Driving Direction: CEFALU *Note: This route has 2 toll roads.

 (By car) As you exit out of the ABOUT CEFALU base, make a left and drive down about 2 min. until you reach the autostrada For a small town, Cefalù offers a great deal, including sandy beaches, winding Mediaeval streets flanked with all  Make a right and stay to your manner of shops, excellent restaurants right going towards - serving the freshest of fish and last but Catania probably first, its unique Norman

cathedral. The town of Cefalú is just  Keep left at the fork, follow under 14,000, is one of the major tourist signs for A19/Palermo and attractions in the region. Despite its size, merge onto A19 every year it attracts millions of tourists from all parts of and also, from all  Drive for a total of 89.47 miles over and Europe. In summer the and Take the exit onto A20 population can triple, making the main toward /Cefalú (Toll streets and major roads in the country Road) crowded. There is then a youthful atmosphere and a lively nightlife. In  Take exit Cefalu' toward SS113 Cefalú you can venture out on one of (Toll Road) the many boat trips that run to the . These comprise of a  Keep right at the fork, follow group of seven small volcanic islands: signs for Messina/Cefalu and , Vulcano, Salina, Panarea, merge onto SS113 Stromboli, Alicudi and Filicudi.

 You will reach Cefalu MWR SIGONELLA

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showers are available on the western charming little piazzas. And of course, only Cefalú side of the beach. 75km (45 miles) away is Palermo, with all its riches. POINTS OF INTEREST The Cathedral: According to www.italyguide.it, Legend tells that INFORMATION Salita Saraceno is an enormous Roger II, the well-known Norman staircase that winds up through three sovereign of Sicily, in gratitude to God tiers of city walls in a 30-minute climb to for sparing his life in a violent storm at Sources: the summit of La Rocca. It’s steep, but sea, commissioned the building of a the views of the coast and the sea from grand Cathedral at Cefalù, where he landed after the tempest. Its http://www.worldtravelguide.net/italy/cefa there are impressive. The walk will take lu-beach you to the ruins of an old fortress and characteristics, as well as its position, so temple devoted to the goddess Diana close to the sea, make it something of a from the fifth century BC. The steps are fortress from the outside as much as it is to the right of the Banco di Sicilia on a church on the inside Piazza Garibaldi. From here the way is The cathedral is the dominant structure clearly signposted. in the town, with its two towers rising up well above the rest of the buildings. The Mandralisca Museum - Founded The exterior is well preserved, while the by a local art collector who bequeathed interior has been restored several times his art treasures and extensive library to through the centuries. It is more gothic the town. It houses the Portrait of and Romanesque than Byzantine in Unknown by Antonello da Messina, an character but still has impressive extensive collection of shells, and a mosaics. variety of objects d'art, among which is a Chinese puzzle in ivory. Madonie Mountains: High up in the south of Cefalù is the Madonie Cefalú Beach: Cefalù has a long and Mountains, some 15km (9 miles) from lovely beach with clean, golden sand, the town, is the hillside sanctuary of without doubt one of the best in Sicily. Gibilmanna. Positioned 800m (2,625ft) And it's very easy to get to, just a short above sea level, it is a pilgrimage walk from the main road leading destination with a church and a lovely through town. There are pedal boats for forested area surrounding it. Combine a hire at the beach in Ogliastrillo, 4km (2.5 trip here with a trek in the mountains. miles) west of Cefalù. Fishing is Slightly further away (25km/15 miles) is available everywhere. It gets very the mountain village of Castelbuono, crowded in the summer months, but not which has a 14th-century castle and quite to the same extent as the beaches other medieval architectural vestiges as near , for instance. Public well as steep, narrow streets and