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Walking in Sicily, Italy, Europe - A Walker's Guide

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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
Availability
Available as eBook
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
15 Jul 2012
Edition
Second
ISBN
9781852843953
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1852843950
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.6cm
Weight
310g
Pages
256
Originally Published
12 Apr 2006

Walking in Sicily

Short and long-distance walks by Gillian Price

The 42 spectacular walks in this guidebook to Sicily include routes on Mount Etna, Egadi Islands, Madonie and Nebrodi Mountains and Aeolian Islands as well as coastal walks and explorations of ancient towns. With volcanoes, ruins, sunshine, olive groves. Sicily has good accommodation and transport, and excellent food and wine. More...

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Seasons

March to June is best. Summers are very hot for walking. Early Autumn is pleasant but late Autumn Read More... is the wettest time of the year.

Centres

Access via Palermo, Naples and and other airports. Most main towns would be good bases– Messina, Read More... Taormina, Catania.

Difficulty

Some of the walking may be arduous (Etna). Routes of varying difficulty between half and full days.

Must See

Mount Etna (though it may be closed to walkers); the Isola Egadi; Hellenic, Roman and Byzantine Read More... remains; and the wonderful food.
 
 

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Introduction
    Background    
    Walking and Maps    
    Parks, Reserves and Protected Areas    
    When to Go    
    What to Take    
    Emergencies    
    Reaching Sicily    
    Travelling Around Sicily    
    Accommodation    
    Telephones
    Food and Drink    
    Tourist Information
    Flowers and Trees
    Wildlife

WALKS
The Northeast Coast
1 Taormina and the Castello Saraceno
2 Castelmola

The Alcantara River Valley
3 Monte Mojo
4 Francavilla and the River

Monte Etna
5 The Craters of Monte Silvestri   
6 Monte Nero degli Zappini Loop
7 Schiena dell’Asino
8 The Monti Sartorio Circuit
9 Monte Nero Circuit and Grotta dei Lamponi
10 Monte Etna: The North–South Traverse

Monti Iblei and the Southeast Corner
11 Wondrous Pantalica and its Necropolises
12 The Pantalica River Walk
13 Cava Grande del Cassibile
14 Noto Antica
15 Riserva Naturale di Vendicari   
16 Isola delle Correnti
17 Cava d’Ispica

Antiquities in the West
18 The White Cliffs of Eraclea Minoa
19 The Stones of Selinunte
20 Mozia and its Lagoon

Le Isole Egadi (Egadi Islands)
21 Favignana by Bicycle
22 Levanzo and its Cave Paintings
23 Marettimo’s Coastal Path
24 Marettimo’s High Level Circuit

The Glorious Northwest
25 Marvellous Medieval Erice
26 Riserva Naturale di Monte Cofan
27 Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro

Palermo Surrounds
28 Palermo’s Monte Pellegrino
29 Monte Iato
30 Piana degli Albanesi
31 Bosco della Ficuzza
32 Rocca Busambra

Le Madonie (Madonie Mountains)
33 Cefalù and its Rocca
34 Isnello to Gratteri
35 Pizzo Carbonara
36 Piano Cervi
37 Vallone Madonna degli Angeli
38 Piano Sempria Sentiero Natura

I Nebrodi (Nebrodi Mountains)
39 Biviere di Cesarò
40 Floresta to Randazzo

Le Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
41 Vulcano’s Gran Cratere
42 Lipari’s Castello and Southern Headlands
43 Lipari’s San Calogero Spa
44 Salina’s Monte Fossa delle Felci
45 Stromboli – Ascent to the Volcano   
46 Stromboli Loop    

Appendix I: Italian–English Glossary
Appendix II: Further Reading

 
 
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