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The Place Sikania to its most ancient peoples, Sicily was Sikelia, Plato's utopian society, to the ancient Greeks. Later, the sonnet was created at the Court of Frederick II, and Sicily found her place in the literature of Dante and Boccaccio. Sunny Sicily is Punic Palermo, towering Taormina, ancient Agrigento, splendid Siracusa, and medieval Monreale and Cefalù. And God created Sicily. The place
where the mountains meet the sea. Sicilia, the island in the sun, is home to Heavenly beaches, majestic mountains and Europe's
greatest natural wonder, Mount Etna. Sicily's coasts are gold with orange
and lemon orchards. In northeastern Sicily you'll find lush forests. In the central regions you'll
encounter rugged land and rolling hills. Dignified vineyards, ancient olive groves, hardy almond
orchards and endless wheat fields complete the picture. Summer is amber land under a sky of blue.
Winter finds palm trees dusted with snow in a surreal symphony. Spring is a rainbow of wild flowers
set against greenest fields...
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The Discovery A world in itself, Sicily, in all its complexities, is a land like no other. We're not just about travel and vacations (holidays). Best of Sicily is all things Sicilian, with timely information on dozens of subjects described in articles written here in Sicily by dozens of Sicilian authors. It's for the person who wants to really know Sicily, and also for the visitor who needs to find specific travel information quickly. We're not a travel agency, but you can find a flight, book your hotel and reserve a car through Best of Sicily. Plan your entire visit (with Sicily's greatest links page), or just find out more about Sicily. There's something here for almost everybody interested in something Sicilian. Every day, Best of Sicily is Sicily's international point of reference for thousands of the Web's most discerning readers: Travelers, teachers, students, journalists, food and wine aficionados, culture vultures and virtual tourists. Informed readers, not just "visitors." Yes, our island is Italian. And French and Spanish and Greek. Sicily is the world's island. A
place where time and tradition have been forged by peoples and faiths from the north and south, from the east and west. Timeless
beauty in eclectic diversity: Europe, Africa and Asia in one magical moment... |
The People With more "foreign" (non-Italian) readers around the world than any Sicilian newspaper
or hard-copy magazine (over two million last year), the Magazine has a little of everything. Hundreds of articles about people, trends, wildlife, nature, art, out of the way places, esoteric history. And vital social issues dealing with life in today's Sicily
--things like education, the women's movement, the workplace and environmental conservation. The undiscovered, living Sicily, a place full of complex issues and real people. Best of Sicily is the most widely read English-language non-fiction publication about Sicily. And,
of course, it's free. (The only Sicilian publication to have enjoyed more readers internationally is Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's bestselling
novel, The Leopard.) The truest colours of
Sicily, polished but never varnished, in a multicultural mosaic beyond "Sicilian tourism." We thank
you, the Web's most sophisticated
readers, for making Best of Sicily the world's favorite Sicilian website! |
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