If you opt for a European tourist destination, consider the island of Sicily, a region of southern Italy. Depending on the interest you to this beautiful region an ideal holiday destination. You can get classic Italian food, and wash yourself with fine wine. And parts of Sicily, has not yet been discovered by tourists. This brief article presents western Sicily. A companion article presents eastern Sicily, another is the capital of Sicily, Palermo.
Monteale is aCity of some thirty thousand southwest of Palermo. It is best known for its Norman cathedral, built from 1174 to 1185, probably the finest example of Norman architecture in Sicily. The interior also includes over an acre of golden mosaics.
The town of Erice, the population under thirty thousand, is about half a mile above sea level. They love its two castles, castle Pepoli seen from Saracen (Arabic) and Venus castle from the Norman period. Capo San Vito is a cloaktwenty-five miles (forty kilometers) northeast of Erice. She claims to have the most beautiful beach in Italy.
The town of Marsala, the population of approximately eighty thousand, was the great Carthaginian base in Sicily during the wars against Greece and Rome. Today, Marsala wine brings back much loved by the British (and others) well over two hundred years into the memory. Be sure to see themselves, in order to Baglio Anselmi Archeological Museum.
We end our tour in the WestAgrigento, Sicily, historic city and the city of the Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples), the most beautiful Greek ruins outside of Greece. Every temple in the Valley of the Temples is unique. Prepare your trip carefully summer in this part of the world are very, very hot, and if you do not want sick, you do not want to rush through the website, which contains several buildings worth visiting.
While it is not exactly taken over, stock organic food in major inroads made in Sicily. Of allthe Italian regions, only the neighboring island of Sardinia produces more organic food. See our companion article I Love Touring Italy - Western Sicily for a sample menu and more information on Sicilian wines, and a detailed examination of the tourist attractions of the region. You will be surprised that only slightly more than fifty percent of Sicilian red wine is to learn. There are many Sicilian wines without the DOC classification, sometimes by choice.
