Agriturismo Argomesi

Outside city center, around Palermo

by kedi+

Palermo has a wonderful history, nature... It has marvellous greem mountains and turquise sea... But unfortunately people are poor and city is heavily polluted...
The appartments around doesn't match with the climate and they seem very poor..

Good old pasta and pizza!

by helenjones about La Posada

We dined here late one night after our return from Ustica. There seemed to be a high percentage of locals which is obviously a good sign although, from the outside at least, this looked to be a fairly bog-standard pizzeria. Wrong. It was an excellent pizzeria with good service, excellent pasta and pizza dishes, and was reasonably priced with a pleasant atmosphere. What more could you want? I had pasta (alla Norma), Andy had pizza - both were excellent

Santa Rosalia

by Lcannar

I didn't make it to Mt. Pelligrino, but I was given these directions to get there. Apparently the tomb of Santa Rosalia is there. Pick up bus #812 in Piazza Storza. I think the same bus for Mondello will take you to Mt. Pelligrino, but you can ask any bus driver in the Piazza which us to take.

The most disquieting sight in...

by ucbwalker

The most disquieting sight in town is the Cappucin Catacomb, on Via dei Cappucini. The fashionable elite of Palermo in the nineteenth century chose to be mummified and interred here, hanging against the walls of a long underground corridor, slowly decomposing. Now these privileged members of the bourgeoisie are gawked at by tourists seven days a week. Isn't it funny how time can turn things around?

Sicily 1(2001)

by davidcross

"Days 1 and 2"

I have already done 4 pages, Palermo, Messina, Catania and Siracusa and I feel Sicily deserves more. I have not been to Erice, Segesta, Etna or the Villa Imperiale to name but a few and consequently I can not possibly do it justice - but to show how much could be done in under a fortnight, whilst missing a lot, might give some scope of the island's appeal.
I flew from Manchester via Brussels with Sabena to Catania and went straight to Siracusa from the airport by bus. I stayed there for two nights and saw nothing of the surrounding countryside - the city itself monopolised my attention in the time. I have done a page on Siracusa amd the photo here is very like one there - the Greek amphitheatre.

Not much space wasted here.
The next page on later days of my holiday will start with Selinunte in a new travelogue SICILY 2 (2001)

"Days 3 and 4 Agrigento"

Travel to Agrigento from Siracusa unfortunately means going back to Catania first. My page on Catania includes quite a bit on Agrigento but it is a wonderful place so it will get the full treatment here except that I shall do a short travelogue on my Catania page to cover the Festa del mandorlo in fiore (festival of the almond blossom) which was concluding while I was in Agrigento.
[photo; Valley of the Temples]

Places I stayed and ate are covered on the Catania page.

and just a final two photos - I wish I had some from the purpose-built archaeological museum which is on the way from the town to the temples. It is well worth seeing.

Last one - then we move on to Sciacca and Caltabellotta

"Day 5 Sciacca and Caltabellotta"

I stayed at Sciacca - a town above the South coast of Sicily with no pretence of being a major tourist town in spite of having a castle and an old church - with washing lines attached to the walls. It has a local bus to Caltabellotta which must go up some thousands of feet on a scenic journey. Other than its position the town looks normal enough in this photo,

but rather more interesting here

and here.

Near the top of the town.