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This Rough Guide toSicily is one of a new generation of informative andeasy-to-use travel-guide eBooks that guarantees you make the most of yourtrip. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travelcompanion when youre on the road.
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CREATIVE TEAM Contributor: Ros Belford Editor: Polly Thomas Layout: Pradeep Thapliyal Cartography: Ashutosh Bharti Picture Editor:Rhiannon Furbear-Williams Proofreader: Jan McCann ManagingEditor: Monica Woods Assistant Editor: Dipika DasguptaProduction: Charlotte Cade Cover Design: Nicole Newman, Rhiannon Furbear-Williams, Pradeep Thapliyal Editorial Assistant: Olivia Rawes, Rebecca Hallett Senior Pre-press Designer: Dan May Programme manager: Helen Blount Publisher: Joanna Kirby
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ros Belford co-authored the first edition of thisguide, and has since written and broadcasted extensively about Italy and theMediterranean. She has two daughters and spends as much time as she can on theAoelian island of Salina.
Acknowledgements
Ros Belford: On Salina, thanks to Emma, Gaetano, Max,Ilana, Chiara, Alex, Corallina and Ondina Zangari; to Giulia Profeti for asummer retreat in Valdichiesa; to Franco the bus driver for being the anima diSalina and making every day start well; to Pela for extraordinary insights; toAnnamaria and Nico for a magical night on the mountain; and to the Costa familyfor letting Paolo Noce exist. To Melo, Liviana, Silvana and Alessandra forletting me make Il Gambero my office the week theinternet died; to Giorgia, Katerina, Elena and Cristiana for nine summers in thepiazza; and to Pina for moral support, sunset chasing and making siliconejellyfish. Elsewhere in Sicily, thanks to Franco Masera for showing me thefootpaths of Filicudi; to Michele Gallo for an amazing tour of Porto Empedocle;to Antonio Sarnari and the artists of Il Gruppo di Scicli for an unforgettableweekend; to the Missione Amici dei Santi Angeli for an extraordinaryopportunity; and to Sarah Milthorpe, Hannah Milthorpe and Seby and Silvia atBlu in Ortigia for aperitivi, moral support andtrips to the beach and Lidl. Most of all to Ismene, Juno and Giovanni.
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