Hope you have a great trip Leely - I loved Sicily. Sorry you can't fit in Taorima - it is beautiful. Are you doing a day trip to Cefalu?

Cyn

Thanks for all the help with the itinerary and other info. It's very helpful.

And hi, cyn!

Yes, I had to cut some areas, unfortunately. And even so I've developed a fairly fast-paced itinerary, a road trip really. We are visiting Palermo, then on to Agrigento probably with stops at Selinunte and Segesta, then to Modica and then to Siracusa. The more I've started reading about Sicily, the more places I want to visit. So...next time.

Where are you off to next? I remember you have another Africa trip coming up soon--lucky!

How long will you be in Agrigento? I loved the ruins, but I felt really isolated when I was there because I had no car. I spent 3 somewhat long days there. :-) I enjoyed Palermo; some wonderful museums there.

Yes, Botswana in the summer - trying not to get too excited yet - it's still a ways off.

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Now that this has popped up again, I'll close the loop: we ended up spending eight days in Sicily. We spent two nights in Palermo, a night in Agrigento, two nights Modica, and three in Ortygia/Siracusa.

We managed to see many sights in Palermo, Monreale, Segesta, Agrigento and Valle dei Templi, Modica, Villa Romana del Casale, and Ortygia. Then we spent five days in Rome.

It was a wonderful, fast-paced trip. I hope to revisit Sicily someday.

Dear Leely
I have just read your threads on your trip to Sicily . I appreciate it was a century a go but my wife and I are going there in My 2019. We live in Perth Western Australia so it will be a journey just getting there. I am interested in the fact that we will be spending around the same time that you were there so I am wondering if you could advise me what your final itinerary was . Secondly how did you get from town to town eg car rental ? . It seems to me that you have to either choose east side or west side as time wont permit doing it all . Our Travel Agent is currently trying to talk us into basically East side i.e

Hi John, my itinerary was above; I had actually extended the trip a bit to nine nights and then had a flight delay and ended up with only two nights in Palermo! These things happen, and we managed to sightsee all day both days and get a lot done.

We flew into Palermo. Then rented a car, going back out to the airport to pick it up, when departing Palermo. Stopped in Segesta on the drive down to Agrigento. Spent a night in Segesta to see the Valle dei Templi. Then onward to Modica. We drove to Piazza Armerina one of the Modica days, stopping in Caltagirone. We saw Ragusa one day but otherwise just hung out in Modica and enjoyed it. Then drove to Ortigia, where we dropped the car off and relaxed for three days before having a driver pick us up and take us to the airport at CTA.

If you can, extend your trip by a few days. Otherwise, cut something. Is your priority ancient sites? If so, you could cut the Baroque.

Have fun, Sicily is one of my all-time favorite trips.