Blogs from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 3

Todays gelato flavours - GMB - Torroncino(nougat,honey and nut flavours) GLB - Bacio (chocolate and hazelnut) The aromas of pastries somehow drifted up the three flights of stairs from the breakfast room to our room and got us thinking about getting ready for the day as the sunlight streamed into the room when we opened the shutters.We are becoming fans of the shuttered rooms we have had as it not only reduces any outside noise but also keeps the room dark and aids sleeping.The shutters come in different types and the ones in this hotel are very easily opened by pulling on a drawstring and hey presto you have light. We have scored well with this hotel and we have a room as well furnished as the Best Western and even a bit cheaper at €32 ... read more

Sunny, Scintillating Sicily!! Greetings Blog fans, here is part one of my two part blog for the 8 days we had in wonderful Sicily. We seemed to have spent our last few trips in cold places so we wanted a bit of sunshine, culture and food and drink for this break so, with that criteria in mind Sicily came out top of the wish list. We flew into the Palermo airport which is actually 30km outside of Palermo and picked up our hire car. As we had 8 days we had decided to do a loop around the island finishing in Palermo. 8 days is no-where near long enough to see all of Sicily (you need 3-4 weeks) so we sadly had to skip quite a large section of this fascinating island. We picked up the ... read more

Thursday 11th March - Saturday 13th March (Luscious Lil) Leaving Avola we travelled up into the mountains towards the ancient city of Noto only to be thwarted 5km away by a sign stating no 3.5t, or vehicles over a 2.5m, we lost out on both accounts. We had a brief discussion about whether to leave the ‘magic bus’ and cycle in, but as it was an isolated spot we didn’t fancy returning to an empty van! So we pushed on towards our next planned stop. Travelling in the interior of Sicily is a very different experience to the coast, the interior of the island is beautiful and apart from large towns that appear from nowhere it is sparsely populated. This is refreshingly different from the coast which has been disappointing in its scruffiness. The down side ... read more

Geo: 37.3111, 13.5767Jess, Andy and I worked out which bus to catch to get to these ruins. We spent hours here wandering around.... read more

2008 Summer Holidays in Sicily. Week 1 in Villa Collina messing about in a hire car to Cinisi, Sciacca, Ribera, Scala dei Turchi, Agrigento and Eraclea Manoa.... read more