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Temple in Selinunte
Temple in Sel...
Carolina in a temple at the archaeological park of Selinunte
Carolina in a...
View from Erice
View from Erice
Cat playground
Cat playground
Aunt and uncle near Mozia
Aunt and uncl...
A lot of vineyards
A lot of vine...
Above the beach of Scopello
Above the bea...
Scopello rocks in the sea
Scopello rock...
Barney in Palermo
Barney in Palermo
Taormina from its greek theatre
Taormina from...
Mount Etna and Taormina from the Greek theatre at sunset
Mount Etna an...
At the marina in Siracusa
At the marina...
Siracusa by the sea
Siracusa by t...
You see these everywhere
You see these...
Looks like Taormina's beaches are colour-coded
Looks like Ta...
Moinul at a crater on Mount Etna
Moinul at a c...
One mighty crater, people write their names in stones at the bottom
One mighty cr...
One last push
One last push
Volcanic view
Volcanic view
At 2000 m altitude, the remaining 1.5 km up seem quite a journey
At 2000 m alt...
Lava from 2002 on the right, and a veteran
Lava from 200...
This is where 2002's lava crossed the street
This is where...
Inside the church of Forza d'Agro
Inside the ch...
View from Erice
View from Erice
Testing gravity at Scopello
Testing gravi...
Greek Theatre in Siracusa
Greek Theatre...
Tia during sunset over Mount Etna
Tia during su...
Carolina in Selinunte
Carolina in S...
Temples that stand, temples that fall
Temples that ...
Mum surrounded by history
Mum surrounde...
This archaeological park in Selinunte is vast
This archaeol...
The most complete temple in Selinunte
The most comp...
In Selinunte
In Selinunte
Barney, lucky this time
Barney, lucky...
A different view to the sea
A different v...
In Erice
In Erice
Well preserved, it puts the successors to shame
Well preserve...
Savoir Vivre in Erice
Savoir Vivre ...
Salt fields by Mozia
Salt fields b...
My favourite temple, Segesta
My favourite ...
Beautiful church in Palermo
Beautiful chu...
Beautiful Mosque in Palermo
Beautiful Mos...
Golden mosaics in the cathedral in Palermo
Golden mosaic...
Golden mosaics in the cathedral of Monreale
Golden mosaic...
Above the altar in the cathedral of Monreale
Above the alt...
In the cathedral of Monreale
In the cathed...
Mosaic on floor in Villa Romana Del Casale
Mosaic on flo...
Ancient bikini culture, mosaic on floor in Villa Romana Del Casale
Ancient bikin...
Ancient gym, mosaic on floor in Villa Romana Del Casale
Ancient gym, ...
A small section of the massive mosaics in Villa Romana Del Casale
A small secti...
Spaghetti al nero di sepia
Spaghetti al ...
Old town square in Siracuse
Old town squa...
Greek Theatre in Siracusa, from above
Greek Theatre...
A beach in Taormina
A beach in Ta...
Calabria, mainland Italy visible from Forza d'Agro
Calabria, mai...
Someone who knows how to make a great pizza
Someone who k...
Forza D'Agro
Forza D'Agro

Dancing Satyr and Churches

In Mazara Del Vallo you have to see the Dancing Satyr, a bronze sculpture which was found in 1998 in the Sicilian channel. Unfortunately taking photos was not allowed, but you can see what it looks like here [ancientworlds.net]. The detail is amazing and the sculpture seems to exert an almost hypnotic ecstasy with its glowing eyes.
Erice is well worth a visit just for its amazing view to the sea and surrounding landscape, and of course the small castle built in the most impossible location.
Close to Piazza Armerina there are two great reasons for a visit. First of all, the restaurant Al Fogher [alfogher.net], which was probably the best restaurant we have been to in Sicily. Secondly, there is as small UNESCO world heritage site called Villa Romana del Casale, which boasts an impressive villa that was built in the 4th century AD. The entire floor of the villa is made of remarkable mosaics, with stunning detail.
Palermo has many lovely cathedrals, but nothing tops the amazing cathedral of Monreale, which is ornamented with astonishing golden mosaics at an unbelievable scale. I have never been more impressed by any other cathedral.
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