5 days in Sicily

[Anonymous]

Would love to know your favorite cities, restaurants, activities, and secret spots!

[Anonymous]

So with the enormous caveat that I haven’t been…..I e been researching this a while and here is my bucket list trip—
Fly into Palermo
Few days beach at cefalu, boat trip to islands
Agrigento
Ragusa
ortigia
Taomina (ruins not the fancy beach clubs)
Climb mt Etna
Train back to Rome
(Or do it the other way around)
I guess that’s more than 5 days but I’m not sure what I’d cut out if this. I guess I’d cut taomina first and mt etna secknd.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, you really have to pick what you want— beaches (and/or islands), baroque towns, greek temples, etc.

You could maybe fly into Palermo, see Monreale and Segesta, then go to Cefalu, do a boat trip to the Aeolians, then visit Taormina and Etna, then Siracusa and fly out of Catania, but even that is probably too much for 5 days.

Maybe just do Taormina/Etna/Siracusa and do a beach day near Siracusa (there’s a variety— some undeveloped with lots of natural beauty and some with amenities)? Could also do a day trip to see Villa Romana if you want.

[Anonymous]

Or if you wanted to do western Sicily you could fly into Palermo, see Monreale and Segesta, go to San Vito lo Capo if you want a beach, then Trapani/Erice, then Agrigento (Valley of the Temples and maybe Scala dei Turchii) and back to Palermo.

[Anonymous]

Make sure you pay attention to sun exposure. DS just returned from Palermo and had bad burn despite being pretty vigilant with reapplying sunscreen. The intensity of the sun there is a whole different beast.

[Anonymous]

My favorite trip ever was a couple of weeks DH and I spent driving around Sicily.

A bit out of the way, but beyond spectacular: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Romana_del_Casale

The most and the best Roman mosaics you'll ever see. My favorite is the lady athletes in bikinis.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the recs so far. Forgot to mention that we will be traveling with our 8 yo DD!