations was right on the money.
We managed to secure lodging in each city very close to the train stations. This made our day as we traveled to 5 cities over the course of two weeks. I wish I would have consulted this book when the train operators were on strike. The rough guide even had the location and phone number for the bus line running from Palermo to Agrigento. Each of the lodging blurbs was accurate and we were able to stay in places we wanted for the price we wanted to pay. Times were accurate for sites such as the Valley of the Temples, or various Duomos. I really could go on and on. But if you are going to Sicily (or any other foreign place) and need a guide book, purchase the Rough Guide.
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Sicily is a peripheral European holiday destination, and flights to the island are fairly restricted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lower price than those suggested, cheapest available double room, higher category hotels, ensuite rooms, antipasto table, main crater, tourist menu, upper town, main piazza, price codes, archeological museum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Via Roma, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Corso Umberto, Piazza Armerina, New Zealand, Piazza del Duomo, San Giovanni, Via Vittorio Emanuele, Santa Maria, Via Garibaldi, San Domenico, Santa Marina, Via Etnea, San Francesco, Piazza Umberto, Via Maqueda, Mazara del Vallo, World War, Piazza Marina, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, San Pietro, San Martino, Via Umberto, Marina Corta, Piazza Garibaldi New!
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Sicily is a peripheral European holiday destination, and flights to the island are fairly restricted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lower price than those suggested, cheapest available double room, higher category hotels, ensuite rooms, antipasto table, main crater, tourist menu, upper town, main piazza, price codes, archeological museum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Via Roma, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Corso Umberto, Piazza Armerina, New Zealand, Piazza del Duomo, San Giovanni, Via Vittorio Emanuele, Santa Maria, Via Garibaldi, San Domenico, Santa Marina, Via Etnea, San Francesco, Piazza Umberto, Via Maqueda, Mazara del Vallo, World War, Piazza Marina, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, San Pietro, San Martino, Via Umberto, Marina Corta, Piazza Garibaldi New!
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- Sicilian Lives (Pantheon Village) by Danilo Dolci on page 371, page 462, and page 463
- Conversation in Sicily (Quartet Encounters) by Elio Vittorini on page 455, page 457, and page 466
- The American Express by Gregory Corso on page 157, page 243, and page 253
- The Ten Pains of Death by Gavin Maxwell on page 373, and page 463
- Cosa Nostra by Padovani on page 51, and page 439
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