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A bathrooms 328 C beaches 21 accommodation 9, 302-19, see Aci Trezza 188 Caccamo 104, 114, 6, 104 also individual locations Cala Minnola 85 Caltabellotta 266-7 internet resources 304 Capo d’Orlando 124-5 Caltagirone 243-6, 318 Aci Castello 188-9 Castellammare del Golfo 70 Caltanissetta 246-7 Aci Trezza 188, 314 Cefalù 112 Camilleri, Andrea 261, 289 Acireale 186-8, 314 Eraclea Minoa 263 Cantine Florio 90 activities 20-3, see Falconara 268 Capo d’Orlando 124-5 also individual activities Forgia Vecchia 157 Capo Milazzo 125-6 Addiopizzo 286 Gelso 145 Capo Soprano 268 Aeolian Islands 128-58, 130-1 Giardini- 175 Cappella Palatina 43, 45, 102, INDEX accommodation 134, 309-12 Lampedusa 262 14, 102 internet resources 133 Lido Burrone 83, 23 car travel itineraries 128 Lipari 139 associations 335 249-61, 318-19, 254 Porto di Ponente 145 driving licences 331 Aidone 243 Salina 150 hire 335-6 air travel 9, 330-1 San Leone 261 parking 336 214-15 San Vito lo Capo 72 road rules 336-7 Alicudi 153 Scala dei Turchi 262 road signs 336 Antica Focacceria di San Spiaggia dei Conigli 262 to/from 331 Francesco 50-1 Spiaggia Fumarola 152 traffic 322 archaeological sites 98-9, see Syracuse 208 within Sicily 335-7 also Grecian sites, Phoenician Taormina 171 Casa Grugno 172-3 sites, Roman sites Torre Salsa 262 Casa Natale di Pirandello 261 architecture 97-104 Bellini, Vincenzo 42, 179 Castel di Tusa 124 baroque 15, 100-1, 199 Bergman, Ingrid 157 Castelbuono 116-18, 10 area codes 327 bicycle travel, see cycling Castellammare del Golfo 70-1, Ark of Taste 19 bird-watching 23 305 art 97-104, see also Lingua 148 Castello di Venere 80 art galleries 14 Parco Regionale dei Castelmola 172 Galleria d’Arte Moderna 51 Nebrodi 122-3 castles 104 Galleria Regionale della Riserva Naturale dello Castelbuono 116-17 50 Zingaro 71 Castello Caccamo 104, 114, Pinacoteca Comunale Riserva Naturale Oasi 6, 104 Marsala 89-90 Faunistica di Vendicari Castello di Lombardia 104, artists 219 235, 104 Caravaggio 166, 207 boat tours Castello di Venere 80 Messina, Antonello da 14, Lipari 138 Castello Eurialo 211-12 50, 112, 166, 205 Stromboli 156-7 Castello Ursino 181 Novelli, Pietro 43, 46 Syracuse 208 Castello Ventimiglia 104 ATMs 326 Vulcano 145-6 Lipari citadel 135-6 boat travel Milazzo 125 B to/from Sicily 332-3 Catacombes dei Cappuccini 55 within Sicily 333-4 176-85, 178 baroque architecture 15, 100-1, books 13, 287-9 accommodation 313 199 Borsellino, Paolo 278 entertainment 184-5 Basilica di Santa Lucia al Bufalino, Gesualdo 288 food 181-3 Sepolcro 207 bus travel 334-5 history 176 Buscetta, Tommaso 284 itineraries 180 000 MAP PAGES business hours 320 markets 177 000 PHOTOGRAPH PAGES Butera 269 travel to/from 185 LONELYPLANET.COM INDEX (C - F) 355

cathedrals, see churches & Oratorio del Rosario in Duomo (Syracuse) 100, 202, 7 cathedrals Santa Cita 47 Duomo di Cefalù 103, 110-12 Cava d’Ispica 222 Oratorio di San Lorenzo 40 Cefalù 110-14, 111, 4, 17 Santuario della Madonna 126 E Centro Internazionale di Santuario della Madonna Egadi Islands 82-6, 306-7 Documentazione sulla Mafia del Terzito 149 electricity 321 e Movimento Antimafia 62 Santuario dell’Annunziata 76 Eloro 219 ceramics Santuario di Gibilmanna emergencies, see inside front Caltagirone 245 120 cover Sciacca 265 cinema 289-91 embassies 322 Cerasuolo di Vittoria 18 climate 8 emigration 282-3 Chiaramonte Gulfi 225 climate change 332 Enna 232-8, 317, 233 Chiesa, General Carlo Alberto coffee 18 Eraclea Minoa 262-3 Collesano 120 Dalla 284 79-82, 306, 80, 7 Complesso Monumentale San children, travel with 24, 320-1 etiquette 15 churches & cathedrals 100-1 Pietro 90

Etna, Mt 189-94, 314, 20, 21 INDEX Basilica di Santa Lucia al consulates 322 exchange rates, see inside front Sepolcro 207 Corleone 62 cover Cappella Palatina 43, 45, costs 8 102, 14, 102 courses F Cattedrale (Palermo) 45-6, 4 cooking 149, 219, 247 Cattedrale di Monreale language 205 Falconara 268 60-1, 103, 8, 102 credit cards 326 Falcone, Giovanni 278, 284 Cattedrale di San Crialese, Emanuele 291 fanghi 144-5 Bartolomeo 135-6 culture 12-15, 280-6 FARM 269, 319 Cattedrale di San Giorgio customs regulations 321 fascism 276-7 101, 223, 100 cycling 333, 193 Favignana 83-5, 306-7 ferries, see boat travel Cattedrale di San Nicolò D 100, 217, 97 Ferrovia Circumetnea 193 Cattedrale di Sant’Agata debit cards 326 festivals & events 10-11 101, 177, 100 Denominazione di Origine Carnevale (Acireale) 187 Chiesa Capitolare di San Controllata e Garantita Cycle of Classical Plays 208 Cataldo 42 (DOCG) 18 Estate Catanese 181 Chiesa del Gesù 43 disabilities, travellers with 328-9 Etnafest 181 Chiesa del Purgatorio 74, 76 discount cards 322 Festa di Morgana 51 Chiesa di San Domenico 47 diving Festa di San Calogero 258 Chiesa di San Francesco Lipari 140 Festa di Santa Lucia 208 d’Assisi 40 Riserva Naturale dello Festa di Sant’Agata 181, 11 Chiesa di San Giorgio 101, Zingaro 71-2 Festino di Santa Rosalia 56 220, 101 Stromboli 157 Festival Internazionale del Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Taormina 171 Cuscus 72 Genovese 50 Ustica 63 Giuseppe Sinopoli Festival Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Vulcano 145-6 172 Teatini 41 DOCG 18 Lipari’s Easter celebrations Chiesa di Santa Caterina 42 Dolci, Danilo 288 138 Chiesa di Santa Cita 47 drinks 16-19, 298, 322-3, 16 Palio dei Normanni 242 Chiesa di Santa Maria di glossary 301 Processione dei Misteri 74 Valverde 50 driving, see car travel Provincia in Festa 56 Chiesa di Sant’Agostino 45 driving tours 21 Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore Chiesa Madre 88 baroque towns 212-13, 213 258 Duomo (Erice) 81 Capo Milazzo 125-6 sagre 296 Duomo (Messina) 164 Enna to Etna 232, 234-5, 234 Sciacca carnival 266 Duomo (Syracuse) 100, 202, 7 Etna’s western flank Taormina Film Fest 10, 172 Duomo di Cefalù 103, 190-1, 190 Filicudi 153, 312 110-12 food & wine 79 film, see cinema La Martorana 42, 103 Monti Madonie 120-2, 121 Fiumara d’Arte 124 Oratorio del Rosario in San Duomo (Erice) 81 Florio, Vincenzo 83 Domenico 47 Duomo (Messina) 164 Fontana Pretoria 41 356 INDEX (F - M) LONELYPLANET.COM

food 16-19, 292-8, 322-3, 16, 94-6, 99, 95, 8, 98 planning 9 17, 18, 19, see also Slow Solunto 99 southeast Sicily 199 Food Movement Teatro Greco (Syracuse) Syracuse 199 antipasti 295 98, 206 Tyrrhenian Coast 109 bread 294-5 Teatro Greco (Taormina) 169 western Sicily 69 cheese 293 Tyndaris 126 Ionian Coast 159-94, 160-1 desserts 16, 297 Valley of the Temples 98, accommodation 166, 312-14 fish 295 254-7, 256, 99 food 163 garlic 293 Greek myths 237 internet resources 163 gelati & granite 297 Grotta del Cavallo 145 itineraries 159 glossary 299-301 Grotta del Genovese 85 Isola Bella 171 guides 18 Guiscard, Robert 273 Isola Capo Passero 220 meat 296 itineraries 29-32 olive oil 294 H beaches 32 pasta 295 124 food & wine 32 peppers 293 Hammam 55 highlights 29 street food 16 health 323-4 views 31 tomatoes 293 health insurance 324-5 volcanoes 31 INDEX Forgia Vecchia 157 hiking 20, 23 western Sicily 30 fortresses, see castles Lipari 140 World Heritage sites 30 Fossa di Vulcano 143-4 Monte Fossa delle Felci 149 K Frederick 274 Piano Battaglia 119 G Riserva Naturale dello Kursaal Kalhesa 52-3 Zingaro 71 Galleria d’Arte Moderna 51 Riserva Naturale Torre L Galleria Regionale della Sicilia Salsa 262 La Bettola 93 50 Ustica 63-4 La Martorana 42, 103 Ganzirri 168 115 La Mattanza 84 gay travellers 323 history 271-9 La Pescheria 177, 19 267-8 Byzantine 272 La Rocca 112 Gelso 145 Greek 271-2 Lago di Pergusa 236 Giardini-Naxos 174-5, 313 Islam 272-3 Lampedusa 262 Giudecca 204 Norman 273-4 Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi Godfather trilogy 290 Phoenician 271-2 di 12, 52, 288 Gola dell’Alcantara 175 Risorgimento 90, 276 language 339-44 Golfo di Castellammare 70 Roman 272 Le Ciminiere 181 Goria 245 Sicilian Vespers 275 legal matters 325 Grammatico, Maria 82 holidays 324 Leopard, The 12 Grecian sites honey-tasting 192 lesbian travellers 323 Akrai 214-15 85, 307 Capo Soprano 268 I Licata 268-9 Eloro 219 Lingua 148 Eraclea Minoa 262-3 immigration 282-3 Lipari 129-43, 309-10, 135, 137 Giardini-Naxos 175 Impastato, Giuseppe ‘Peppino’ literature 13, 287-9 Halaesa 124 285 Inspector Montalbano 198, Himera 115 M 212 217, 289 243 insurance 331, 324-5 Mafia 277, 283-6 Parco Archeologico internet access 325 Malfa 149 Contrada Diana 138 internet resources Malvasia wine 149, 150 Parco Archeologico della accommodation 304 Mani Pulite 278 Neapolis 98, 205-6 Aeolian Islands 133 maps 325-6 Rocche di Cusa 94 air travel 331 Marettimo 85-6, 307 81, 99, 98 central Sicily 231 Maria Grammatico 82 Ionian Coast 163 marine reserves 22, 63 Mediterranean Coast 253 000 MAP PAGES markets music 14 000 PHOTOGRAPH PAGES Catania 177 Palermo 37 Palermo 57 LONELYPLANET.COM INDEX (M - P) 357

Marsala 87-91, 307, 89 Museo Archeologico Palazzolo Acreide 214-15, 315 Marsala wine 90, 91 Regionale 47, 12, 15 Palermo 33-64, 34-5, 44, 48-9, Marzamemi 219 Museo Belliniano 179 54, 24 Mazara del Vallo 91-3 Museo Civico Antonio accommodation 39, 303-4 Mazzarino 269 Collisani 119 Albergheria 43-5 measures, see inside front cover Museo d’Arte Capo 45-6 Mediterranean Coast 248-69, Contemporanea della emergency services 39 250-1 Sicilia (Riso) 46 food 37, 50-1, 56-8 accommodation 255, 318-19 Museo del Satiro 92-3 getaways 37 food 253 Museo Diocesiano 46 history 38-9 internet resources 253 Museo Internazionale delle internet resources 37 itineraries 248 Marionette Antonio itineraries 33 Megara Hyblaea 212 Pasqualino 51 La Kalsa 50-3 Mercato del Capo 57 Museo Mandralisca 112 markets 57 Mercato della Vucciria 57 Museo Naturalistico Quattro Canti 41-3 Mercato di Ballarò 57 Francesco Minà Palumbo tourist offices 39 Messina 164-8, 312, 165 117 travel to/from 59 INDEX Messina, Antonello da 14, 50, Museo Regionale Agostino travel within 59-60 112, 166, 205 76 Vucciria 46-50 metric conversions, see inside Museo Targa Florio 120 walking tour 40-1, 40 front cover Whitaker Museum 87 Palio dei Normanni 242 Milazzo 125-7 music 14 Panarea 152-3, 311 mineral baths 114, 144, 265 Mussolini, Benito 277 Parco Archeologico Contrada Mistretta 123 Diana 138 Modica 220-2, 316 N Parco Archeologico della Mondello 60 national parks, see regional Neapolis 98, 205-6 money 326 parks Parco dell’Etna 189-94 Monreale 60-2 Necropoli di Pantalica 214 Parco Fluviale dell’Alcantara 175 Monte Fossa delle Felci 149 newspapers 321 Parco Naturale Regionale delle Morgantina 243 Nicosia 234, 317 Madonie 115-22 mosaics 102-3 216-19, 315, 216 Parco Regionale dei Nebrodi Cappella Palatina 43, 45, Novelli, Pietro 43, 46 122-3 102, 14, 102 parking 336 Cattedrale di Monreale 60-2 O pasticcerie 87 Persephone 237 102, 238-41, 240, 103 opening hours 320 Petralia Soprana 118 Villa Romana del opera dei pupi 52 Petralia Sottana 118-19 219 Oratorio del Rosario in San Phoenician sites 86-7 motorcycle travel Domenico 47 Piano Battaglia 119 to/from Sicily 331 Oratorio del Rosario in Santa Piano Provenzano 192 within Sicily 335-7 Cita 47 238-43, 317- Mozia 86-7 Oratorio di San Lorenzo 40 18, 239 Mt Etna 189-94, 314, 20, 21 Orlando, Leoluca 285 Piazza Bellini 42 mud baths 144-5, 265 Orto Botanico di Palermo 53 Piazza della Repubblica museums 13 Ortygia 201-5, 203 (Marsala) 88-9 Centro Internazionale di P Piazza della Repubblica Documentazione sulla (Mazara del Vallo) 93 Mafia e Movimento Pachino 219 Piazza Pretoria 41 Antimafia 62 palaces Piccolo Napoli 57 Le Ciminiere 181 Palazzo Chiaromonte Steri Pinacoteca Comunale Marsala Museo Archaeologico Baglio 41 89-90 Anselmi 88 Palazzo dei Normanni 43, Pirandello, Luigi 261, 287 Museo Archeologico 45, 104 Piscina di Venere 145 Eoliano 136 Palazzo Mirto 40 planning 8-11, see also Museo Archeologico Gela Palazzo Villadorata 217 itineraries 267-8 Palazzo dei Normanni 43, Porto Empedocle 261 Museo Archeologico Paolo 45, 104 Portopalo di Capo Passero 220 Orsi 206-7 Palazzo Villadorata 217 postal services 326-7 358 INDEX (P - T) LONELYPLANET.COM

Processione dei Misteri 74 S Strada del Vino e dei Sapori public holidays 324 Erice Doc 79 puppetry Salina 147-51, 310-11, 148, 7 Stromboli 153-8, 311-12, Museo Internazionale delle Saline di Trapani 86-7, 5 154, 22 Marionette Antonio saltpans 86 swimming 133, see also Pasqualino 51 San Leone 261 beaches puppet theatres 52, 186-7, San Marco d’Alunzio 122-3 Capo d’Orlando 124-5 204 San Vito lo Capo 72-3 Favignana 83 Santa Maria la Scala 187 Levanzo 85 Q Sant’Agata di Militello 124 Lipari 139 Santuario della Madonna 126 Quattro Canti 41-3 Marettimo 86 Santuario della Madonna del Salina 149-50 R Terzito 149 Stromboli 157 Santuario dell’Annunziata 76 Syracuse 208 Ragusa 222-6, 316-17, 224, 8 Santuario di Gibilmanna 120 Syracuse 200-11, 201, 6 regional parks 20 Savoca 168 accommodation 314-15 Parco dell’Etna 189-94 Scala dei Turchi 262 emergencies 200 Parco Fluviale dell’Alcantara scams 321 entertainment 210 INDEX 175 Sciacca 263-6, 319, 264 food 208-10 Parco Naturale Regionale carnival 266 shopping 211 delle Madonie 115-22 Scicli 222 tourist information 200 Parco Regionale dei Scopello 71, 305 travel to/from 211 Nebrodi 122-3 scuba diving, see diving religion 282 sea travel, see boat travel T Rifugio Sapienza 191-2 Segesta 81, 99, 98 Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro Selinunte 94-6, 99, 307-8, 95, Taormina 168-74, 312-13, 71-2, 21 8, 98 170, 13 Riserva Naturale di Stagnone seltz 183 Taormina Film Fest 10, 172 86 shopping 327 taxes 321 Riserva Naturale Macalube di Sicilian Vespers 275 taxis 337 Aragona 260 skiing Teatro Bellini 42 Riserva Naturale Oasi Mt Etna 193 Teatro di Verdura 53 Faunistica di Vendicari 219 Piano Battaglia 119 Teatro Greco (Syracuse) 98, 206 Riserva Naturale Torre Salsa Piano Provenzano 192 Teatro Greco (Taormina) 262 Slow Food Movement 293 169, 13 Risorgimento 90, 276 Ark of Taste 19 Teatro Massimo 53, 55, 12 Ristorante Duomo (Ragusa) Castelbuono 117 Teatro Massimo Bellini 179 226 Castellammare del Golfo Teatro Politeama Garibaldi 53 Ristorante La Madia (Licata) 70 telephone services 327 268-9 Favignana 84 Termini Imerese 114 Riviera dei Ciclopi 186-9, 314 Levanzo 85 Tesori della Loggia 47, 50 Rocca di Cerere 235 Licata 269 theft 321-2 Rocche di Cusa 94 Marettimo 86 thermal baths 114, 144-5, 265 Roger I 38, 273 Marsala 90 time 328 Roger II 46, 273 Palermo 57, 58 tipping 326 Roman sites Petralia Soprana 118 toilets 328 Catania 181 Petralia Sottana 119 Tornatore, Giuseppe 291 Parco Archeologico Ragusa 225 Torre Salsa beach 262 Contrada Diana 138 Salina 150 tourist information 328 Solunto 62 Trapani 77 tours, see also boat tours, Tyndaris 126 snorkelling, see also diving driving tours, walking tours Villa Romana del Casale Taormina 171 food & wine 79 102, 238-41, 240, 103 Ustica 63 Mt Etna 193 Rossellini, Roberto 157, 290 Solunto 62, 99 traffic 322 Spiaggia dei Conigli 262 train travel 331-2, 337-8 Spiaggia Fumarola 152 Trapani 73-8, 305-6, 75 000 MAP PAGES Stabilimento Florio Tonnara trekking, see hiking 000 PHOTOGRAPH PAGES 83 Tyndaris 126 LONELYPLANET.COM INDEX (T - W) 359

Tyrrhenian Coast 105-27, Villa Romana del Casale 102, websites, see internet resources 106-7 238-41, 240, 103 weather 8 accommodation 113, 308-9 Villa Romana del Tellaro 219 weights, see inside front cover food 109 visas 329 Whitaker, Joseph 55-6, 86-7 internet resources 109 volcanoes Whitaker Museum 87 itineraries 105 Fossa di Vulcano 143-4 William I 274 guides 155 William II 60, 274 U itineraries 31 wine 298, 16, see also Malvasia wine, Marsala wine Ustica 63-4 Mt Etna 189-94, 20, 21 Stromboli 155-6, 154, 22 Denominazione di Origine V Vulcanelli di Macalube 260 Controllata e Garantita Vulcano 143-7, 310, 144, 9, 20 (DOCG) 18 vacations 324 wine-tasting Valle dell’Anapo 213-14 W Marsala 90 Valley of the Temples 98, Mt Etna 192 254-7, 319, 256, 99 walking, see hiking Regaleali estate 247 vegetarian travellers 323 walking tours Salina 149 INDEX Verga, Giovanni 188, 287 literary walks 52 Trapani 79 Villa Comunale 171 Palermo 40-1, 40 women travellers 329 Villa Malfitano 55-6 water 323 Woodhouse, John 91 360 LONELYPLANET.COM

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