
2023 ITALY – DAY 14 – CASTELLAMMARE DEL GOLFO (SEGESTA, ERICE AND TRAPANI)
Today was a busy day. First we head to Segesta – an ancient city north-west of Sicily; then we head to Erice – sitting on
Today was a busy day. First we head to Segesta – an ancient city north-west of Sicily; then we head to Erice – sitting on
— The Pros and Cons for today: Pro: We picked up the car for todayCon: It wasn’t a Fiat 500 Hybrid as we had booked
Today we saw the remaining sites of Palermo – Monreale Cathedral (Duomo di Monreale), the Royal Palace (Palazzo dei Normanni) with the excavated ruins and
Our day starts off in Palermo with a couple of churches and a market, before we catch a train to Cefalu. We explore the Cefalu
After a bit of a restless night on the train, which entered the ferry from mainland Italy to Sicily, we managed to reach Palermo by
Another day in Napoli exploring the many churches, the catacombs of one church, and the Napoli underground cisterns (approx 35m deep.) We then head off
Our first full day in Naples shows us Nuovo Castle, the port of Naples, many churches, the lost underground city below one of the churches,
We hired a Fiat 500 hybrid and took a day trip to Lioni (province of Avellino, Naples), the home town of Lidia’s father (Angelo.) We
We caught the local train from Sorrento to Naples and on the way we climbed Mt Vesuvius and scaled most of Pompeii, before snacking on
Today we walked the famous Path of the Gods (Sentiero Degli Dei), which is just east of Positano. We start just south of the village