We drove all around the Island a few years ago and had no problems. Traffic is more sedate than in many other areas of Italy, and the roads are generally good.

Two things to advise caution on: the road to Erice and any higher place on the Island--there can be a fog layer in higher altitudes that makes driving very tough and unpleasant.

annhig--Agree 100% re the traffic in Greece! It may be that the Neopolitans are more Greek than other Italians as traffic around Napoli is awful too--much worse than anything in Sicily.

Buon viaggio!

It may be that the Neopolitans are more Greek than other Italians as traffic around Napoli is awful too--much worse than anything in Sicily.>>

dwdvagamundo - even other italians seem to be frightened of the Neapolitan reputation. My first Italian teacher, a lovely lad from Milan, told the story of being at traffic lights in Naples, hopelessly lost, and looking at a map, when the car next to them wound down the window and seemed to want to talk to them. Fearing a hijack, or worse, initially they kept the window up, but in the end wound it down, only to be asked where they were going and then invited to follow the the other car to their destination.

I agree about the traffic in Naples - crossing the road opposite the NMA was an art form, and we had to enlist the help of a native to get across the roads in front of the station. Then we saw the man in front of us nearly mown down by a car at the zebra crossing right in front of the entrance.

Naples--and not just the traffic-- is as close to anarchy as I've ever been. Love it, though and would go back in a heartbeat--as I would to Sicily.