Sicily Berlitz Pocket Guide

Featuring expanded and updated hotel and restaurant listings and culture notes, this pocket guide provides comprehensive information on Sicily. Convenient fold-out front and back cover flap maps provide instant views of the destination and the surrounding area.

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This guide to Sicily covers all the main sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include Mount Etna's lava floes, rugged mountains and fine beaches. Palermo's Norman palaces and Baroque churches are described, as well as the old towns and ancient ruins that are dotted along Sicily's coast. You'll find background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on Sicilian cuisine. There is an A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in Italian. The book also contains special features on topics ranging from Sicilian artists to ordering coffee. Maps show Palermo, Siracusa and Sicily, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout.