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Wonders of
Ancient Sicily 6

More than a trip around la bella Sicilia, this is also a journey
through time, from spare Greek temples to Norman churches
decked out with Arab and Byzantine finery.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

82 km 664 km 12–14 DAYS
664KM / 412 MILES
Segesta Taormina
A huge Marvel at the ancient
5th-century-BC Greek Greek theatre
temple amidst suspended between GREAT FOR…
desolate mountains sea and sky
HBJ
l L BEST TIME TO GO

# Palermo
Trapani m K Spring and autumn
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14
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2
heat and crowds of
high summer.
# Catania
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PHOTO
# I ESSENTIAL
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12
Ragusa Taormina’s Greek
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theatre.
318 km 545 km K BEST FOR
Agrigento Syracuse HISTORY
Pay homage to this Extraordinary tapestry of Explore layer upon
extraordinary complex of Greek ruins, baroque
five Doric temples piazzas and medieval lanes layer of Sicily’s past in
glorious Syracuse.
Location Caption details to go heregesta Ruins of the Doric temple
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