Sardiniasarena Yes, I am looking for food:), so I'm glad we picked Sicily. Bob, thanks for the pictures....Can't wait till end of Aug!

WE did not visit Sardinia, but we were two weeks in Sicily in May 2009. Loved it. We had not a car, but it was very easy to travel by bus. I received a lot of advices in this forum and in Tripadvisor forum of Sicily (it will be very useful to have a look there, it is very informative) about travelling by bus. Clean, safe, in time, comfortable.

I see that you are not interested to vist Palermo, but we loved it, as well Monreale.

We stayed in B&B in Palermo, Taormina and Ortigia. Not more than 70 Euro per night, with A/C, clean and central located.

From Siracusa (Oritgya) we visited Noto, a small baroque beautiful town.
From Taormina we visited Castelmola (15 min. by bus) and also took a day tour to Agrigento and Piazza Armerina - very interesting.