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In researching this book, we discovered many wonderful placeshotels, restaurants, shops, and more. Were sure youll find others. Please tell us about them, so we can share the information with your fellow travelers in upcoming editions. If you were disappointed with a recommendation, wed love to know that, too. Please write to:

Frommer's Star Ratings System

Every hotel, restaurant and attraction listed in this guide has been ranked for quality and value. Here's what the stars mean:

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AN IMPORTANT NOTE

The world is a dynamic place. Hotels change ownership, restaurants hike their prices, museums alter their opening hours, and busses and trains change their routings. And all of this can occur in the several months after our authors have visited, inspected, and written about, these hotels, restaurants, museums and transportation services. Though we have made valiant efforts to keep all our information fresh and up-to-date, some few changes can inevitably occur in the periods before a revised edition of this guidebook is published. So please bear with us if a tiny number of the details in this book have changed. Please also note that we have no responsibility or liability for any inaccuracy or errors or omissions, or for inconvenience, loss, damage, or expenses suffered by anyone as a result of assertions in this guide.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Stephen Brewer has been savoring Italian pleasures ever - photo 5

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Stephen Brewer has been savoring Italian pleasures ever - photo 6

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Stephen Brewer has been savoring Italian pleasures ever since he sipped his first cappuccino while a student in Rome many, many years ago (togas had just gone out of fashion). He has written about Italy for many magazines and guidebooks and remains transported in equal measure by Bolognese cooking, Tuscan hillsides, the Bay of Naples, and the streets of Palermo.

Donald Strachan (Planning Chapter) is a travel journalist who has written about Italy for publications worldwide, including "National Geographic Traveler," "The Guardian," "Sunday Telegraph," CNN.com, and many others. He has also written several Italy guidebooks for Frommer's, including "Frommer's EasyGuide to Rome, Florence, and Venice." For more, see www.donaldstrachan.com.

Agrigento at Sunset S icily has been conquered settled and abandoned by - photo 7

Agrigento at Sunset.

S icily has been conquered, settled, and abandoned by dozens of civilizations, from the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians in antiquity, to the Arabs, Berbers, Moors, and Normans in the Middle Ages, to the Spanish and Bourbons in the Renaissance, and finally, finally the (at least nominally) Italian modern era. Its an intricate and violent story that nonetheless left a fascinating legacy. Touring the relics of Sicilys tumultuous past can sometimes make you feel that youre visiting several different countries at once.

At 25,708 sq. km (9,926 sq. miles), Sicily is not only the largest island in the Mediterranean but also the largest region in Italy. This triangle-shaped land is home to the first known parliament in the western world (Palermo), the oldest continental tree (SantAlfio, near Catania), the highest and most active volcano in Europe (Mount Etna), and the most extensive archaeological park (Selinunte).

Though its only separated from the mainland by the 4km-wide 212 miles Stretto - photo 8

Though its only separated from the mainland by the 4km-wide (212 miles) Stretto di Messina, Sicily has a palpable, captivating sense of otherness. Some Sicilians will refer to a trip to the mainland as going to Italy. The island offers the full package of Italian travel experiences: evocative towns, compelling art, impressive architecture, and ruins older than anything in Rome. Alongside the jewels of Sicilys glorious Classical past (Agrigento, Siracusa, Segesta, Tindari, Morgantina, Piazza Armerina) youll see unique baroque cities rebuilt after devastating earthquakes (Catania, Noto, Scicli, Ragusa, and Modica)and, sadly, also hideous postwar concrete monsters (Palermo, Catania, Messina, Agrigento).

Ancient ruins at Agrigento The islands geographic palette goes from the sere - photo 9

Ancient ruins at Agrigento.

The islands geographic palette goes from the sere, chalky southeast to the brooding slopes of Mount Etna to the brawny headlands of Palermo and the gentle, agricultural landscapes of the eastall surrounded by cobalt seas and beaches where you can swim from May to October. The colors and natural contrasts are shaped by the elements like nowhere else on Earth; African and Alpine fauna live spectacularly on the same island.

Then, of course, too, there are the Sicilians themselves: The descendants of Greek, Carthaginian, Roman Vandal, Arab, Norman, and Spanish conquerors. They can be welcoming yet suspicious, taciturn and at the same time garrulous, deeply tied to traditions yet always yearning to break away from distasteful precedents. True to stereotypes, Sicilians are a passionate people, and their warmth can make even everyday transactions memorable.

Thousands of years of domination may have created stark contradictions, but they have left an archaeological, cultural, and culinary legacy like no other in this world. In Goethes words, The key to it all is here.

Dont Leave Sicily Without...

TEMPTING FATE ON AN ACTIVE VOLCANO Massive Mount Etna () never stops emitting a tall column of smoke, and nighttime excursions to see lava spurts at the crater (only offered when conditions are safe) are also an unforgettable experience.

Palermos grand cathedral DOING JUSTICE TO PALERMO The sensory overload in - photo 10

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