Sicily
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Sicily
I am planning a trip in june 2008 to visit Sicily after a cruise in and out of Rome. I am looking for suggestions on travel to Sicily and whether I should rent a car or arrange a driver as I am planning on visiting a couple of small villages north of Agregento where grandparents came from. Suggestions whould be appreciated.
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First of all, in my opinion: yes, you MUST rent a car, so that you can enjoy Sicily at the best.
Then, I see, your focus is Agrigento.
Well, depending on how long is your trip, you have to decide which part of Sicily you want to visit.
Let's make a game: look at the map of Sicily and pretend to cut it in two parts: west and east.
Then you decide which part now and which the next time
As you stay in Agrigento, I suggest the west part.
If it is so, I would like to tell you what you have not to miss.
Please, think about how hot it will be, so think also about few days for swimming in a wonderful small isola close to Agrigento: Lampedusa.
June is a very good period to spend there few days and have great dinners, also.
Ciao.
Vincenzo
Then, I see, your focus is Agrigento.
Well, depending on how long is your trip, you have to decide which part of Sicily you want to visit.
Let's make a game: look at the map of Sicily and pretend to cut it in two parts: west and east.
Then you decide which part now and which the next time
As you stay in Agrigento, I suggest the west part.
If it is so, I would like to tell you what you have not to miss.
Please, think about how hot it will be, so think also about few days for swimming in a wonderful small isola close to Agrigento: Lampedusa.
June is a very good period to spend there few days and have great dinners, also.
Ciao.
Vincenzo
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The port used by cruise ships for Roma is Civitavecchia. The easiest way from there to Sicily is by overnight ferry to Palermo (www.gnv.it or www.snav.it).
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If you prefer to fly to Sicily from Rome, check out Windjet or Blu Express.
http://w1.volawindjet.it/
www.blu-express.com
Hope this helps ...
Steve
http://w1.volawindjet.it/
www.blu-express.com
Hope this helps ...
Steve
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I would probably fly, there are quite a few carriers and it's a quick flight. I would definitly rent a car. Driving in Sicily was very easy, good sinage, nice roads. Some rural roads are only two lanes so can be slow going if you get behind a farm truck or whatever, but we drove all over for 11 days and never had a problem. How long do you have. I thought our 11 day trip was a perfect amount of time and we saw a nice sampling of the area - Palermo, Cefalu, Erice, Segesta, Selunite, Agrigento, Siracusa and Taormina. We also visited some small towns in the interior mountain region south of Palermo. There are many good trip reports here if you do a search.
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Time will be short as we will have been on the trip about 2 1/2 weeks before getting to Sicily. Have been there twice before but this stay will be only to visit those small towns I mentioned and probably stay in Sicily only say 5 days tops.
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If you only stay 5 days, then fly to catania or palermo from rome and rent a car at the airport.
If you want to stay in Agrigento itself, check http://www.terrazzedimontelusa.it/en/
If you want to stay in Agrigento itself, check http://www.terrazzedimontelusa.it/en/