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Theocritus 26 University (Messina) 187 Volcanoes
Theodoric 32 Ustica 113 Aeolian Islands 192–5
Thermal pools/baths diving 113 geology 23, 175
Acireale 173 ferries 237 landscape and wildlife 23
Bagno dell’Acqua (Pantelleria) 128 hotels 203 Mount Etna 174–7
Lipari 194 map 113 Ustica 113
Sciacca 86, 122, 123 Utrecht, Peace of (1713) 39 Vulcan 34
Theron 32 Vulcanello (Vulcano) 194
Thucles 184 V Vulcanetti di Macalube 14, 119
Thucydides 99, 157, 166, 184 Vaccarini, Giovanni Battista 25, 166, Vulcano 11, 15, 193, 194
Tickets 167, 168 Vulcanological Observatory
airline 236 Val di Chiesa (Filicudi) 192, 195 (Stromboli) 195
bus 238 Val di Noto 137
entertainment 220 A Week in Val di Noto and W
Tiles, ceramic 30, 218 Agrigento 10, 14 Walking and trekking 225, 227
Timoleon 32, 157 Valguarnera family 99 getting around on foot 239
Tipping, in restaurants 207 Valle del Belice 103 Riserva dello Zingaro 101
Titus, Emperor 107 Valle del Bove 174, 175 safety 233
Tomasi, Carlo, Prince of Lampedusa 126 Valle dei Templi (Agrigento) 10, 14, tours 239
Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe 19, 114, 120–21 Waltershausen, Wolfgang Sartorius
27, 28, 115 Vallelunga, festivals 44 von 169
Il Gattopardo 27, 28, 76, 126 Van Dyck, Anthony 106 Water, drinking 233
tomb of 78 Madonna of the Rosary with St Weather 19, 42–5, 230
Tomasi di Lampedusa family 126 Dominic and the Patroness of Whitaker, Joseph 107
Tornatore, Giuseppe 28, 124, 221 Palermo 61 Wi-Fi 235
Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Vandals 35 Wildlife 22–3
Challenger (Caltanissetta) 43 Vasta, Pietro 173 Mount Etna 176
Torre Faro 189 Vazano, Gaspare 97 Nebrodi Mountains 190
Torre dell’Orologio (Messina) 187 Velasco, Giuseppe 55 Riserva dello Zingaro 101
Tourist information 201, 230 Veneziano, Antonio 26 Salina 195
Tourist season 198 Venus Anadyomene (Museo salt marshes 106, 107
Tourist villages 198–9, 201 Archeologico, Syracuse) 145 Ustica 113
Trains see Rail travel Venus Erycina 104 Wilhelm II, Kaiser 180
Tramontana inlet (Pantelleria) 128 Verga, Giovanni 26–7, 39 William I of Sicily 33, 99
Trapani 106–7 Aci Trezza 172 tomb of 80
airport 236, 237 Bronte 178 William II of Sicily 33, 78
festivals 42, 222, 223 Libertà 38 Monreale Cathedral 80–81
hotels 203 I Malavoglia 28, 173 tomb of 80
restaurants 213 Museo Verga (Catania) 169 Windsurfing 225, 227
tourist office 231 Verres 32, 95 Wine
Travel 236–9 Via Cruciferi (Catania) 168 festivals 44
air 236, 237 Via Etnea (Catania) 169 in restaurants 207
buses 238, 239 Via Garibaldi (Trapani) 106 what to drink 209
cars 238–9 Via General Salerno (Erice) 105 Winter in Sicily 45
cycling 239 Via Vittorio Emanuele (Cefalù) 95 Womad (Taormina) 222, 223
ferries 237 Viceroyalty of Sicily 38 Women travellers 232
on foot 239 View of Bagheria (Guttuso) 21 World Festival on the Beach
Getting around Sicily 238–9 Villadorata family 152 (Palermo) 222, 223
green travel 238 Villagonia (Taormina) 184 World War II 40
insurance 233 Villalba, festivals 43 Canadian military cemetery
Northeastern Sicily 165 Villas (Regalbuto) 171
Northwestern Sicily 91 Villa Barbera (Bagheria) 99 Capo Passero 152
rail 236, 237 Villa Bellini (Catania) 169 Licata 127
safety advice 230 Villa Bonanno (Palermo) 65, 68 Writers 26–7
Southern Sicily 139 Villa del Casale (Piazza Armerina) 14, Wrought iron 218, 219
Southwestern Sicily 116 18, 35, 115, 134–5
Trekking see Walking and trekking Villa Comunale (Taormina) 180, X
Trevelyan, Florence 182 182 Xuthia (Lentini) 160
Trifoglietto I crater (Mount Etna) 174 Villa Giulia (Palermo) 74, 78
The Triumph of Death (Palazzo Villa Mazzini (Messina) 188 Y
Abatellis, Palermo) 27, 36–7, 56 Villa Niscemi (Palermo) 76 Youth hostels 199, 200
Tuna fisheries 152 Villa Palagonia (Bagheria) 99
Tusa River 95 Villa Sofia (Palermo) 76 Z
Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the 38, 39 Villas of Bagheria 99 Zafferana Etnea 13, 173
Tyndaris 190 Villas (for rent) 200, 201 festivals 44
Virgil 147, 173 hotels 205
U Virgin and Child (Gagini) 56 Zeus 34
Ulysses 34, 172 Visas 230 Zeuxis 27
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Visconti, Luchino 28, 126, 172, 173 Zola, Emile 26
Caltagirone 158 Vittoria 157
Catania 166 Vittorini, Elio 40
Modica 156 Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy 33, 39
Noto 148, 150 Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy 29, 33,
Palazzolo Acreide 157 73, 103
Ragusa 154, 155 Vizzini 14, 137, 157
Scicli 153 festivals 42
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